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Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into

the greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing hit, the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.

We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research

from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades.

We cross centuries and continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders,

to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.

Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval. It is known that in the days of the ancient Britons.

There was a mighty king who ruled over all the land who was named Hurler.

One day, while hunting alone in the forests, Hurler was suddenly confronted by a strange

figure, standing less than half Hurler's own height. He had a large head, a face that seemed to glow,

a red beard that ran down to his hairy belly. At first glance, Hurler thought the fairy figure

rode a goat. But as the strange man drew nearer,

the king could see that in fact he had the hairy legs and cloven hooves of a goat himself.

The strange man spoke with clarity and confidence to Hurla.

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