Coronation of Alfonso VII: Galician Nobility Unites (+ 10 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History (17 Sep 2026)
Today's historical events:
Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empire to recover central Anatolia fro…
The Magna Carta (1215)
One of the most famous of all medieval texts. Uploaded 24-05-19Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for "the Great Charter of the Liberties"), commonly called Magna Carta, is a charter of rights agreed to by King John of England on 15 June 1215 after intense civil unrest within the kingdom. First…
King John: Civil War - John Strikes Back - Part 4
The apparent triumph of Magna Carta in June 1215 proved extraordinarily short-lived. The charter had been intended to impose limits upon King John's authority and restore a measure of political stability, but neither side regarded the settlement as a durable peace. John had accepted the document un…
Loyalty; The Virtue That Stays
Episode 17: Loyalty
The Virtue That Stays
In 1216, England was coming apart.
King John was dead. His heir was nine years old. A French prince had invaded, much of the English nobility was in rebellion, and the survival of the crown was anything but certain.
Into that crisis stepped William Mars…
King John: Magna Carta's Legacy: A Defeat that Changed the World - Part 5
When King John died in October 1216, exhausted, defeated and politically isolated, it might have seemed that the great experiment embodied in Magna Carta had ended with him. The charter had been repudiated by the king, annulled by Pope Innocent III and followed by civil war. Its original settlement…
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Pope Benedict IX: The Scandalous Pope Who Sold the Papacy and Ruled Three Times – Medieval History Explained
Explore the extraordinary and scandalous life of Pope Benedict IX, the only man in history to hold the papacy three separate times. In this episode, we dive deep into the medieval history of 11th-century Rome, revealing how Benedict IX, a member of the powerful Tusculani family, treated the papacy…
King John: The Fall and Death of King John - Part 6
To conclude the series on King John and the Magna Carta it is vital to review the whole, due to the extensive consequences that a short period in history had upon the future. Therefore, by, the autumn of 1216, King John's reign had become a desperate struggle for survival. The monarch who had once …
Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest Enemy Audiobook by Catherine Hanley
https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest EnemyGenres: History, Military, EuropeAuthor: Catherine HanleyNarrator: Veronika HyksRelease date: 09-11-2025Length: 9:57:04Language: EnglishPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing GB…
Royal Griffin Audiobook by Juliet Dymoke
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