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  • The 1349 St Scholastica Day Riot: Oxford's Bloodiest Town vs Gown

    The 1349 St Scholastica Day Riot: Oxford's Bloodiest Town vs Gown
    2026/06/06
    In 1349, while the Black Death still gripped England, a violent clash between Oxford University scholars and townspeople erupted on St Scholastica Day. Over two days, armed students and townsmen fought through the streets, leaving dozens dead. The episode explores the deep tensions between town and gown in medieval university towns, the rights and privileges of scholars, the role of the Chancellor's court in shielding students from civil law, and how the crown ultimately sided with the university. We discuss the causes: a tavern argument over bad ale, the royal charters that exempted scholars from local taxes and justice, the bishop of Lincoln's involvement, the brutal reprisals against the town, and the centuries of hostility that shaped Oxford's governance. Drawing on surviving court rolls and chronicles, we reveal how this forgotten riot foreshadowed the bitter conflicts between learning and commerce in medieval Europe. #StScholasticaDayRiot #OxfordUniversity #MedievalOxford #TownVsGown #BlackDeath #MedievalUniversities #1349 #Chancellor #EdwardIII #Oxford #History #FexingoHistory #MedievalEngland #StudentRiots #AcademicPrivilege #MedievalEducation #Violence #MedievalSociety Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The 1300 Jubilee: Pope Boniface VIII's Power Play

    The 1300 Jubilee: Pope Boniface VIII's Power Play
    2026/06/06
    In 1300, Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Christian Jubilee, offering plenary indulgences to pilgrims visiting Rome. This episode explores the political calculations behind the Jubilee, the massive crowds it drew (chroniclers claimed 200,000 pilgrims), and how it became a tool for papal authority at a time when Boniface was locked in a bitter struggle with King Philip IV of France. We discuss the bull 'Antiquorum habet fida relatio', the Lateran Basilica, the flow of offerings that funded the papacy, and the tension between spiritual ambition and temporal power. Lucas and Luna also touch on how Dante Alighieri, a contemporary critic of Boniface, placed him in the Inferno for simony. A focused look at a single event that reveals the complexities of medieval papal politics. #History #FexingoHistory #MedievalEurope #Papacy #BonifaceVIII #Jubilee1300 #Indulgences #Rome #Pilgrimage #LateranBasilica #PhilipIV #Dante #Inferno #Simony #UnamSanctam #AvignonPapacy #MedievalChurch #Christianity Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    5 分
  • The 1456 Siege of Belgrade That Saved Christendom

    The 1456 Siege of Belgrade That Saved Christendom
    2026/06/05
    In July 1456, an unlikely alliance of Hungarian nobles, Franciscan friars, and peasant crusaders held the line against Mehmed II's Ottoman army at Belgrade. This episode explores the siege that halted the Ottoman advance into Europe for 70 years — the desperate defense led by John Hunyadi and the fiery preacher John of Capistrano, the role of the crusading peasant army, and the aftermath including Hunyadi's death from plague. We also discuss the significance of the noon bell ordered by Pope Callixtus III, still rung today. A pivotal but often overlooked moment that reshaped the balance of power in the Balkans. #SiegeOfBelgrade #JohnHunyadi #MehmedII #OttomanEmpire #JohnOfCapistrano #Crusade #1456 #MedievalHistory #Hungary #Serbia #Balkans #NoonBell #PopeCallixtusIII #MilitaryHistory #SiegeWarfare #Christianity #Islam #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The 1307 Templar Arrests: Friday the 13th Origins

    The 1307 Templar Arrests: Friday the 13th Origins
    2026/06/05
    On October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the mass arrest of the Knights Templar, setting off a chain of events that would destroy one of the most powerful military orders of the Middle Ages. This episode explores the dramatic raid on the Paris Temple, the Inquisition's use of torture, the charges of heresy and sodomy, and the political motives behind the crackdown. We also examine the final dissolution of the order under Pope Clement V, the fate of Grand Master Jacques de Molay, and the persistent legends of hidden Templar treasures. Join Lucas and Luna as they untangle fact from fiction in one of history's most notorious trials. #KnightsTemplar #PhilipIV #JacquesdeMolay #Fridaythe13th #ParisTemple #Inquisition #MedievalEurope #TemplarTrials #ClementV #Heresy #ChinonParchment #Torture #TemplarTreasure #14thCentury #History #FexingoHistory #MedievalHistory #France Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The 1244 Siege of Montségur: Cathar Heresy and Crusader Fire

    The 1244 Siege of Montségur: Cathar Heresy and Crusader Fire
    2026/06/04
    In 1244, after a nine-month siege, the Cathar fortress of Montségur fell to the armies of the French king and the Catholic Church. Over two hundred perfecti were burned alive at the foot of the pog, refusing to renounce their faith. This episode explores the world of the Cathars — a dualist Christian sect that flourished in Languedoc, challenging papal authority and attracting the wrath of the Albigensian Crusade. We follow the siege through the eyes of the defenders, the inquisitors, and the legendary treasure said to have been smuggled out before the fall. Names like Pierre-Roger de Mirepoix, Bishop Bertrand Marty, and Inquisitor Guillaume Arnaud come to life. We also examine the siege itself — the mountain fortress, the blockade, the failed relief attempt, and the mass execution. Did the Cathars really possess the Holy Grail? Or was their treasure something else entirely? Join Lucas and Luna as they unravel the final act of one of medieval Europe's most brutal and misunderstood religious persecutions. #Montségur #Cathars #AlbigensianCrusade #Inquisition #Languedoc #MedievalFrance #Dualism #HolyGrail #Pog #PierreRogerdeMirepoix #BertrandMarty #GuillaumeArnaud #SiegeWarfare #Heresy #MedievalHistory #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    6 分
  • The 1348 Black Death Arrives in England: Death, Taxes, and Social Upheaval

    The 1348 Black Death Arrives in England: Death, Taxes, and Social Upheaval
    2026/06/04
    In 1348, the bubonic plague reached English shores, killing a third of the population within two years. This episode follows the pandemic's arrival at Melcombe Regis in Dorset, its spread through the countryside and into London, and the social and economic chaos it left behind. Lucas and Luna explore how the plague upended feudalism, triggered the Ordinance and Statute of Labourers, and permanently altered the relationship between lords and peasants. They discuss disputed mortality figures, the role of rats and fleas in transmission, the phenomenon of flagellant processions, and the pogroms against Jewish communities blamed for the outbreak. The conversation also touches on how the plague paved the way for the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 and the end of serfdom in England. Along the way, they examine contemporary accounts from chroniclers like Henry Knighton and Giovanni Boccaccio, and the long-debated question of whether the Black Death was bubonic, pneumonic, or both. A sobering look at a catastrophe that reshaped medieval society. #BlackDeath #BubonicPlague #MedievalEngland #EdwardIII #1348 #Feudalism #OrdinanceOfLabourers #StatuteOfLabourers #Flagellants #Pogroms #PeasantsRevolt #MelcombeRegis #YersiniaPestis #RatsAndFleas #HenryKnighton #GiovanniBoccaccio #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The 1358 Jacquerie: France's Explosive Peasant Uprising

    The 1358 Jacquerie: France's Explosive Peasant Uprising
    2026/06/03
    In May 1358, while the Hundred Years' War raged and French nobles bickered, peasants in the Île-de-France rose up in a brutal revolt now known as the Jacquerie. This episode follows the uprising from the first attack at Saint-Leu-d'Esserent through the bloody climax at the Battle of Mello, where noble forces under Charles II of Navarre crushed the rebels. We explore the social and economic pressures behind the revolt—the ravages of the English chevauchée, the ransom demands after the Battle of Poitiers, and the hatred for the nobility symbolized by the derogatory term 'Jacques Bonhomme.' We also examine the role of Étienne Marcel, the provost of Paris, whose brief alliance with the peasants ended in his own death. The Jacquerie reveals the deep class tensions in late medieval France and the explosive violence that could erupt when famine, war, and oppression pushed commoners past the breaking point. #Jacquerie #PeasantRevolt #HundredYearsWar #MedievalFrance #ÉtienneMarcel #CharlesTheBad #BattleOfMello #Clermont #SaintLeu #JacquesBonhomme #Chevauchée #Poitiers #GuillaumeCale #FrenchNobility #SocialUnrest #MedievalEurope #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    7 分
  • The 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury: Last Stand of the House of Lancaster

    The 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury: Last Stand of the House of Lancaster
    2026/06/03
    After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the end of the Hundred Years' War, England plunged into the bloody dynastic conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine the 1471 Battle of Tewkesbury, the decisive engagement that crushed the Lancastrian cause and cemented Edward IV's hold on the throne. They explore the campaign's desperate gambles—from Queen Margaret of Anjou's return from exile to the fatal Lancastrian decision to give battle on unfavorable ground. They discuss the tactical deployment of archers and billmen, the role of 'Fierce' Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, and the brutal aftermath where sanctuary was violated. They also touch on the political intrigue: the defection of Warwick the Kingmaker just a year earlier, the shift in Yorkist loyalty, and how Tewkesbury Abbey became an unwilling witness to bloodshed. A story of medieval warfare, broken promises, and a kingdom forged in slaughter. #BattleOfTewkesbury #WarsOfTheRoses #EdwardIV #MargaretOfAnjou #EdmundBeaufort #HouseOfLancaster #HouseOfYork #MedievalEngland #15thCentury #Tewkesbury #TewkesburyAbbey #Yorkist #Lancastrian #WarwickTheKingmaker #PrinceEdward #BattleOfBarnet #MedievalWarfare #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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    9 分