Many think that during the Middle Ages, there were no alternatives to the Catholic Church, but that is not true.
We may think of castles as just military fortifications. But they were besieged rarely. So what were these grand buildings
How an Allied POW tried to escape from Colditz disguised as a German worker!
Hear the exciting escape story of Mike Sinclair – the only British prisoner to be killed at Colditz. Learn how
The Waldenses were a group of Christians centered in the Alps that were opposed to the Catholic church before the
How the 9th century Bishop Claudius of Turin took on the powerful Catholic church and their worship of images.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I – the Great War. It is a
Tom Scott visits an old optical telegraph station that was used to send messages across France at amazing speeds for
Swords are most people’s favorite medieval weapon. But spears have been an important weapon for all of recorded history, and