The Oppidum d’Ensérune near Béziers is the best example in the south of France of a fortified Celtic settlement. A lawyer called Félix Mouret rode up here in 1895 and wondered why the ground beneath his horse’s hooves sounded hollow.
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Oppidum d’Ensérune – as story of discovery with an equine twist — www.colinduncantaylor.com
OPPIDUM D’ENSÉRUNE – A STORY OF DISCOVERY WITH AN EQUINE TWIST / The Oppidum d’Ensérune near Béziers is the best example in the south of France of a fortified Celtic settlement. A lawyer called Félix ...
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February 10, 2026 at 11:57 AM
The Oppidum d’Ensérune near Béziers is the best example in the south of France of a fortified Celtic settlement. A lawyer called Félix Mouret rode up here in 1895 and wondered why the ground beneath his horse’s hooves sounded hollow.
www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/oppidum... #FrHistory
www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/oppidum... #FrHistory
When Henry VI comes to the throne of England at 9 months old, he is supposedly heir to the kingdom of France as well. What could possibly go wrong? A story of uncles behaving badly and the Parliament of Bats (ie wooden clubs). Sort of #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Plantagenets at War: A Fight for the Throne
Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 30/01/2026 · 53m
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February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
When Henry VI comes to the throne of England at 9 months old, he is supposedly heir to the kingdom of France as well. What could possibly go wrong? A story of uncles behaving badly and the Parliament of Bats (ie wooden clubs). Sort of #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
First of two #frenchpodcast on Saint Louis, who was not bad as kings of France go, apart from all that crusading. Handy histoire événementielle for those who get their Louis mixed up. #Frhistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Rois de France - Aux origines du royaume : Saint Louis, le Très-Chrétien (1/2)
Podcast Episode · Au fil de l'Histoire · 06/01/2026 · 30m
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February 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
First of two #frenchpodcast on Saint Louis, who was not bad as kings of France go, apart from all that crusading. Handy histoire événementielle for those who get their Louis mixed up. #Frhistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
How did French Enlightenment thinkers situate themselves in relation to colonialism? Some odd disagreements (on whether 'colonialism' means just settler colonialism, and what exactly Voltaire and Diderot were being critical of...) in this #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Les Lumières et l'idée coloniale : épisode du podcast Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ?
AUDIO • Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? , épisode : Les Lumières et l'idée coloniale. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Avec philosophie, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:27 PM
How did French Enlightenment thinkers situate themselves in relation to colonialism? Some odd disagreements (on whether 'colonialism' means just settler colonialism, and what exactly Voltaire and Diderot were being critical of...) in this #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Fascinating #frenchpodcast on how the musée Napoléon (aka Louvre) was filled with the looted art of Europe … and then had to give it back in1815. #Frhistory with Bénédicte Savoy. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Napoléon, rends les œuvres ! La première grande restitution : épisode du podcast Pillage ! Quand l'art est dérobé
AUDIO • Pillage ! Quand l'art est dérobé, épisode : Napoléon, rends les œuvres ! La première grande restitution. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, et déco...
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January 28, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Fascinating #frenchpodcast on how the musée Napoléon (aka Louvre) was filled with the looted art of Europe … and then had to give it back in1815. #Frhistory with Bénédicte Savoy. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
The beginnings of photography, in France and partly in Nice, which wasn’t French at that point. #frenchpodcast full of obsessive inventors who didn’t make much money. #Frhistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Les débuts de la photographie, chambre ouverte sur le monde : épisode du podcast Photographie, une histoire sans cliché
AUDIO • Photographie, une histoire sans cliché, épisode : Les débuts de la photographie, chambre ouverte sur le monde. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, e...
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January 24, 2026 at 12:13 PM
The beginnings of photography, in France and partly in Nice, which wasn’t French at that point. #frenchpodcast full of obsessive inventors who didn’t make much money. #Frhistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
First of a four-part series on Joan of Arc, who heard voices but unlike most young girls with celestial visions scorned miraculous healing in favour of winning military victories, and liked to cross-dress. #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 05/01/2026 · 1h 6m
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January 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
First of a four-part series on Joan of Arc, who heard voices but unlike most young girls with celestial visions scorned miraculous healing in favour of winning military victories, and liked to cross-dress. #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divided into 80 slices by 120 kilometres of drainage ditches. #Frhistory
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THE EXTRAORDINARY FIELD SYSTEM OF MONTADY / The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divid...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divided into 80 slices by 120 kilometres of drainage ditches. #Frhistory
www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-ext...
www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-ext...
Read the reviews, and read this important book.
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Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)
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January 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Read the reviews, and read this important book.
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In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Short History Of... - The Louisiana Purchase - BBC Sounds
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Today, Marianne is the symbol of the French republic, but she was not a real person. Like Eleanor Rigby or Maggie May, she was dreamt up for a song. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/mariann... #FrHistory
Marianne, symbol of the French republic
A few weeks ago, my local town opened a museum dedicated to the symbol of the French Republic. This reminded me that Marianne was born here in Puylaurens, a hilltop town in Occitanie. Today in...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Today, Marianne is the symbol of the French republic, but she was not a real person. Like Eleanor Rigby or Maggie May, she was dreamt up for a song. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/mariann... #FrHistory
One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). Why did other Occitan pastries disappear, such as the rauzel, the feuilleté or the autrichien? #Frhistory #cooking www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/discove...
Discover and make mesturets – an elusive dessert from the south of France
One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). It originated in the department of the Tarn, but its principal.....
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December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). Why did other Occitan pastries disappear, such as the rauzel, the feuilleté or the autrichien? #Frhistory #cooking www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/discove...
One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Anne d’Autriche, comment la mère de Louis XIV est-elle devenue régente absolue ? : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Inter
Quelle est la place d'Anne d'Autriche dans notre mémoire collective ? Avec Joël Cornette, cette série raconte la vie de cette jeune Espagnole timide et maltraitée qui va se métamorphoser en véritable ...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Interesting podcast on the experiences of two Tahitian travelers to Enlightenment Europe in the 18thC, Ahutoru in France and Mai in England (& some discussion of Loti's later Tahitian novel) with Antoine Lilti, on his new book. #Frenchpodcast #FrHistory
❗Tahiti aux lumières de l’Europe❗
🗣️ avec Antoine Lilti @college-de-france.fr @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr #GEHM ▶️ crh.ehess.fr/index.php?2443
📻France Culture, Émission "Concordance des temps"
📆Samedi 22/11/2025
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🗣️ avec Antoine Lilti @college-de-france.fr @ehess.fr @crh.ehess.fr #GEHM ▶️ crh.ehess.fr/index.php?2443
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Tahiti aux lumières de l’Europe
À Tahiti, les Lumières rêvent et s’illusionnent. Antoine Lilti retrace la rencontre fascinante au XVIIIe siècle entre Polynésiens et Européens, où se mêlent curiosité ardente et profondes incompréhens...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Interesting podcast on the experiences of two Tahitian travelers to Enlightenment Europe in the 18thC, Ahutoru in France and Mai in England (& some discussion of Loti's later Tahitian novel) with Antoine Lilti, on his new book. #Frenchpodcast #FrHistory
Sad to be missing the Louvre exhibition on Jacques-Louis David (died 1825). Here's a #frenchpodcast on him moving from avid Republican to Bonaparte-enthusiast, and painting all his figures naked even when he was going to put clothes on them later. #FRhistory shows.acast.com/storiavoce/e...
Qui était David, empereur des peintres ? avec David Chanteranne | Storiavoce
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November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Sad to be missing the Louvre exhibition on Jacques-Louis David (died 1825). Here's a #frenchpodcast on him moving from avid Republican to Bonaparte-enthusiast, and painting all his figures naked even when he was going to put clothes on them later. #FRhistory shows.acast.com/storiavoce/e...
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We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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In English, isatis tinctoria is commonly known as woad. In Toulouse it was pastel. Extracting the blue dye from these green leaves was a long and complicated process, but it generated enormous wealth for south-west France during the Renaissance. #FrHistory www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-sec...
The secret of pastel, or how to turn a green plant into blue and gold
Between 1460 and 1560, the merchants of Toulouse became extraordinarily rich thanks to a plant called isatis tinctoria. In the city, they built magnificent mansions, and in the surrounding...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In English, isatis tinctoria is commonly known as woad. In Toulouse it was pastel. Extracting the blue dye from these green leaves was a long and complicated process, but it generated enormous wealth for south-west France during the Renaissance. #FrHistory www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-sec...
The 100 years war presented as a '200 years' war, and a key period in the formation of the French nation, in this pod on the book by @michaellivingston.com. Not the 'boys' own adventure' approach to Agincourt. #FRhistory podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/2...
200 Years' War - Michael Livingston
Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 07/11/2025 · 51m
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The 100 years war presented as a '200 years' war, and a key period in the formation of the French nation, in this pod on the book by @michaellivingston.com. Not the 'boys' own adventure' approach to Agincourt. #FRhistory podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/2...
François 1er thought he could take on the Emperor Charles V - it all went pear-shaped at the battle of Pavia and the King of France was a prisoner in Spain until he swapped places with his young sons (the future Henri II among them). All in this podcast. #FRHistory podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/k...
King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 03/11/2025 · 55m
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November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
François 1er thought he could take on the Emperor Charles V - it all went pear-shaped at the battle of Pavia and the King of France was a prisoner in Spain until he swapped places with his young sons (the future Henri II among them). All in this podcast. #FRHistory podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/k...
New episode! Napoléon III: France’s Last Monarch. Join us as we explore the life of the most famous nephew in history, from his beginnings as an imperial prince to his downfall at the hands of Bismarck, and his ill-fated adventures in Mexico. #podcast #history #FRhistory
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November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
New episode! Napoléon III: France’s Last Monarch. Join us as we explore the life of the most famous nephew in history, from his beginnings as an imperial prince to his downfall at the hands of Bismarck, and his ill-fated adventures in Mexico. #podcast #history #FRhistory
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Raimon de Miraval was a troubadour who truly lived his art. This poor knight fell hopelessly in love with the wives of the two brothers who owned the bigger château next door, and in his old age, he tried to save the Cathars from the Crusaders. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/raimon-... #Frhistory
Raimon de Miraval – the trials and tribulations of a 12th century troubadour
A castle mound surrounded by wooded mountain slopes. Forlorn sections of crumbling fortifications. A plaque informing any visitor who can read Occitan that the troubadour Raimon de Miraval was born...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Raimon de Miraval was a troubadour who truly lived his art. This poor knight fell hopelessly in love with the wives of the two brothers who owned the bigger château next door, and in his old age, he tried to save the Cathars from the Crusaders. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/raimon-... #Frhistory
This #frenchpodcast filled in a lot that I didn't know about Saint-Simon, proto-socialist thinker of the post-revolutionary period, who believed in work and private entreprise and managed to make, and lose, a fortune. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Pourquoi lire Saint-Simon aujourd'hui ? : épisode du podcast Saint-Simon (1760-1825), dans l'atelier d'un visionnaire
AUDIO • Saint-Simon (1760-1825), dans l'atelier d'un visionnaire, épisode : Pourquoi lire Saint-Simon aujourd'hui ? . Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Avec philosophie, et décou...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This #frenchpodcast filled in a lot that I didn't know about Saint-Simon, proto-socialist thinker of the post-revolutionary period, who believed in work and private entreprise and managed to make, and lose, a fortune. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
In 1910, Armand Viguier built a pedal-powered aeroplane in his village church. When war broke out in 1914, he served successively as cavalryman, bomber pilot and fighter pilot. Learn more about his extraordinary career. #Frhistory #aviation www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/astonis...
Astonishing tales from the earliest days of French aviation
Péchaudier in the south of France is blessed with a pretty little church. For no obvious reason, it stands alone in open fields a kilometre outside its village. Viewed against the backdrop of the...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
In 1910, Armand Viguier built a pedal-powered aeroplane in his village church. When war broke out in 1914, he served successively as cavalryman, bomber pilot and fighter pilot. Learn more about his extraordinary career. #Frhistory #aviation www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/astonis...