The Battle of Bosworth

Gone Medieval

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

A King clinging to his right to rule. A young Tudor ready to snatch the crown and begin a new dynasty.

With immersive sound design and cinematic story-telling; Matt Lewis brings to life one of the pivotal moments in English history—the Battle of Bosworth.

On August 22, 1485, Richard III faced off against Henry Tudor, a clash that culminated in the end of the Wars of the Roses and marked a turning point for the English crown. From the strategic moves on the battlefield to the dramatic death of Richard III and the rise of Henry VII, Matt delivers a vivid recounting of the events that reshaped England's monarchy.

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Gone Medieval is written and presented by Matt Lewis. Sound design by Amy Haddow. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:02.6	And I'm Dr. Eleanor Yonaga.
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0:20.6	Such as my new series on everyone's favorite
0:22.8	conquerors, the Normans, or my recent exploration of the castles that made Britain. There's a new
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0:45.3	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the
0:53.2	greatest millennium in human history.
0:56.0	We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research
1:02.4	from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades.
1:07.1	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.
1:17.2	Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval.
1:36.4	It could have been sunrise over any field on any day, but this was not to be an ordinary day.
1:48.7	As the first thin rays of the summer sun reached across the landscape near to Market Bosworth, on the 22nd of August 1485, men feared, hoped,
1:55.2	prayed, dared to dream, if nothing else, of seeing the sunset at the end of the day.
2:02.4	Horses stomp their hooves and whinnied as they felt the excitement and tension build around them.
2:06.8	Voices were hushed but urgent, armour clanked and clattered.
2:12.0	Swords clashed in the air as their owners nervously felt their weight and movement.
2:14.9	There would be a battle.
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