Entirely Unofficial Rest is History Catalogue and Interrogator

High & Late Middle Ages

99 Episodes 26 Series 110 Figures 62 Events 284 Books 197 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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2022

10 episodes

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.…

The Rise of Genghis Khan

Genghis Khan · Part 1

In this episode Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook are joined by Professor Ali Ansari (St Andrews) to discuss the origin…

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…

Byzantium and the Ghosts of Rome (Part 2)

The End of the Roman Empire

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook continue their multipart discussion about when — and how — the Roman Empire end…

ARCHIVE: The Vikings and the birth of Kyiv

Vikings in the East · Part 3

This episode of The Rest Is History (recorded early February 2022, re-airing material first published January 2022) exa…

Valentine's Day

This Valentine's Day special of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) traces the complex origin…

The Birth of Russia

Vikings in the East · Part 2

This episode is the second part of a mini-series focused on the Vikings in the East and the origins of Kievan Rus. Tom …

The Princes in the Tower Part 2

Princes in the Tower · Part 2

This episode is the second part of The Rest Is History’s examination of the Princes in the Tower. Tom Holland and Domin…

The Princes in the Tower Part 1

Princes in the Tower · Part 1

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook introduce the story of the Princes in the Tower, concentrating on the family an…

2021

2 episodes

5 Jan: Death of Edward the Confessor and the Dreyfus Affair

12 (or 13) Days of Christmas · Part 13

This episode (broadcast around 5 January as part of the hosts' seasonal "12 Days of Christmas" series) pairs two sombre…

1 Jan: Nero's succession and the fall of the Byzantine Empire

12 (or 13) Days of Christmas · Part 9

Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook mark New Year’s Day with a two-part Roman-themed discussion. Tom opens with eve…

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Series in this era

26 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

Dawn of the Samurai

3 episodes Aired: 2026-04-05

Great World Cup Saga

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

The Peasants' Revolt

3 episodes Aired: 2024-01-29

Historical figures

110 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

284 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

197 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