The Middle Ages in Podcast

Here is a selection of Radio France and France Inter podcasts exploring the Middle Ages. Dive into a thousand years of history you can listen to! 

• "Le Moyen Âge" 
  From the fall of the Western Roman Empire to the invention of the printing press, this series retraces the major figures, dates, and events that shaped the historical period we call the Middle Ages.
   
• "Bienvenue au Moyen Âge" 
  But there is a Middle Ages that captivates and fascinates: the one of legends, tales, and songs. The world of King Arthur, the troubadours! 
  Day after day, through brief episodes, Michel Zink’s chronicles reveal this poetic Middle Ages, recounting, reciting, and evoking a world that feels both distant and deeply familiar.
   
• "Histoires oubliées du Moyen Âge" 
  Here is Ségurant, the knight of the dragon, newcomer to the Round Table — and here is a forgotten book, La Fleur des histoires de la terre d’Orient.  Here are beggars and labourers, for a popular history of the Middle Ages — and the Merovingians, a dynasty rediscovered.
   
• "Les bons conseils du Moyen Âge"
  A medieval detour to learn how to govern differently — following the example of the Frankish kings — or how to listen to grievances and discontent to support reforms! 
  The Middle Ages have much to teach us, including lessons on tolerance and even dietetics, all backed by the rigour of historical scholarship…
   
• "Série « Au village, une histoire politique »"  
  Episode 1: Medieval Villages, a Shared History
  Western villages may have originated in the Middle Ages — but is this really the case?  How did medieval rural and village communities organise themselves? Was the lord the sole holder of power in the village?