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High & Late Middle Ages

106 Episodes 28 Series 120 Figures 65 Events 297 Books 203 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

12 episodes

Coronations: The Deep History (Ep 1)

Coronations · Part 1

This episode is the first of a three-part series on coronations. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the British co…

RIHC: Dominic’s top books, the purpose of History, and 14th century war crimes (livestream)

This bonus live episode features hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. They speak to the podcast's community, acknow…

RIHC: The Anglo-French truce, latin periodicals, and a cinematic smackdown

This is a bonus episode recorded without Dominic Sandbrook; Tom Holland is joined by Theo (the show's producer) to disc…

RIHC: Longbow revisionism, Churchill's stately home, and the BBC in crisis

This bonus episode is hosted by Tom Holland with guests Tony Pasta (Goalhanger head) and Theo. The conversation opens o…

Hundred Years' War: A Storm of Swords (Ep 4)

The Hundred Years' War (S1) · Part 3

This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) examines the aftermath of the English vic…

Hundred Years' War: A Game of Thrones (Ep 1)

The Hundred Years' War (S1) · Part 2

Hosts discuss the cultural and political background to the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War, opening with a reading f…

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…

Hundred Year's War: The Black Prince (Ep 3)

The Hundred Years' War (S1) · Part 1

In this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their series on the Hundred Years' War, examining how chival…

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 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…

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 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…

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Series in this era

28 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

Dawn of the Samurai

4 episodes Aired: 2026-04-05

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

She-wolves Mini Series

3 episodes Aired: 2026-05-19 – 2026-06-09

Historical figures

120 tagged

Edward III of England

28 episodes

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

25 episodes

Richard II of England

22 episodes

Henry V of England

21 episodes

Harold Godwinson (Harold II 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)

14 episodes

Edward I of England

13 episodes

Historical events

65 tagged

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

29 episodes

Battle of Hastings (1066)

18 episodes

Battle of Agincourt (25 October 1415)

15 episodes

Norman Conquest

15 episodes

Battle of Stamford Bridge (1066)

12 episodes

Black Death (c.1347–1351)

12 episodes

Battle of Crécy (26 August 1346)

11 episodes

Peasants' Revolt (1381, England)

11 episodes

Battle of Poitiers (19 September 1356)

10 episodes

Wars of the Roses (1455–1487)

8 episodes

Books

297 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

203 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

Charles Dickens

5 episodes

Dan Brown

5 episodes

Helen Castor

4 episodes

Julian Rathbone

4 episodes