Historyzine 010: A special from Oudenaarde

A special episode featuring a report from the reenactment of the battle of Oudenaarde over the weekend of 12th and 13th of July, 2008. I’ve travelled over to Belgium and am staying in the town of Oudenaarde as they commemorate this battle from 300 years just outside the town. Reenactors from all over Europe are here with guns, cannons, horses and bags of enthusiasm. This is only a short podcast and is out of sequence with the series on the Spanish Succession that we’ve been doing. We’re on 1704 at the moment and Oudenaarde is 1708 but I wanted to try and communicate some of my delight at being here while I’m actually in Oudenaarde. Hope you enjoy it. I’ve taken many many pictures of the reenactors in their glorious costumes. I’e uploaded a few of them to flickr including a bunch from the parade around Oudenaarde town square on Saturday. Saturday Parade in Oudenaarde Photos from the reenactment Some of the sources I use for this podcast can be found at Amazon.co.uk in the UK or at Amazon.com in the United States. If you wish to comment on the podcasts then please visit the website, historyzine.com or visit the contact page and leave me an email using the contact form there.

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Historyzine 010: A special from Oudenaarde is an episode from Historyzine: The History Podcast by Jim Mowatt.

This episode is 7:10 long.

This episode was published on Jul 13, 2008.

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