Shows
Evolutionary Insights by Anthropology.netFarming Inequality: How Ancient Land Use Split SocietiesFor at least 10,000 years, humans have worked the land to feed families, build communities, and form civilizations. But the way those lands were used—how they were divided, worked, and governed—did more than sustain life. It shaped who got rich, who stayed poor, and how power was passed on across generations.A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offers one of the most detailed archaeological analyses to date of the roots of economic inequality. The researchers combed through the physical traces left behind by ancient households—47,000 of them, to be precise—spanning...2025-04-1619 min
Estudos MedievaisEstudos Medievais 44 - Inglaterra Anglo-SaxônicaNo quadragésimo quarto episódio do Estudos Medievais, recebemos Renato Rodrigues da Silva, professor da Universidade Federal Fluminense, para discutirmos a Inglaterra Anglo-Saxônica. Ao longo do episódio, discutimos as transformações políticas, econômicas, literárias e religiosas ocorridas na ilha da Grã-Bretanha entre 410, data do fim da ocupação romana, e 1066, data da conquista normanda liderada pelo duque Guilherme, o Conquistador. Também discutimos as implicações contemporâneas da história da Inglaterra na Alta Idade Média, bem como a própria validade do termo "Anglo-Saxão" para nos referirmos ao período em questão.2024-10-031h 36
Gresham College LecturesThe Medieval Agricultural Revolution: New EvidenceDuring the medieval ‘agricultural revolution’, new forms of cereal farming fuelled the exceptionally rapid growth of towns, markets and populations across much of Europe. The use of the mouldboard plough and systematic crop rotation were key developments and led to open-field farming, one of the transformative changes of the Middle Ages.Using new evidence from plant and animal remains from archaeological excavations in England, this lecture links these to wider developments in medieval society, notably growing social and wealth inequalities.A lecture by Helena Hamerow recorded on 23 March 2023 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London....2023-03-2758 min
Time TeamProf Helena Hamerow: Anglo-Saxon expert on the Saxon HallWe catch up with old friend and authority on Anglo-Saxon archaeology, Prof Helena Hamerow for a wide ranging discussion, covering everything from Saxon royal power bases to discoveries including the Staffordshire Hoard.
Helena – a key contributor to our dig at Sutton Courtenay, featured in last week's Time Team Classic – takes a closer look at Saxon royal great halls, including an incredible recent reconstruction at a neighbouring site in Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire. Prof Hamerow also sheds light on a fascinating period of history when royal women wielded a significant degree of power and influence.
The original video...2022-01-0543 min
Foreign Countries3.6 Archaeology of Early Medieval Europe: Cultivating, Populating and Feeding the Burhs in Anglo-Scandinavian England.Support future seasons of the show: https://patron.podbean.com/ForeignCountries
Buy Foreign Countries a coffee:
https://ko-fi.com/foreigncountriespodcast
https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=9G7GV9X432PN6
Victoria Ziegler, Institute of Archaeology, University College London.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/people/research-students/victoria-ziegler
PhD Thesis: A study of urban trans-location in early medieval England: occupation identities in Saxon London 770-1020
Publication:
Victoria Ziegler (2019) 'From wic to burh: a new approach to the question of...2021-03-2545 min
St Cross College ShortsHelena HamerowProfessor of Early Medieval Archaeology Helena Hamerow speaks with Stanley Ulijaszek2019-09-0210 min
The EssayBede, the Father of English HistoryAnglo-Saxon scholar and guide at Durham Cathedral where Bede is buried, Lilian Groves explores the life and times of the saint widely regarded as one of the greatest theological scholars who gave to the world 'The Ecclesiastical History of the English People' and marvels at the thousands of visitors from around the world who still come to worship at his tomb. In his lifetime, Bede lived in Northumbria - the edge of the known world. He never left the confines of his monastery yet he legacy is universal.
Contributors include Nobel prize-winner Seamus Heaney on the Beowulf bard, the...2018-12-2815 min