Medieval Dead
Medieval Dead is a TV show on Yesterday. The long-running program has been available since 2017. A total of 80 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in September 2021.
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Discover what forensic research and archaeology can tell us about the condottieri, Italian mercenary leaders who operated during the Renaissance.
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50:00These Norse-Gaelic clans settled in medieval Ireland and battled Norman invaders. Artefacts and bones from the era shed light on the Galloglass.
1:10:00The siege of Vadum Jacob in 1179 saw Muslim forces overcome the Knights Templar. Now, forensic analysis of the battleground can shed light on this conquest.
1:00:00Carl Wark is a hill fort of unproven origin, but Bronze Age artefacts suggest a long occupation of the area. Tune in to see what the team can find.
1:05:00The Battle of Dornach in 1499 was a decisive victory for Switzerland over the Holy Roman Empire. Tune in to see revealing analysis of skulls found on this site.
1:00:00Preserved swords from the Battle of Castillon in 1453 have been found on a river bank. What can these weapons tell us about the end of the Hundred Years War?
1:00:00Our crack team travel to France to investigate the massacre of hundreds of Cathars in 1244. History is brought alive through intricate skeletal analysis.
1:00:00A medieval warrior's skeleton is found in Finland and his swords suggest a link between Christians and Pagans. What can bone analysis tell us? Find out.
50:00Our crack team travel to France to investigate the massacre of hundreds of Cathars in 1244. History is brought alive through intricate skeletal analysis.
1:10:00A medieval warrior's skeleton is found in Finland and his swords suggest a link between Christians and Pagans. What can bone analysis tell us? Find out.
1:00:00Tim Sutherland makes myriad finds as bones from the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota - in which Portugal routed Castile - are forensically studied. See what turns up.
1:00:00Carbon dating of a skeleton found in East Sussex suggests the bones are from the Norman era. Did this mysterious medieval man fight at the Battle of Hastings?
1:00:00Witness exciting new historical discoveries as experts study the bones of our ancestors. The tombs of English knights who fought at Agincourt are explored.
1:10:00Tim Sutherland makes myriad finds as bones from the 1385 Battle of Aljubarrota - in which Portugal routed Castile - are forensically studied. See what turns up.
1:00:00A Cumbrian knight's body is found in a near-perfect state of preservation, even though he died in 1368. Fascinating forensics reveal the secrets of his past.
50:00Carbon dating of a skeleton found in East Sussex suggests the bones are from the Norman era. Did this mysterious medieval man fight at the Battle of Hastings?
50:00Witness exciting new historical discoveries as experts study the bones of our ancestors. The tombs of English knights who fought at Agincourt are explored.
1:10:00A Cumbrian knight's body is found in a near-perfect state of preservation, even though he died in 1368. Fascinating forensics reveal the secrets of his past.
1:10:00Our crack team travel to France to investigate the massacre of hundreds of Cathars in 1244. History is brought alive through intricate skeletal analysis.
1:10:00A medieval warrior's skeleton is found in Finland and his swords suggest a link between Christians and Pagans. What can bone analysis tell us? Find out.