I Fought in a Medieval Battle: This is What Happened

How have surgical techniques evolved over the centuries? In this video compilation, Dan Snow, Alice Loxton, Luke Tomes and Michael Livingstone explore the history of medical procedures from the medieval period, age of gunpowder, Victorian times and during the First World War. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

Eleanor Janega explores the lives of those that worked, earned and played in Medieval England. Life in the Medieval period looked like lots of different things to lots of different people. Your place in society could dictate everything. From what food you ate, where you could go, how educated you were and even how long you were likely to live for. Across this series, discover what life was like for those that worked, those that earned, those that learned and those that played in Medieval England. Presented by medieval historian, Dr Eleanor Janega. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

How did an army of English peasant archers defeat some of France's greatest warriors? On October 25th 1415, Henry V of England took on the mighty French forces at the Battle of Agincourt. Despite being heavily outnumbered, his troops won. It would become one of the most legendary victories in English history - a tale of bravery and triumph against all the odds, inspiring everyone from Shakespeare to Churchill to Kenneth Branagh. But how much of the story we know today is true, and how much has been twisted to suit later politics? What really happened at Agincourt? You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

Dr Joann Fletcher is on a mission, she and the Mummy Investigation Team at York University have been called in to look at a mysterious case – a female mummy inside a beautifully painted Egyptian coffin. There’s only one catch, they’re not allowed to open the coffin. In one of the teams’ most unusual cases they must solve the mystery of this woman’s demise without ever having access to her mummy. Using everything in their power the investigation combines Xray and CT scans with facial reconstruction and facial modelling to discover who this woman was and how she died. But none of them is prepared for the grizzly tale they eventually unravel. Odyssey is your journey into the world of Ancient History; from the dawn of Mesopotamia to the fall of Rome. We'll be bringing you only the best documentaries that journey into the mysteries and ruins of worlds long lost. :european_castle: You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to

Click the links here to get 20% off: The Dark Ages. A period of collapse, chaos and violence. Or was it? New discoveries are helping to challenge that idea. After centuries buried beneath the soil, the graves of Anglo-Saxons are unlocking the secrets of these elusive people, revealing a civilisation far more complex than history often remembers. Today medieval historian Matt Lewis returns to The University of Bradford to team up with Osteoarchaeologist Dr. Jo Buckberry to investigate the remains of three individuals who lived and died in Anglo-Saxon England and who, in death, may help reveal the truth about life in early medieval Britain Images of Plan of Raunds from, Boddington, A. provided by Historic England Archive (30:10:00) You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.

NEW ARCHAEOLOGY! Archaeologist Giselle Kiraly comes face to face with ancient Egyptian coffins, including one which may have been re-used for multiple corpses. Join us as we learn how these coffins were built, what the decorations mean and how they're being preserved and analysed in the Petrie Museum. You can now become a History Hit member right here on the original video platform! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more. History Hit is part of Little Dot Studios, a Certified B Corp™