Your Medieval Questions Answered
Gone Medieval
History Hit
4.5 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
** Contains strong language**
What would Britain look like today if Richard III had won at Bosworth? What did medieval people sing when they were drunk and hanging out? What is the most historically accurate part of Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
For this special 500th episode of Gone Medieval, Matt Lewis and Dr. Eleanor Janega get stuck into the questions at the forefront of the minds of our listeners.
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Gone Medieval is presented by Dr. Eleanor Janega and Matt Lewis. Edited and produced by Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.
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| 0:00.0 | From long-lost Viking ships and kings buried in unexpected places to tales of murder, |
| 0:07.7 | power, faith, and the lives of ordinary people across medieval Europe and beyond. |
| 0:13.2 | Join me, Matt Lewis, Dr. Eleanor Jarniger and some of the world's leading historians, |
| 0:18.0 | as we bring history's most fascinating stories to life only on |
| 0:22.3 | History Hit. With your subscription, you'll unlock hundreds of hours of exclusive documentaries |
| 0:27.2 | with a brand new release every week exploring everything from the ancient world to World War II. |
| 0:33.6 | Just visit historyhit.com forward slash subscribe. |
| 0:41.7 | Hello, I'm Dr. Eleanorianica and welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, |
| 0:46.8 | the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history. |
| 0:51.4 | We uncover the greatest mysteries, the gobsmacking details, and the latest |
| 0:57.0 | groundbreaking research from the Vikings to the Normans, from kings to popes, to the crusades. |
| 1:03.9 | We delve into the rebellions, plots, and murders that tell us who we really were. |
| 1:10.7 | And how we got here. |
| 1:18.1 | Way, way back in the mists of time, |
| 1:21.6 | well, April 2021, to be precise, |
| 1:24.6 | a child was born in the private chambers |
| 1:26.5 | of the Lord High King, Dan Snow, |
| 1:28.6 | at history hit towers. Almost immediately the joyful tidings of this newborn spread throughout |
| 1:34.2 | his realm and beyond, and crowds of admirers flocked from all over the world to bask in the |
| 1:39.4 | presence of this newborn. That child, you may have guessed by now, was given the name Don Medieval, and was lovingly |
| 1:47.4 | nurtured by a host of attendance to spread knowledge, joy, and a fair smattering of violence, |
| 1:53.2 | and to all that followed its progress, as it was allowed out twice a week to shower its |
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