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Hello, I'm Dr. Eleanorianica, and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit,

the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.

We uncover the greatest mysteries, the gobsmacking details,

and the latest groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the Normans,

from kings to popes, to the Crusades. We delve into the rebellions,

plots and murders that tell us who we really were. And how we got here.

It is said that in a cave under the Kifhauser mountains in Thuringia, there sits a king.

From his face grows a massive red beard, so long it has grown through the table at which he sits. He is surrounded by an army of sleeping nights,

while he himself waits with half-opened eyes.

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