HistoryHit.tv your online source for high quality medieval programs
Launched in 2018, HistoryHit.tv offers a wide variety of programs for any history lover. HistoryHit.tv was conceived by Dan Snow as a ‘new kind of
24 March 2020
800 Medieval manuscripts now available online
Over the last two years the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France worked together to catalog and digitize 800 medieval manuscripts. The project
12 March 2019
Domesday book lent to British Library for Anglo-Saxon exhibition
Domesday, the earliest public record and perhaps the most famous book in English history, is to be lent to the British Library for a landmark
27 March 2018
Magna Carta manuscripts brought together for the first time
There are a few milestones this year relating to the Middle Ages, but none hold the weight of the Magna Carta. It was 800 years
12 February 2015
Welsh author digs deep to find medieval origins of Thirty Days Hath verse
It is one of the most popular and oft-repeated rhymes in the English language, serving to remind countless generations how many days there are in
16 January 2012
BBC4 lines up “Medieval Kings”
UK digital channel BBC4 has unveiled a host of factual commissions, including a major new arts series, Art Nouveau, and medieval history series The Private
29 August 2011
Facsimile of Isabella Breviary unveiled at Miami Book Fair
An exact replica of Spanish Queen Isabella’s breviary, a medieval codex that is highly prized for its illuminated pages, stunning beauty and luxurious decoration, was
19 November 2010
Medieval book looted during war to go back to Italy
A 12th century manuscript will be returned to Italy from the British Library thanks to a new law governing artwork looted during the Nazi era.
16 September 2010
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