Browse the Medieval era within the In Our Time archive.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval trading network the Hanseatic League.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 1346 conflict between the armies of France and England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Dane who became a powerful King of England in 1016.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval German epic The Song of the Nibelungs.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise and abrupt fall of the famous military order.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Cambodian temple complex, begun 900 years ago.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the lasting impact of David I, King of Scotland c1084-1153
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a masterpiece of French epic poetry from the 12th century.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Simon de Montfort's fatal struggle with Henry III's forces
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Christian pilgrimage in Europe in the Middle Ages.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of one of England's most revered saints.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Langland's celebrated poem, written around 1370.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most powerful woman in the C12th Kingdom of Jerusalem
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for Welsh independence in the early 15th century
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the greatest poems from medieval England
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of machines imitating living beings.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Queen of England at the start of the Wars of the Roses
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval Welsh stories of Celtic mythology.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great empires of the Islamic west.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, murder and impact of Thomas Becket (c 1118-1170)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and work of Christine de Pizan (c1364-1430).
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of Purgatory.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the fight for the English crown at the Battle of Lincoln.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.
