Weird History
Life As A Medieval Crusader
It's easy to understand how both storytellers and audiences get swept up in the romance of the Crusades. The epic sweep, the clash of cultures, and the stunning aggression still thrill us today. But what was life actually like for a...
Crash Course
The Congress of Vienna: Crash Course European History
The end of the Napoleonic Wars left the great powers of Europe shaken. Judging from the destruction that had been wrought across the continent, it seemed to the powers that be that the Enlightenment had liberated the people, and led to...
Royal Opera House
The opening of 'Wehvolles Erbe' from Parsifal (Gerald Finley, The Royal Opera)
Gerald Finley as Amfortas sings the opening of 'Wehvolles Erbe' from Act I of Stephen Langridge's production of Richard Wagner's Parsifal, The Royal Opera, 2013. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk/parsifal The creative team behind...
Curated Video
The Royal Mistress Who Became Portugal's Corpse Queen | Inês de Castro
In the 14th century, there would be a real-life doomed romance that would apparently lead to one of the strangest events in history - Portugal would have a dead queen. Inês de Castro became the mistress of Pedro I of Portugal as soon as...
History Hit
Total War, The Three Kingdoms of China: The historical background behind the video game
What is the history behind the video game and what happened? How did they settle on early medieval Chinese history? Total War, The Three Kingdoms of China, Part 1
Curated Video
Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination
Discover the UK’s biggest ever Gothic exhibition at the British Library from 3 Oct 2014 to 20 Jan 2015. Two hundred rare objects trace 250 years of the Gothic tradition, exploring our enduring fascination with the mysterious, the...
Curated Video
Christine de Pizan part 2: "The Book of the City of Ladies"
Christine de Pizan noticed that women were often portrayed in a negative light, so she began writing stories of women, defending their role in society. One such writing is "The Book of the City of Ladies."