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Jan 2024
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Season 3 | Bonus: How to live like a mon...

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The new season of This is History will be landing on your feeds on February 20th. In the meantime, you can listen to hours of bonus content over on This is History Plus, where Dan has been interviewing the great and good of history about all things Plantagenet. In this free taster episode, Dan has a conversation with Mediaevalist Danièle Cybulskie about personal lessons we can take from the monks of the Middle Ages. 


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Written and presented by Dan Jones

Producer - Georgia Mills

Executive  Producer - Louisa Field

Production Manager - Jen Mistri

Engineer - Matias Torres Sole 


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