100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages
Marc Dresgui
Travel Back in Time with 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages! 🏰
Discover the fascinating world of knights, castles, and medieval life through this engaging and educational audiobook. 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages brings history to life with surprising, fun, and easy-to-understand facts, making it perfect for young listeners eager to learn more about this incredible era.
From epic battles to everyday life, this audiobook takes children on an exciting journey through the Middle Ages. They will explore how people lived, what they ate, how cities grew, and how great inventions changed the course of history.
What will you discover?
This audiobook is ideal for young history lovers, curious minds, and families looking for an educational and entertaining listening experience. Written in a clear and engaging style, it transforms complex historical facts into captivating stories, keeping listeners engaged from start to finish.
Whether at home, in the car, or before bedtime, 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages makes history accessible, exciting, and unforgettable. A perfect way to spark curiosity and inspire a lifelong love for history!
Duration - 4h 5m.
Author - Marc Dresgui.
Narrator - Marc Dresgui.
Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2025 Marc Dresgui ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Travel Back in Time with 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages! 🏰 Discover the fascinating world of knights, castles, and medieval life through this engaging and educational audiobook. 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages brings history to life with surprising, fun, and easy-to-understand facts, making it perfect for young listeners eager to learn more about this incredible era. From epic battles to everyday life, this audiobook takes children on an exciting journey through the Middle Ages. They will explore how people lived, what they ate, how cities grew, and how great inventions changed the course of history. What will you discover? This audiobook is ideal for young history lovers, curious minds, and families looking for an educational and entertaining listening experience. Written in a clear and engaging style, it transforms complex historical facts into captivating stories, keeping listeners engaged from start to finish. Whether at home, in the car, or before bedtime, 100 Amazing Facts about the Middle Ages makes history accessible, exciting, and unforgettable. A perfect way to spark curiosity and inspire a lifelong love for history! Duration - 4h 5m. Author - Marc Dresgui. Narrator - Marc Dresgui. Published Date - Tuesday, 07 January 2025. Copyright - © 2025 Marc Dresgui ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Introduction
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Fact 1 - The mystery of underground castles
Duration:00:02:35
Fact 2 - The first guilds the beginnings of trade unionism
Duration:00:02:19
Fact 3 - Cathedral builders and their advanced techniques
Duration:00:02:13
Fact 4 - Architects innovate to withstand sieges
Duration:00:02:24
Fact 5 - The beginnings and influence of printing in china
Duration:00:02:18
Fact 6 - The blacksmith's trade, essential to villages
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 7 - The first medieval universities and how they functioned
Duration:00:02:20
Fact 8 - How were the warhorses prepared
Duration:00:02:21
Fact 9 - Watchtowers, strategic defense posts
Duration:00:02:21
Fact 10 - Chivalry a strict moral code or an unattainable ideal
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 11 - Beliefs about ghosts and revenants
Duration:00:02:20
Fact 12 - The development of spectacles in the middle ages
Duration:00:02:14
Fact 13 - Personal hygiene items in the middle ages
Duration:00:02:19
Fact 14 - Arab medicine influences health care in europe
Duration:00:02:32
Fact 15 - Franchise charters and municipal freedoms
Duration:00:02:13
Fact 16 - Matrimonial alliances to avoid wars
Duration:00:02:35
Fact 17 - Why did knights wear gold spurs
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 18 - Superstition about eclipses and diseases
Duration:00:02:27
Fact 19 - Dungeons, ruthless but rare prisons
Duration:00:02:20
Fact 20 - Fear of the apocalypse in medieval mindsets
Duration:00:02:22
Fact 21 - The essential role of bread in medieval diets
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 22 - Why did castles have moats
Duration:00:02:22
Fact 23 - Ordalies judgments by fire or water
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 24 - The great battles of the hundred years' war
Duration:00:02:33
Fact 25 - Viking attacks on european coasts
Duration:00:02:30
Fact 26 - Public baths and their role in community health
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 27 - Medieval markets economic and social centers
Duration:00:02:31
Fact 28 - Mercenaries and their role in conflicts
Duration:00:02:31
Fact 29 - Punishment for thieves and robbers
Duration:00:02:24
Fact 30 - The strategy behind castle sieges
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 31 - The role of copyist monks in preserving knowledge
Duration:00:02:21
Fact 32 - The hidden use of loopholes in thick walls
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 33 - Were witches really persecuted in the middle ages
Duration:00:02:19
Fact 34 - Carpenters, the pillars of medieval construction
Duration:00:02:12
Fact 35 - Plate armor, a real headache for blacksmiths
Duration:00:02:20
Fact 36 - The practices of barber surgeons
Duration:00:02:16
Fact 37 - Sacred relics and their supposed power
Duration:00:02:31
Fact 38 - Half timbered houses and their ingenious construction
Duration:00:02:20
Fact 39 - The black death an unprecedented human catastrophe
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 40 - Archers, a formidable long distance weapon
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 41 - Fortified enclosures protecting city dwellers
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 42 - Why did church steeples dominate villages
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 43 - Erroneous beliefs about blood circulation
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 44 - Why were trials often held in public
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 45 - The first gunpowder weapons change battles
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 46 - Beliefs about medicinal herbs
Duration:00:02:28
Fact 47 - Honor codes dictate private vengeance
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 48 - The development of glassmaking in cathedrals
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 49 - Fortresses built during the crusades in the east
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 50 - Great cathedrals, symbols of the power of cities
Duration:00:02:35
Fact 51 - Apothecaries, forerunners of modern pharmacists
Duration:00:02:19
Fact 52 - Soap making a step forward for hygiene
Duration:00:02:21
Fact 53 - How luxurious were the banquet halls
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 54 - Distillation, a key discovery for spirits and perfumes
Duration:00:02:36
Fact 55 - Skirmishes between rival lords
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 56 - Parchment making in monasteries
Duration:00:02:27
Fact 57 - Siege weapons like the trebuchet
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 58 - Street vendors and their risky routes
Duration:00:02:09
Fact 59 - International trade fairs the crossroads of cultures and products
Duration:00:02:24
Fact 60 - Medieval pilgrimages and their dangers
Duration:00:02:16
Fact 61 - Ecclesiastical courts and their influence
Duration:00:02:31
Fact 62 - Epidemics seen as divine punishment
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 63 - Goldsmiths, masters of precision and beauty
Duration:00:02:37
Fact 64 - Large halls places for political and social decision making
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 65 - Executioners, a feared and despised profession
Duration:00:02:39
Fact 66 - Glassmakers and their spectacular stained glass windows
Duration:00:02:46
Fact 67 - The impregnable fortresses that resisted assault
Duration:00:02:27
Fact 68 - Private chapels in lordly dungeons
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 69 - Epidemics and their impact on densely populated cities
Duration:00:02:28
Fact 70 - Why were the streets so narrow
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 71 - Town criers the newspapers of the day
Duration:00:02:28
Fact 72 - Was the moat still full of water
Duration:00:02:15
Fact 73 - Agricultural advances thanks to the moldboard plow
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 74 - Ranked battles, organized chaos
Duration:00:02:32
Fact 75 - Exorcisms performed in monasteries
Duration:00:02:33
Fact 76 - Public fountains, essential to urban life
Duration:00:02:33
Fact 77 - Bakers and bread, the mainstay of our diet
Duration:00:02:26
Fact 78 - Medicinal plants used to treat illnesses
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 79 - Tanners, artisans whose work has little odor
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 80 - Why did castles have drawbridges
Duration:00:02:32
Fact 81 - Why were cemeteries always built near churches
Duration:00:02:24
Fact 82 - Fines sometimes replace corporal punishment
Duration:00:02:18
Fact 83 - Medieval physicians and their strange remedies
Duration:00:02:21
Fact 84 - Intensive training of knights from childhood onwards
Duration:00:02:27
Fact 85 - The fearsome weapons used by the crusaders
Duration:00:02:32
Fact 86 - Mechanical clocks change the perception of time
Duration:00:02:29
Fact 87 - Religious hospitals and their role in health care
Duration:00:02:14
Fact 88 - How did farmers cope with long winters
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 89 - Clothing by social class in the middle ages
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 90 - The windmill, a practical and ecological invention
Duration:00:02:17
Fact 91 - Trials of animals accused of crimes
Duration:00:02:16
Fact 92 - Gallows on the outskirts of towns as warnings
Duration:00:02:22
Fact 93 - The importance of gardens in monasteries
Duration:00:02:25
Fact 94 - The crusades and their impact on european trade
Duration:00:02:15
Fact 95 - Folk festivals and their wild dances
Duration:00:02:23
Fact 96 - The templars, guardians of roads and treasures
Duration:00:02:35
Fact 97 - Tournaments sporting spectacle or military training
Duration:00:02:13
Fact 98 - The strict rules of seigneurial banquets
Duration:00:02:27
Fact 99 - The unlikely remedies for plague and leprosy
Duration:00:02:33
Fact 100 - The compass revolutionizes marine navigation
Duration:00:02:32
Ending Credits
Duration:00:01:49