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Gone Medieval

History Hit

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s summer, so let’s kick back, give our brains a break and indulge in a little fantasy. Hollywood, like us, ADORES the medieval period and has made some stonking entertainment based on this period. Our esteemed historian hosts assess the most fun, the most accurate and the most absurd films set in medieval times and choose their favourite guilty pleasures.

Starring Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine, a rabble-rousing Chaucer and a cockney King Arthur. We also hear what medieval people would have made of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega. The editor is Ella Blaxill, the senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Matt Lewis and I'm Dr Eleanor Yannaga.
0:06.2	Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit.
0:08.5	The podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.
0:12.3	We've got the most intriguing mysteries,
0:14.6	the gob-spacking details, and latest groundbreaking research, from the Vikings to
0:19.7	the Normans, from Kings to popes to the crusades.
0:23.0	We delve into the rebellions, plots and murders
0:26.5	to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.
0:31.0	And who we really were.
0:32.8	It's summer and while we're planning more gone medieval episodes revealing the most exciting new discoveries about the
0:44.8	medieval world. Today we have something a little different.
0:48.8	We normally are absolute sticklers for historical accuracy.
0:53.0	However, please allow us to kick back a little
0:56.0	and indulge in a little fantasy.
0:58.4	Hollywood, like us, adores the medieval period
1:01.8	and has made some stonking entertainment based on it.
1:04.4	It's time for we're sailing and chill with gone medieval.
1:08.2	Today we've pitched up to the gorgeous Spotify studios here in London to battle
1:14.1	mono A mono for our favorite guilty film pleasures.
1:17.6	We're going to be throwing the net wide, debating who's our favorite medieval character,
1:22.3	immortalized on celluloid.
1:24.0	Which films obviously had their history books open during filming?
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