https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/channel/32/absolute-history/ Welcome to Absolute History - the home of fun, shocking and curious tales from throughout history. From Tony Robinson's Worst Jobs in History to Suzannah Lipscomb's Hidden Killers, join us to learn about our history the entertaining way. Subscribe to... en Thu, 28 May 2026 13:15:01 +0200 Thu, 28 May 2026 13:15:01 +0200 HedexTV - Online Television and VOD Platform - RSS Generator https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3049/the-secret-history-of-queen-victoria-s-disabled-grandson-the-crippled-kaiser-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3049/the-secret-history-of-queen-victoria-s-disabled-grandson-the-crippled-kaiser-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
When Queen Victoria's grandson, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II, was born with a paralyzed arm, it led to a story of child cruelty, secret shame and incestuous desire.]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2968/the-shocking-reason-druids-burned-people-alive-historic-hauntings-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2968/the-shocking-reason-druids-burned-people-alive-historic-hauntings-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Immersed in Ireland's timeless beauty is a dark history of magic, ritual, and prime evil worship. Elemental forces from this ancient past come back as apparitions to wander amongst the living and many of these restless souls are trapped in Ireland's ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3438/why-being-a-barber-was-a-disgusting-and-violent-job-worst-jobs-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3438/why-being-a-barber-was-a-disgusting-and-violent-job-worst-jobs-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The Worst Jobs in History: The Middle Ages.Some of the least pleasant employment opportunities open to people in the Middle Ages. Tony Robinson discovers how fullers spent their working lives stomping on newly woven cloth in vats of stale urine, while ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3357/how-victorians-died-in-raw-sewage-explosions-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3357/how-victorians-died-in-raw-sewage-explosions-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb show us the dangerous ways the Victorian’s fought off dirt.Content licensed from DRG. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3275/the-forgotten-emperor-of-the-seas-zheng-he-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3275/the-forgotten-emperor-of-the-seas-zheng-he-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Born in 1371, Zheng He was captured at the age of 10 by Chinese troops, and castrated.But in a remarkable change of fortune, he joined the household of Prince Zhu Di, son of the Emperor. The Prince was so impressed that when he ascended to the throne, ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3195/a-working-day-as-a-tudor-lead-miner-tudor-monastery-ep4-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3195/a-working-day-as-a-tudor-lead-miner-tudor-monastery-ep4-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The team mine, smelt and cast ingots of lead; plait eel baskets and harvest eels; shape stained glass; patronize a pub; pasture their piglets in the forest; paint cloth and manage their garden. Tom sits for a camera obscura portrait.Content licensed fr...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3065/how-the-viking-belief-in-afterlife-empowered-their-warriors-myths-monsters-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3065/how-the-viking-belief-in-afterlife-empowered-their-warriors-myths-monsters-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
War has been a constant in human history, and stories of conflict often lie at the root of a society's values, ideals and identity. We explore the violent story of Romulus and Remus, the brutal Vikings and the Valkyries, the Trojan War, the influence ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2984/the-battle-that-marked-the-end-of-the-vikings-the-last-journey-of-the-vikings-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2984/the-battle-that-marked-the-end-of-the-vikings-the-last-journey-of-the-vikings-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The Vikings have turned from monastic robbery, to a power struggle for the crown. The battle of Hastings 1066 marks the end of the Viking Age, but with the victorious Vilhjálmur, a new era begins.]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3374/the-impact-of-diana-s-death-on-william-harry-my-mother-diana-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3374/the-impact-of-diana-s-death-on-william-harry-my-mother-diana-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
‘My Mother Diana’ is the story of Charles and Diana's marriage from a new and revealing point of view. It’s the story of how their marriage shaped William. It explores the effect of his mother’s relationships, the tell-all book she collaborated on wit...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3291/clinton-the-clintons-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3291/clinton-the-clintons-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
This is an in-depth look at the lives and marriage of Bill and Hillary Clinton.Content licensed from Kew Media to Little DotStudios. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com#AbsoluteHistory]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3211/the-global-links-of-the-medieval-castle-secrets-of-the-castle-5-5-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3211/the-global-links-of-the-medieval-castle-secrets-of-the-castle-5-5-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Ruth, Peter and Tom look at the castle’s place in the wider medieval world. 13th century Europe was a busy, developing, connected place, where work, trade, pilgrimages and Crusades gave people the opportunity to travel across the continent and beyond.C...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3131/the-mysterious-history-of-loch-ness-britain-s-best-canal-journeys-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3131/the-mysterious-history-of-loch-ness-britain-s-best-canal-journeys-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
John barges his way across Scotland along perhaps the most dramatic and scenic canal in Britain - the Caledonian Canal. The canal links together three natural lochs, each a vast expanse of water as it makes its way right across Scotland from coast to c...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3081/what-exorcisms-looked-like-in-the-fifteenth-century-gods-monsters-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3081/what-exorcisms-looked-like-in-the-fifteenth-century-gods-monsters-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
In this episode Tony Robinson confronts demons, learns how to perform an exorcism, uses a fifteenth century textbook to summon evil spirits, and reveals the terrifying truth about the fairies that stole babies - all in his quest to understand what our ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3000/the-tragic-story-of-the-victorian-rms-tayleur-how-the-victorians-built-britain-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3000/the-tragic-story-of-the-victorian-rms-tayleur-how-the-victorians-built-britain-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The Victorians built the most technologically advanced ships in the world, helping to dominate the high seas in peace, war, leisure and trade. They even created the first submarine.]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3390/the-emergence-of-the-bourgeoisie-food-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3390/the-emergence-of-the-bourgeoisie-food-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The French Revolution in 1789 had a major impact on French society, as it meant the end of an era of absolute monarchy. Old ideas of hierarchy and power were replaced by new ones, including the emergence of the bourgeoisie. Of course, these social chan...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3308/the-inventor-of-the-world-s-first-printing-press-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3308/the-inventor-of-the-world-s-first-printing-press-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Stephen Fry takes a look inside the story of Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the world's first printing press in the 15th century, and an exploration of how and why the machine was invented.Content licensed from TVF International to Little Dot Studios. ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3227/how-to-build-a-13th-century-castle-secrets-of-the-castle-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3227/how-to-build-a-13th-century-castle-secrets-of-the-castle-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6v-3Ai88oMPeter Ginn, Tom Pinfold and Ruth Goodman arrive at Guédelon, in the Burgundy region of France, to join the world’s biggest archaeological experiment - a 25 year project to build a medieval castle from ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3147/the-canal-that-managed-exports-before-railways-britain-s-best-canal-journeys-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3147/the-canal-that-managed-exports-before-railways-britain-s-best-canal-journeys-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Britain’s canal network is a true national treasure. Forged in the fire of world-changing historic events, it is bursting with undiscovered history and home to a vibrant community rooted in a unique way of life. In this definitive and comprehensive ser...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3097/why-being-a-tudor-knacker-was-such-a-gruesome-job-history-of-britain-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3097/why-being-a-tudor-knacker-was-such-a-gruesome-job-history-of-britain-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Tony finds out how a knacker became an executioner, and how clothes were made in Tudor times. He also finds the Mary Rose, Henry VIII's sunken ship, and shows us how food was prepared in Tudor England.Tony Robinson takes an entertaining look at the pa...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3016/why-queen-victoria-adored-the-lavish-burghley-house-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3016/why-queen-victoria-adored-the-lavish-burghley-house-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Victoria and Albert were guests at the stunning Burghley House, Lincolnshire, in 1844. Victoria had been here before when she was 18, and wrote in her diary, 'I remembered its beautiful exterior and splendid situation but was even more struck when I a...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3406/why-did-people-cook-worms-during-the-black-death-worst-jobs-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3406/why-did-people-cook-worms-during-the-black-death-worst-jobs-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Tony Robinson explores the way they tried to cure the Black Death in the Middle Ages.Content licensed from Spire Films. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com Produced by Spire Films]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3325/the-crazy-way-the-telephone-was-invented-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3325/the-crazy-way-the-telephone-was-invented-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Alexander Graham Bell tells the story of his life and describes how he invented the telephone. Told in the first person, and brought to life with a mix of drama, music and animation. As a boy, Bell was fascinated by sound; he grew up with a mother who ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3243/the-sinister-bog-bodies-mummy-mysteries-part-3-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3243/the-sinister-bog-bodies-mummy-mysteries-part-3-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
From the swampland of Northern Europe emerge a series of sinister mummified human bodies many hundreds of years old. They all share the dark secret of a violent death. In Ireland, two bod bodies have recently been found, one with massive head injuries ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3163/how-the-victorians-revolutionised-tourism-full-steam-ahead-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3163/how-the-victorians-revolutionised-tourism-full-steam-ahead-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
In the final episode, the team find out how the combination of increased leisure time and affordable rail transport brought a new kind of freedom for working-class Victorians. Ruth travels along the beautiful south Devon coast before enjoying a Victori...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3113/finding-the-village-of-the-knights-templar-time-team-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3113/finding-the-village-of-the-knights-templar-time-team-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
A 13th century picture of Christ, strikingly similar to that on the Turin Shroud, has turned up. It's believed to belong to the Knights Templar, a medieval order of monks who gave their name to the village of Templecombe. The team investigate a manor ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3032/england-s-most-famous-witch-hunter-witches-a-century-of-murder-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3032/england-s-most-famous-witch-hunter-witches-a-century-of-murder-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
In this drama-documentary series, Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb goes in search of the origins of the deadly craze of witch hunts and trials that infected the British Isles 400 years ago. Through original documents and powerful drama, Suzannah uncovers the fear...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3422/the-9-year-old-who-accused-her-own-mother-of-witchcraft-pendle-witch-trials-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3422/the-9-year-old-who-accused-her-own-mother-of-witchcraft-pendle-witch-trials-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
This is an extraordinary story of the most disturbing witch trial in British history and the key role played in it by one nine-year-old girl. Jennet Device, a beggar-girl from Pendle in Lancashire, was the star witness in 1612 in the trial of her own m...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3341/the-one-of-a-kind-artefact-stolen-from-an-exhibit-secrets-of-the-exhibit-ep1-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3341/the-one-of-a-kind-artefact-stolen-from-an-exhibit-secrets-of-the-exhibit-ep1-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Would the promise of being rich ever drive you to rob something? What about a painting, or an ancient artefact? Join us as we delve into some of the most prolific museum robberies in history. Content licensed from Cineflix.]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3259/anne-frank-eva-schloss-a-tale-of-two-sisters-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3259/anne-frank-eva-schloss-a-tale-of-two-sisters-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
In this fascinating and heart-breaking film, Eva Schloss talks about her memories of Anne, her experiences and survival, and life as the step daughter of Otto Frank, Anne's father and the sole survivor of the family.Content licensed from 3DD to Little...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3179/what-the-first-passenger-train-looked-like-full-steam-ahead-ep2-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3179/what-the-first-passenger-train-looked-like-full-steam-ahead-ep2-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Historians Ruth Goodman, Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn visit Beamish in County Durham to examine how railway companies began to develop ways of moving people, rather than just stone, coal and iron, around the country. The comfort of the early passenger...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3108/how-to-bring-historically-accurate-sword-fighting-to-film-reclaiming-the-blade-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3108/how-to-bring-historically-accurate-sword-fighting-to-film-reclaiming-the-blade-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
This documentary delivers unique insights into both historical combat and theatrical swordplay. The truth of the sword has been shrouded in antiquity, and the Renaissance martial arts that brought it to being are long forgotten. Featuring interviews fr...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3027/the-extravagant-life-tragic-death-of-harry-houdini-the-magic-of-houdini-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3027/the-extravagant-life-tragic-death-of-harry-houdini-the-magic-of-houdini-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Alan Davies explores the extraordinary life of Harry Houdini, who against the odds was among the richest, most successful entertainers in the world, he was the ultimate showman and one of the first American celebrities. In order to understand why Houdi...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3417/the-authentic-foods-of-a-roman-banquet-cook-back-in-time-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3417/the-authentic-foods-of-a-roman-banquet-cook-back-in-time-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The Roman empire was a time of power and brutality, fuelled by violent games and bloodbaths. However, it was also abundent in refinement and extreme sensuality. Food and cooking was an key indicator of success, with quality and abundance of dishes the ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3336/20th-century-gals-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3336/20th-century-gals-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
A television special focusing on four areas where women's progress has been most dramatic: Politics, Sexuality, Work and Family. By using Babe (the 1940s gal reporter, created by Cathy Jones of This Hour Has 22 Minutes) as our tour guide and narrator ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3254/the-way-casanova-was-punished-casanova-s-love-letters-part-3-of-6-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3254/the-way-casanova-was-punished-casanova-s-love-letters-part-3-of-6-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
A true son of the renaissance, Casanova was a musician, a healer, a spy and a lover. He led a tempestuous life where he made and lost fortunes, invented the National Lottery, fought duels with Counts, and had the most famous love life of all time. Thes...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3174/the-hard-working-day-of-a-victorian-farmer-victorian-farm-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3174/the-hard-working-day-of-a-victorian-farmer-victorian-farm-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
In this episode, the team embarks on a trip by steam train, Ruth begins a tough task in the dairy, Alex tries his hand at beekeeping, the sheep are sheared using the latest time-saving technology, and the lengthening summer days allow Alex and Peter to...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3043/why-queen-victoria-s-childhood-was-so-troubled-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3043/why-queen-victoria-s-childhood-was-so-troubled-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Tim reveals how Princess Victoria was kept under 24-hour surveillance by her mother the Duchess of Kent - such was her paranoia that something untoward would happen to her. The sleeping arrangements while at Shugborough back this up. Victoria slept in ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3433/why-tudor-clothes-caused-so-many-drownings-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3433/why-tudor-clothes-caused-so-many-drownings-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
How drowning caused many deaths during the 16th century.Content licensed from DRG. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3352/the-lost-gods-of-egypt-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3352/the-lost-gods-of-egypt-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The ancient Egyptians were obsessed with divinity, death and the afterlife and reincarnation. Christy Kenneally visits Saqqara, south of Cairo, where the Egyptians learned the technique of mummification and built the first pyramid, an early prototype f...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3270/san-francisco-earthquake-of-1906-history-retold-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3270/san-francisco-earthquake-of-1906-history-retold-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
They can turn bright blue skies dark as the night. They can, in an instant, make entire cities disappear. They can crush the human spirit with unflinching indifference. They are natural disasters — unforgiving forces of nature that bend steel, smash co...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3190/the-challenges-of-living-in-the-victorian-era-victorian-farm-ep1-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3190/the-challenges-of-living-in-the-victorian-era-victorian-farm-ep1-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The team move into a Victorian smallholding on the Acton Scott estate that has not been used in nearly half a century. Their first task is the restoration of the cottage. As incoming tenants, they help thresh the previous summer's wheat crop, their fi...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3060/why-beer-is-the-oldest-recipe-in-the-world-the-pharaoh-s-liquid-gold-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3060/why-beer-is-the-oldest-recipe-in-the-world-the-pharaoh-s-liquid-gold-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Beer, known as liquid gold to many in this day and age, but even more so to the ancient Egyptians. This fascinating documentary takes us on an archaeological dig as the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery tries to discover the secrets of the original recipe...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2979/what-life-was-like-for-a-fishing-community-in-1900-britain-the-1900-island-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2979/what-life-was-like-for-a-fishing-community-in-1900-britain-the-1900-island-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Four families, with a longing to escape the demands of the modern world, head back over a hundred years to the turn of the 20th century. In this major new series, The 1900 Island, they are living for a month as a small Welsh fishing community on the dr...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3368/the-deadly-sex-lives-of-the-tudors-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3368/the-deadly-sex-lives-of-the-tudors-hidden-killers-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
Professor Suzannah Lipscomb studies to gruesome and scandalous stories of Tudor sexual infections.Content licensed from DRG. Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3286/the-cradle-of-london-thames-through-time-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3286/the-cradle-of-london-thames-through-time-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
This fascinating documentary takes us back to the early days of the Thames barge matches when they started in 1863 - the second oldest sailing competition in the world. This documentary includes the third and fourth episode.Content licensed from Mosaic...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3206/the-secret-world-of-victorian-cannabis-opium-potions-victorian-pharmacy-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3206/the-secret-world-of-victorian-cannabis-opium-potions-victorian-pharmacy-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The team discover the world of the pharmacy at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837 - a world where traditional remedies such as leeches, oil of earthworm and potions laced with cannabis and opium were popular and regularly used.In a unique...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3126/cooking-a-biblical-meal-in-jerusalem-the-naked-archaeologist-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3126/cooking-a-biblical-meal-in-jerusalem-the-naked-archaeologist-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
The Bible is full of references to the kinds of food ancients ate - but there are no recipes. Simcha learns what archaeology tells us about what people ate in ancient times; shops in Jerusalem for ingredients noted in the Bible and attempt to cook a me...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3076/why-sugar-became-the-signature-of-1930s-britain-turn-back-time-the-high-street-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3076/why-sugar-became-the-signature-of-1930s-britain-turn-back-time-the-high-street-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
As government regulations reduce working hours and cheap sugar means lots of sweets, life gets a bit sweeter for our shopkeepers. Nostalgia boosts sales for the grocers, who have masses of 1930s recognisable brands, the dressmaker has to sell thirties ...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2995/queen-victoria-s-visit-to-hughenden-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/2995/queen-victoria-s-visit-to-hughenden-royal-upstairs-downstairs-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
At the time of the visit to Hughenden, Queen Victoria was a 58-year-old widow and had been on the throne for a hefty 40 years. This was her first ever trip to the home of Benjamin Disraeli, who was in his third year as prime minister; she came to discu...]]> https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3385/the-science-behind-a-renaissance-feast-absolute-history/ https://www.hedex.tv/index.php/video/3385/the-science-behind-a-renaissance-feast-absolute-history/ Sun, 07 Nov 2021 12:50:18 +0100
During the fourteenth century the Renaissance started in Italy, and slowly spread throughout Europe. As shown in this episode, the refreshing Renaissance era indicates an intellectual, philosophical, artistic and religious revolution and is mainly infl...]]>