In this first episode of History Hit LIVE on Timeline, Dan Snow is joined by Professor Mark Bailey, High Master of St Paul's School, London and Professor of Later Medieval History at the University of East Anglia to delve into the topic of The Black Death. We'll learn how it emerged and spread throughout the world, what impact it had on society and how it would return every few decades over the 400 years that followed.
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History Hit Live - The Aftermath of W...
Today Dan is joined by Margaret MacMillan, professor at St. Antony's College at Oxford University and author of Peacemakers: The Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and Its Attempt to End War. Together they discuss the effects WWI had on the world, and how Europe began to rebuild in the years that fol...
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History Hit Live - The History of Pan...
In this special pandemic episode Dan is joined by Professor Clifford Williamson, lecturer at Bath Spa University and specialising in the History of Public Health and Medicine. Clifford talks about the widespread pandemics of the last 150 years and what we can learn from them when we look at the c...
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History Hit Live - Dan Snow and James...
In today's very special episode of History Hit Live, Dan is joined by fellow historian and presenter James Holland. James is here to discuss the Normandy Landings in 1944, better known as D-Day.
