20 Best Medieval History Podcasts

1. Saga Thing

Discover what Vikings did when they were at home in this fun medieval history and literature podcast about the Icelandic sagas. Hosted by two medieval literature professors with beards.
Podcast sagathing.podbean.com
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 2.6KTwitter Followers 2.6K Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 93 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact Get Influential Podcasters ContactsGet access to 100k active Podcasters, Influencers in 1500 niche categories.Get targeted media contact list in your niche at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the categories of Podcasters you want to reach out for your marketing campaign at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share active Podcasters list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. History of the Papacy Podcast

This show will detail the biographies and interesting facts of the Papacy of Rome. It will start in the beginning, but will not go straight through. There will be many side tracks and detours along the way. We will investigate the backstreets of the Papacy where the tour normally doesn't go.
Podcast spreaker.com
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Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 848Twitter Followers 1.4K Frequency 1 episode / day Avg Length 18 min Since Jan 2013 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

3. Medieval Archives

The Medieval Archives podcast transports you back to an age of heroic kings, gallant knights, and pious bishops. Separate fact from fiction and find out how the men and women of the middle ages really lived.
Podcast medievalarchives.com
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Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Facebook Followers 15.8KTwitter Followers 40.4KInstagram Followers 146 Frequency 2 episodes / week Since Jun 2010 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Get Email Contact

4. A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast

Sarah Ifft Decker, a medieval historian, explores how movies, tv, and books depict the medieval world. What did they get right? What did they get wrong? And what do they tell us about how modern people think about the medieval past?
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Twitter Followers 285 Frequency 1 episode / month Avg Length 104 min Since Nov 2018 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

5. Fortune's Wheel

Fortune's Wheel is a narrative history podcast focusing on the Late Middle Ages, approximately the mid-900s to 1492. This largely overlooked time period would see the formation of modern national borders as well as tell the intricate story of land opening its eyes from the intellectual Dark Ages and into the most pivotal movements that will restructure the world we know today: the Age of Exploration, the Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Enlightenment.
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Apple Rating 4.6 / 5Twitter Followers 45Instagram Followers 2 Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 45 min Since Jun 2020 Listen on Apple Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

6. Human Circus

A narrative history podcast following the journeys of medieval travellers and their roles in larger historical events. Telling great stories, showing the interconnected nature of the medieval world, and meeting Mongols, Ottomans, Franciscans, merchants, ambassadors, and adventurers along the way.
Podcast humancircuspodcast.com
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Apple Rating 4.4 / 5Twitter Followers 1.8K Frequency 3 episodes / quarter Avg Length 38 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

7. Medieval Death Trip

A podcast exploring the wit and weirdness of medieval texts. Medieval Death Trip is podcast that presents interesting passages from medieval primary sources, and by 'interesting,' I usually mean things which capture extreme and curious experiences, such as murders and marvels, curses and creatures, prodigies and provocations.
Podcast medievaldeathtrip.com
Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 887 Frequency 1 episode / quarter Avg Length 54 min Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

8. Abbasid History Podcast

An audio platform for the study of the pre-modern Islamic(ate) past and beyond. We interview academics, archivists, and artists on their work for peers and junior students in the field. We aim to educate, inspire, perhaps infuriate, and on the way entertain a little too. Suitable also for general listeners with an interest in geographically diverse medieval history.
Podcast abbasidhistorypodcast.libsyn.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Facebook Followers 1.1KTwitter Followers 4.8K Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 45 min Since Apr 2019 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

9. The Medieval Podcast

All about the Middle Ages from Medievalists.net. Join Danièle Cybulskie and her guests as they talk about the medieval world, from Byzantium to the Vikings.
Podcast medievalists.net
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Facebook Followers 271.8KTwitter Followers 80.4K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 47 min Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

10. The History of Byzantium

'The History of Byzantium' is a podcast dedicated to the story of the Roman Empire from the collapse of the West in 476 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Byzantine history is fascinating, world-changing, and largely forgotten. Listen and discover who they were.
Podcast play.acast.com
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Facebook Followers 12.4KTwitter Followers 11.3KInstagram Followers 5.9K Frequency 1 episode / week Avg Length 35 min Since May 2012 Listen on Spotify YouTube Play Get Email Contact

11. The Court Jester

Medievalist and storyteller Kleio Pethainou takes you on a raucous ride through the Middle Ages. Get ready to uncover the saucy, cheeky, and definitely inappropriate stories called 'the fabliaux', and other kinds of medieval absurdity!Join Kleio on X/Twitter @kpethainouand follow on Facebook @TheCourtJesterPodcast, where you can discuss the latest episode and suggest stories you'd like to hear in future episodes.If you find yourself thoroughly entertained and want to support the show, consider making a donation on ko-fi.com/thecourtjesterpodcast. Your contributions will help keep the...
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Frequency 2 episodes / quarter Avg Length 11 min Play Get Email Contact

12. Wittenberg to Westphalia

A history podcast that aims to cover the birth of the European state system by examining the Early Modern Period of European history. Along the way, the podcast will delve into the geography, economy, politics, ideas, and culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period to give the listener a view into the lives of the people who lived the events.
Podcast wittenbergtowestphaliapodcast.weebly.com
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Facebook Followers 1.3KTwitter Followers 951 Frequency 6 episodes / year Avg Length 53 min Play Get Email Contact

13. The History of Vikings

A podcast featuring scholarly discussions about Vikings, Norse myth, & the history of medieval Scandinavia & Iceland. Hosted by Noah Tetzner. The History of Vikings is dedicated to retelling the incredible history of the Viking people, and the gods they worshiped! If you love Viking history and Norse Mythology, then this is the show for you!
Podcast podcasts.apple.com
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Apple Rating 4.7 / 5Twitter Followers 14.2K Frequency 2 episodes / year Avg Length 42 min Since Jul 2018 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

14. History of the Copts

The History of the Copts podcast is a narrative history of Roman and Medieval Egypt through the eyes of its native population, the Copts. The Podcast is a part of @copticvoiceus: a 501C(3) non-profit with the mission to help forge a global Coptic identity.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Apple Rating 5 / 5Twitter Followers 920 Since Mar 2013 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

15. The Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Hello, fellow amateur historians and ancient/medieval scholars!!! My name is Nick Barksdale and like you, I have a passion for ancient and medieval history Ages. The focus of this podcast is history plain and simple and all of the facts and theories that come with it. From academic lectures and interviews, I want to talk about what we love and hopefully even touch on subjects you haven't even thought about.
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Apple Rating 4.5 / 5Facebook Followers 19.5KTwitter Followers 897 Since Oct 2020 Listen on Apple YouTube Play Get Email Contact

16. Luxembourg History Podcast

Occupations. Partitions. Medieval shenanigans. Join us at the LHP as we uncover hidden gems in the history of the world's last Grand Duchy. Brought to you by RTL Today.
Podcast today.rtl.lu
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Apple Rating 4.9 / 5Facebook Followers 18.1KTwitter Followers 1.3KInstagram Followers 44.8K Since Sep 2020 Listen on Apple Play Get Email Contact

17. How Two Medieval Podcast

Join your hosts as they discuss the highs and lows of medieval living history and re-enactment. Through their personal experiences, and with help from expert guests and friends, they walk you through lessons learned in the hobby and set you on the right path to success.
Podcast podcasters.spotify.com
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Facebook Followers 588 Frequency 1 episode / year Avg Length 51 min Play Get Email Contact

18. Trobár Talks

The members of medieval music ensemble Trobár talk all things medieval.
Podcast feeds.buzzsprout.com
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Facebook Followers 726Instagram Followers 374 Since Dec 2020 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

19. Scotichronicast

The podcast which discusses all things relating to medieval Scotland.
Podcast buzzsprout.com
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Twitter Followers 526 Listen on YouTube Play Get Email Contact

20. Medieval Me

Open the doors to medieval history! Discussions on the history of the medieval period of the world, specifically Europe and Scandinavia. Hosted by Wendy Jordan, MPhil (Master's) in archeology from Cambridge University (UK) and BA in history from the University of Oklahoma. Produced by RDG Communications.
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