History Extra podcast
The latest news from the team behind BBC History Magazine - a popular History magazine. To find out more, visit www.historyextra.com
- Website
- http://www.historyextra.com/
- Description
- The latest news from the team behind BBC History Magazine - a popular History magazine. To find out more, visit www.historyextra.com
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-11-21 09:50
- last episode published
- 2024-11-21 00:00
- publication frequency
- 2.93 days
- Contributors
- Immediate Media
- Owner Author
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- Number of Episodes
- 2182
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- Society & Culture
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Episodes
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| 2024-11-21 | Each ocean voyage through history has laid down a track that tells a story. These invisible pathways across the seas can reveal how the world has been shaped by power, conquest and exploration. Dr Sara Caputo tells Elinor Evans more about how lines on ... |
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| 2024-11-20 | When you think about 'the crusades', you probably think of a series of military campaigns in the Holy Land, representing a great battle between the forces of Islam and Christianity. But is this actually a helpful way to view the subject? Speaking to Em... |
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| 2024-11-19 | King Æthelred II ruled England from 978 to 1016 – with a little gap in 1014. Known to history as 'the Unready', he faced many challenges in his reign, not least the attentions of several Viking invasion forces. It was Æthelred's failure to deal with su... |
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| 2024-11-18 | In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Britain’s country houses enjoyed something of a renaissance. No longer were stately homes only seen as the preserve of stuffy landed gentry. Instead, the aristocracy was joined by an entirely new class of indu... |
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| 2024-11-17 | The 19th century witnessed a revolution in Britain's schools, as compulsory mass education was rolled out, and thousands more children learnt how to read and write. But what was it like to study in a Victorian school? How tough was the discipline? How ... |
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| 2024-11-16 | Who became a gladiator? Were they really the superstars of their day? And was giving a thumbs down for a death sentence a real thing? As Gladiator II hits cinemas, Emily Briffett speaks with historian Alison Futrell to answer your top questions about a... |
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| 2024-11-15 | Nelson is one of the most well-known historical figures from British history. His leadership of the British fleet to victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, and his death in the same battle, rendered him a national hero for generations. However, Ne... |
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| 2024-11-14 | The medieval approach to sustainability was entirely different to ours today. In a world where the modern definition of 'waste' didn't even exist, the repair market boomed and building materials were rarely brand new. Speaking to Annette Kehnel, Lauren... |
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| 2024-11-13 |
Thomas Cromwell: the triumph and tragedy of Henry VIII's right-hand man In the spring of 1540 Thomas Cromwell was at the height of his power, but just a few months later he found himself at the scaffold on Tower Hill preparing to be executed for treason and heresy. What had gone so badly wrong for Henry VIII's right-hand m... |
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| 2024-11-12 | Joseph McCarthy's infamous crusade in the 1950s whipped up a frenzy of anti-communist sentiment across America – and wrecked the reputations of scores of people accused of harbouring sympathies for the Soviet Union. So what motived the Wisconsin senato... |
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