The British History Podcast

The podcast explores the Scottish origins of Halloween, discussing the ancient Celtic holiday of Samhain and its traditions. It also tells the story of Jack's deal with the devil and explores the origins of Halloween traditions like Jack o'Lanterns and bobbing for apples. The podcast delves into the transformation of Halloween from a Celtic holiday to a Christian tradition.

This podcast episode explores medicine in the Dark Ages, discussing topics such as health conditions, remedies, and medical texts. It delves into the practices of medicine during this time period, including bleeding and leeches, lunar cycles affecting hormones, and strange cures. The significance of urine color and texture, as well as bloodletting, is also explored. The podcast highlights medical treatments in Anglo-Saxon Britain, including surgery, magical cures, contraception, and family planning. It also looks into the historical context of contraception and childbirth in Anglo-Saxon times.

Post-Roman Britain's struggles for survival, including the use of salvaged Roman materials and grave robbing. Connections to Byzantium found at Cadbury Hill. Adapting to change in Britannia and building with timber. Exploring three communities in the migration period and their unique responses to cultural shift.

Challenging the male dominance of history and the importance of including women's perspectives. Exploring the rights and power of Celtic women in Britannia. Discovering the remarkable stories of Celtic warrior queens and influential women who defied societal norms and held positions of power.

This podcast explores Anglo-Saxon construction, discussing the difficulties in analyzing buildings, integration of different groups, challenges of sunken featured buildings, and construction methods and techniques of the early Anglo-Saxons.

Debunking stereotypes about Dark Ages clothing, difficulties in studying Anglo-Saxon fashion, reliance on wool, tanning leather in unpleasant conditions, and fashion trends in Anglo-Saxon society.

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This podcast explores the ancient religion of the Druids, discussing misconceptions surrounding them. It delves into their significant role and power in Celtic society, their teaching methods, and conflicts resolution abilities. The podcast also examines contrasting descriptions of Celtic holy sites, discusses potential human sacrifice, and uncovers the biased portrayal of the Druids by the Romans.

This podcast episode covers the preservation techniques of drying and smoking food, feasts in Anglo-Saxon culture, guild feasts and the power of exclusion, the Bayat ritual in Dark Ages feasting, political strategies of Anglo-Saxons, ancient Germanic funeral feasts, Anglo-Saxon feast table manners, and entertainment activities in the Dark Ages.

Archaeological sites in Denbighshire, Wales are being studied. The iron age hillfortz sites are explored along with ongoing excavations. The Roman conquest is discussed, as well as the usage of hill forts during the Romano British period. Unique features of Cara Druin are examined. The massive hill fort of Pentecalate is investigated, along with a burial mound nearby. Findings of past excavations are discussed, along with ancient metalworking techniques. The mystery of an annex in a hillfort is unraveled. Different ways to support archaeology digs are explored.