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Coloring isn't just for kids! 🎨✨

Check out 'BESTIARY: Fantastical Creatures & Enchanted Beasts,' a new medieval and fantasy-inspired adult coloring book. 🐉

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December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
John Man's latest book is out!

Conquering the North – China, Russia, Mongolia: 2,000 Years of Conflict

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December 16, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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December 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#OTD in 1408 - Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary (and later Holy Roman Emperor), established the Order of the Dragon (Societas Draconistarum)

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December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Died #OTD in 1437: Sigismund of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, Germany, and Bohemia, died in Znojmo.

He was the driving force behind the Council of Constance, which successfully ended the Western Schism, a massive crisis where three rival Popes all claimed legitimacy.
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🇻🇦 The Pope Who Faced the Pestilence!

#OTD in 1352, the Catholic Church mourned the passing of a remarkable leader; 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗩𝗜 died in Avignon, France of natural causes.

Pope Clement VI is best known for his papacy during the terrifying Black Death
December 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#OTD in 771 Carloman I, the co-King of the Franks, died

Carloman had ruled alongside his more famous older brother, Charlemagne. With Carloman's death, Charlemagne immediately became the sole King of the Franks, consolidating power over the entire kingdom.
December 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#OTD in 1120: The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning Prince William Adelin, son of Henry I of England

The death of William leads to a 19 year period of civil war called The Anarchy

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November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#OTD in 1248: In the middle of the night the north side of Mont Granier suddenly collapsed, it is one of the largest rockslides in Europe

Five villages were completely destroyed by the Mont Granier rockslide: Cognin, Vourey, Saint-André, Granier, Saint-Pérange
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
#OTD in 1307 - Pope Clement V issues the papal bull Pastoralis Praeeminentiae instructing Christian monarchs to arrest all #Templars

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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is how the Little Ice Age started in the 14th Century.

Find out all the details in our latest #podcast episode!

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November 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
John the Fearless was brutally assassinated under the banner of truce.

Find out why Dauphin Charles ordered the assassination and the devastating consequences for France.

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MAP95: John the Fearless and the Bloody Fight for France
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November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand.

The 3rd horse of the apocalypse was released and famine spread across the land!

The Great Famine of 1315 in our latest #podcast
MAP97: Hunger Games: The Great Famine of 1315
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November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🌾 Famine. Rain. Desperation.

In 1315, Europe’s golden age drowned in endless storms and died of starvation

Discover how the Great Famine of 1315 reshaped the medieval world and began the Crisis of the Late Middle Ages on our latest #podcast episode

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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Born #OTD in 1479: Joanna I 'the Mad' Queen of Castile and León

Want to know why Joanna was Mad? Find out in our 'Mad Monarchs' podcast lesson

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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Died #OTD in 1147: Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English politician and illegitimate son of King Henry I of England
October 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Get ready for #Halloween night by listening to this podcast episode. The flesh eating zombies are waiting!
MAP#34 – Medieval Zombies
It's that time of year again. The full moon is out and the night gets a little spookier. But have
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Feeling the Halloween spirit? 🎃 Jump into our collection of Medieval Halloween #Podcast episodes!

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October 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🎃 NEW #PODCAST EPISODE: TALES OF MEDIEVAL REVENGE! 💀

Explore the dark genius of Edgar Allan Poe in this special Halloween episode.

Hear the chilling stories of a court jester's deadly plot of revenge in "Hop-Frog" and a perfect act of vengeance in the catacombs of "The Cask of Amontillado."
October 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Died today in 996: Hugh Capet, King of France; founder of and first king from the House of Capet

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October 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM