Hi buddy welcome to Dan Snow's History Hit. I have just been put in a priesthole, a secret,

cupboard like Nucconcranie built into many 16th century houses where grand Catholic families

hid their priests, being a Catholic priest, being a Jesuit in particular was punishable

by torture and execution, so they hid them. They hid them all over the house. So in Britain

there's these little things called priestholes in these big old houses and I've just been

fought into one by a fellow history hit employee. We're here in one of the medieval hot spots of the UK,

a place so riddled with medieval ruins and houses that you can hardly walk around if you're

bumping into one of them. We're about half of it in Stratford and Evesham. Early day hours at the

battlefield of Evesham where Simon De Montfort's forces are obliterated by young Prince Edward.

You know what if you go for Edward Plantagenet's family, you'd best not miss.

Hit dad Henry III, I'm not going to see that. Simon De Montfort's going to have a puppet

Henry III, take his power off him, marginalize the king. I get that. Henry III, you can see that

happening, but Prince Edward, no. So Simon De Montfort's force was annihilated at Evesham. His body

was mutilated. His head and testicles sent to you. I know, head and testicles sent to his wife,

and he was buried in Evesham Abbey, so I've just been to see that battlefield, see the remains

of Evesham Abbey. I'm feeling very medieval here. I'm very medieval. Of course, I guess the

pre-stiles are very modern, but let's not fall out about it. So that's why this episode

of Dance of History, we're going back into one of our sibling podcasts. I'm bringing you

all of our gone medieval podcasts. This one went viral. Didn't just go medieval, it went viral.

So lots of people listen to this one and seem to enjoy it. So I thought we'd bring it and give an

airing on the main feed. I'll really present a map that's joined by the architectural historian

James Wright to debunk the myths of medieval buildings. You know these myths, spiral staircases,

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