Did People in Medieval England Really Die at Thirty? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Roof Beyond Thirty, The Clerk's Narrow Window, After the Empty Holding, and The Useful Years.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Roof Beyond Thirty

54:06 The Clerk's Narrow Window

1:27:45 After the Empty Holding

1:55:32 The Useful Years

2:21:02 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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Did Medieval Peasants Really Get More Days Off Than You? Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Sunday the Lord Could Not Claim, The Reeve's Partial Year, Two Carts on the Assumption, and The Week's Quiet Boundary.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Sunday the Lord Could Not Claim

51:57 The Reeve's Partial Year

1:24:29 Two Carts on the Assumption

1:50:05 The Week's Quiet Boundary

2:18:18 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

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Why You Couldn't Sleep Through the Night in Ancient Rome. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Tenant Above the Night Traffic, The Last Bather on the Oppian Hill, Bread Before Sunrise, and The Final Round.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Tenant Above the Night Traffic

38:16 The Last Bather on the Oppian Hill

1:01:43 Bread Before Sunrise

1:20:57 The Final Round

1:39:29 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

Why Medieval Monks Woke Up at 2 A.M. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Bell in the Deep Night, The Hands Behind the Office, A Rule for Wakeful Bodies, and From Vigil to Daylight.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Bell in the Deep Night

38:25 The Hands Behind the Office

1:02:20 A Rule for Wakeful Bodies

1:21:28 From Vigil to Daylight

1:38:41 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

Why You Wouldn't Survive a Night in a Medieval Castle. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Great Hall Becomes a Bedroom, The Door That Almost Closes, The Feast After the Feast, and The Cold Circuit.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Great Hall Becomes a Bedroom

36:33 The Door That Almost Closes

59:40 The Feast After the Feast

1:18:29 The Cold Circuit

1:37:38 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

Why Winter Was the Easiest Season of the Medieval Year. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The Longest Night: A Household Against the Cold, The Autumn That Filled the Larder, The Long Evenings: Spinning, Carding, and the Quenouilles, and The Village Asleep Under Snow.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The Longest Night: A Household Against the Cold

38:26 The Autumn That Filled the Larder

58:44 The Long Evenings: Spinning, Carding, and the Quenouilles

1:16:34 The Village Asleep Under Snow

1:34:09 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg

Why a Medieval Tavern Never Really Closed. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: The House That Never Locked Its Door: A Night at a Medieval Inn, The First Fire of the Day: A Baker Working Toward Dawn, First Sleep and Second Sleep: An Ordinary Household in the Dark, and The Night-Watches: Monks Awake at Two in the Morning.

About two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 The House That Never Locked Its Door: A Night at a Medieval Inn

40:27 The First Fire of the Day: A Baker Working Toward Dawn

58:56 First Sleep and Second Sleep: An Ordinary Household in the Dark

1:14:07 The Night-Watches: Monks Awake at Two in the Morning

1:29:59 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Long Ago Tonight on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZneUYXYB8MyH-hFfIilkg