Hannah Cusworth shares highlights from the intriguing life of the Mali emperor Mansa Musa – from his astonishing pilgrimage to Mecca to tales of his extraordinary wealth
Andrew Pettegree examines some of the ways in which literary culture has evolved and been utilised during times of conflict – from the daring adventures of James Bond to the censorship of Winston Churchill's works in WW2 prisoner of war camps
Danièle Cybulskie cracks open the medieval rulebook to reveal the top dos and don'ts of the Middle Ages – including why you should never sneeze in the direction of a lord or lady
In this subscriber-only bonus episode, Emily Briffett brings back several historians from our First Crusade podcast series, putting the biggest questions surrounding crusading history to them and answering listener questions