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High & Late Middle Ages

96 Episodes 25 Series 109 Figures 62 Events 283 Books 196 Authors

Covering roughly the 11th–15th centuries, the High & Late Middle Ages era treats political consolidation, religious conflict, urban and commercial growth, and the expansion of empires. Series include "1066" (political turmoil and the Norman Conquest), "Amsterdam" (the city's development from a 13th‑century fishing village to a major financial centre), "Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade" (heresy and crusade in Languedoc), "Genghis Khan" (Temüjin’s rise and the Mongol Empire), and "Henry IV" (usurpation and contested kingship). Episodes cover Harun al‑Rashid and Baghdad, the Princes in the Tower, Macbeth’s historical basis, Anglo‑French truces and Exeter 1067. Discussed figures and works include Innocent III, Henry IV, Vlad the Impaler, Ibn al‑Haytham, The War on Heresy and Worlds of Arthur.

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2023

5 episodes

Hundred Years' War: Triumph of the Longbow (Ep 2)

The Hundred Years' War (S1) · Part 4

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the early campaigns of the Hundred Years' War, focusing on Edward III's strat…

RIHC: Class in Britain, heretical historians, and dead men talking

This is a Rest Is History bonus episode in which Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook celebrate milestones, read listener …

The Mystery of the Cathars (Ep 2)

Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade · Part 2

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook examine the historiography behind the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade, arguing th…

The Real Da Vinci Code (Ep 1)

Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade · Part 1

The hosts mark the twentieth anniversary of Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code and use it to trace a 20th-century lineage of…

The Bloodiest Crusade (Ep 3)

Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade · Part 3

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade, contextualizing the movement’s…

2022

7 episodes

Spain: The Caliphate of Córdoba

Great World Cup Saga · Part 27

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the rise, golden age and collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba. They open with t…

Belgium: History's Greatest Artist

Great World Cup Saga · Part 17

In this episode of The Rest Is History hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook welcome Bart van Loo to discuss Jan van …

South Korea: The Riddle of Hwang Jini

Great World Cup Saga · Part 12

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their World Cup marathon with an episode focused on Korean culture, sp…

Medieval Treason (Ep 1)

Treason · Part 1

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook visit the National Archives with treason expert Ewan Roger to preview the new e…

Portugal: On the Edge of the World (Ep 1)

Portugal · Part 1

This episode inaugurates a multipart history of Portugal. The hosts trace Portugal's long, layered past from ancient ti…

Robin Hood

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook explore the origins, evolution and cultural afterlife of the Robin Hood legend.…

Genghis Khan: Lord of the Mongols

Genghis Khan · Part 2

This episode is the second instalment on Genghis Khan, hosted by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook with guest Ali Ansar…

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Series in this era

25 series

1066

5 episodes Aired: 2025-04-06 – 2025-04-22

Joan of Arc

5 episodes Aired: 2026-01-05 – 2026-01-14

The Hundred Years' War (S2)

5 episodes Aired: 2024-08-25 – 2024-09-10

12 (or 13) Days of Christmas

4 episodes Aired: 2021-12-25

The Hundred Years' War (S1)

4 episodes Aired: 2023-04-03

The Road to 1066

4 episodes Aired: 2025-03-17

Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

3 episodes Aired: 2023-02-06

Great World Cup Saga

3 episodes Aired: 2022-11-28 – 2022-12-13

The Peasants' Revolt

3 episodes Aired: 2024-01-29

Baghdad

2 episodes Aired: 2023-10-09

Historical figures

109 tagged

Edward III of England

25 episodes

William I of England (William the Conqueror / William, Duke of Normandy)

23 episodes

Richard II of England

20 episodes

Harold Godwinson (Harold II of England)

18 episodes

Henry V of England

18 episodes

Edward the Confessor

16 episodes

Henry IV of England (Henry Bolingbroke)

16 episodes

Harald Sigurdsson (Harald Hardrada, Harald III of Norway)

15 episodes

Cnut the Great (Canute)

13 episodes

Edward, the Black Prince (Edward of Woodstock)

13 episodes

Historical events

62 tagged

Hundred Years' War (1337–1453, Western Europe)

29 episodes

Battle of Hastings (1066)

18 episodes

Norman Conquest

14 episodes

Battle of Agincourt (25 October 1415)

13 episodes

Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)

12 episodes

Battle of Crécy (26 August 1346)

11 episodes

Black Death (c.1347–1351)

11 episodes

Battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356)

10 episodes

Peasants' Revolt (1381, England)

10 episodes

Albigensian Crusade

7 episodes

Books

283 tagged

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Author: Traditional Attribution or Various

8 episodes

Millennium: The End of the World and the Forging of Christendom

Author: Tom Holland

8 episodes

Holy Blood and the Holy Grail

Author: Michael Baigent; Richard Leigh; Henry Lincoln

6 episodes

Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic

Author: Tom Holland

5 episodes

The Canterbury Tales

Author: Geoffrey Chaucer

5 episodes

The Da Vinci Code

Author: Dan Brown

5 episodes

Henry V

Author: William Shakespeare

4 episodes

The Last English King

Author: Julian Rathbone

4 episodes

1066 and All That

Author: W. C. Sellar & R. J. Yeatman

3 episodes

A Most Holy War: The Albigensian Crusade and the Battle for Christendom

Author: Mark Gregory Pegg

3 episodes

Authors

196 tagged

Traditional Attribution or Various

24 episodes

Tom Holland

16 episodes

William Shakespeare

9 episodes

Dominic Sandbrook

7 episodes

Geoffrey Chaucer

6 episodes

Michael Baigent; Richard Leigh; Henry Lincoln

6 episodes

Dan Brown

5 episodes

Charles Dickens

4 episodes

Julian Rathbone

4 episodes

Snorri Sturluson

4 episodes