The British History Podcast
By Jamie Jeffers
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An intelligent, eloquent, well-researched, and genuinely engaging podcast.
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Description
The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people. You won’t find a dry recounting of dates and battles here, but instead you’ll learn about who these people were and how their desires, fears, and flaws shaped the histories of England, Scotland, and Wales.
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363 – Treason!
29:28
Piece by piece, the board was being set for a...
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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362 – Meet the Godwins
History is just the story of humans across time....
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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361 – W A Poet
26:22
King Edward came to England with a political...
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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360 – The Long Game
30:22
In 1040, while England was dealing with the chaos...
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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359 – Play Autocrat Games; Win Autocrat Prizes
29:17
In 1040, England once again had a new King. But...
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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The Witch of Fife
10:17
Happy Halloween!
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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358 – King Harthacnut
29:31
Today’s story starts in 1039. It’s a big year,...
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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357 – Walter Map’s Courtly Trifles
28:42
The early 11th century was an unlikely time of...
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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356 – Macbeth
46:18
Here is the story of Macbeth. If you have just...
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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355 – Double, Double Toil and Trouble
44:16
As we have been covering the Dark Ages, we have...
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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354 – The West, after Cnut
33:18
The death of Cnut and the fall of his near-Empire...
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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353 – Mother of the Year
31:11
The Medieval chronicler, Adam of Bremen, was...
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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352 – Chaos
20:20
It was November 11 of 1035 and King Cnut was...
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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351 – Collapse
27:37
I wonder if Cnut could see what was coming. All...
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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350 – A Tough Cnut to Crack
23:08
We have another mystery on our hands. We have a...
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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349 – AElfgifu’s Tale
22:40
Successful Kings don’t rule alone. This is...
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May 25, 2020 |
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348 – Ruling Hard or Hardly Ruling
30:01
Europe was in chaos in the 1020s. Crises just...
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May 12, 2020 |
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347 – Aggressive Diplomacy
25:14
What we call history was, at one point, just...
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May 02, 2020 |
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346 – Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Drakkars
31:03
It’s 1025 Cnut had a problem on his hands. Barely...
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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345 – Building Blocks
19:45
In the early 11th century, the English were...
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Slavery
30:42
More material is coming, but here is a bonus...
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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344 – Cnut’s Mad Lads
29:50
In the year of 1021, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle...
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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343 – By Thorkell’s Beard
22:39
This is a story of palace intrigue, murder, and...
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Bonus Episode: Shrove Tuesday
10:57
Today is Shrove Tuesday. And if you’re not in...
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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342 – King Cnut of Denmark and England
29:30
If you have heard of King Cnut, what you probably...
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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341 – King Cnut of England
28:31
Cnut made a lot of smart moves in a very short...
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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340 – A Bit of a Cnut
32:11
When we left off, Cnut had managed to get Eadric...
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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339 – Cnut the Conqueror
24:24
It’s been a strange few years. The fall of the...
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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338 – The Fall of King Edmund Ironsides
37:53
Edmund hadn’t lost, and for now that was enough....
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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337 – The Rise of King Edmund Ironside
31:51
Can you feel it? It feels like there is a lull...
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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336 – The End Is The Beginning Is The End
38:37
Christmas is old. Older than Christianity, in...
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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335 – Acts of Spasmodic Violence
23:19
Morcar and Sigeferth were under a lot of stress....
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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334 – No Cnut November
32:37
There are worse things than spending a holiday in...
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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333 – The Conquest of England
33:42
England in 1013 was a Kingdom begging to be...
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Teig O’Kane and the Corpse
23:10
Happy Halloween
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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332 – The Jomsvikings
29:02
So here we are. With two full companies of...
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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331 – Thoughts and Prayers
24:49
AEthelred, for the first time in quite a while,...
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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330 – The Purge
27:02
The Court of AEthelred had turned over three...
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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329 – Forkbeard
32:13
When you go to your local grocery store there’s a...
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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328 – The St Brice’s Day Massacre
23:47
The year 1002 was still 64 years away from 1066,...
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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327 – Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away
30:46
Now that we’ve checked in with the rest of the...
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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326 – The Year 1000
35:58
It’s so easy to lose the forest for the trees....
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Sep 08, 2019 |
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325 – From Bad to Worse
21:31
When we left off, England was reforming its legal...
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Aug 24, 2019 |
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324 – Law and Lawlessness
21:56
With the Scandinavian raiders gone, and with...
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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323 – Brotherhood of the Wolf
26:54
And we are back! Thank you all for being patient...
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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PSA: Are We Dead?
1:51
(We aren’t)
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Aug 03, 2019 |
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322 – We’re Absolutely Forked
31:07
Ealdorman AElfirc of Hampshire was out… and...
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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321 – Course Corrections
24:56
992 was a bad year. There was treason, Vikings,...
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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320 – Our Wooden Wall
21:05
The Battle of Maldon was a catastrophe. The brave...
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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319 – The Battle of Maldon
31:41
Battles don’t appear out of thin air, not even in...
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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318 – Chaos is a Ladder
28:49
By 984 the Regency council had been broken and a...
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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317 – A Culture of Corruption
26:35
At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered...
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May 30, 2019 |
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316 – The Old Guard
25:41
Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing...
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May 23, 2019 |
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315 – The Cracks in the Foundation
30:21
“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more...
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May 16, 2019 |
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314 – Æthelred: Are You Ready?
26:13
King Edward, like those before him, had died...
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May 03, 2019 |
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313 – How to Make a Martyr
38:46
“No man can make himself king, but the people...
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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312 – King Edward
22:45
King Edgar is Dead… and in his place reigned his...
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Apr 20, 2019 |
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311 – Team Edward
42:29
King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at...
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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310 – Political Theater
32:51
Human beings can’t really be summed up in a...
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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309 – Size Doesn’t Matter (until it does)
30:49
You would think that someone named Edgar the...
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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308 – A Thirst for Reform
32:29
Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named...
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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307 – Cleaning House
26:35
The King is dead. Long live the King. Eadwig,...
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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306 – King Eadwig
31:02
The King is dead, long live the King. So … last...
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode
16:30
History is known as a field for being a bit of a...
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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304 – A Kingdom Divided
34:17
Northumbria was always the hot mess of the...
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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303 – Eric Bloodaxe
24:32
We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the...
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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302 – King Eadred
21:44
Ok, where were we? With all this focus on...
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Chapter 8 – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons
3:27
This isn’t going to end well.
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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301 – Common Folk
26:29
Today, we’re going to wrap up this cultural...
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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300 – Noble Lives
24:41
When we left off, we were talking about Thegns....
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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299 – The Shape of Power
36:36
Ealdormen… Thegns… Ceorls. These were the...
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Ancient DNA with Maya Hoole
42:40
Links to material referenced in the show. The...
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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298 – Uptown Ceorl
37:29
Long ago there was a settlement that had been...
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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297 – The Hundreds and the Wapentakes
25:54
We have spoken a lot about the life of a handful...
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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The Halloween Special
24:32
I love Halloween. I think it might be my favorite...
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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296 – Darkening Skies
33:39
It begins in France. The struggle for power...
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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295 – The Return of England
24:37
You know the pieces on a chessboard? There’s the...
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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294 – It All Comes Crashing Down
25:49
The story of the last few episodes is a story...
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Oct 05, 2018 |
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293 – The Beacons are Lit
24:48
When we left off, AEthelstan had recently died,...
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Sep 23, 2018 |
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292 – King in the North
21:12
How we understand any event comes down to what...
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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291 – Pandemonium
27:07
When King Edward died, the plan was that his...
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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290 – This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land
29:00
Brunanburh had been a titanic struggle. The Anglo...
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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289 – Brunanburh
33:02
You can’t just go to war. I mean… I guess you...
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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288 – Extracurricular Activities
24:12
I wonder if King Rudolph of France resented his...
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Aug 10, 2018 |
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287 – The Conquest of Scotland
26:20
For the last six years, AEthelstan had been...
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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286 – Noble Pursuits
29:51
After generations of devastating war, England has...
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Jul 21, 2018 |
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285 – Full Court Press
28:46
The Era of AEthelstan is one of contradictions....
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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284 – AEthelstan the Victorious
27:14
Last week, we ended with King AEthelstan’s...
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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283 – The Kingdoms of the Foreigners
23:15
Imagine that you went from being a disfavored...
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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282 – How To Win Friends and Influence Jorvik
25:13
AEthelstan had completed his annexation of...
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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281 – England
31:42
The last couple of episodes have focused on the...
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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280 – King AEthelstan’s Love Life
26:24
What is a King’s most important duty? Is it the...
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May 25, 2018 |
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279 – Dynastic Cults
42:47
Want to know something strange? When Edward died,...
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May 17, 2018 |
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278 – The Thunderbolt
22:56
There’s a dirty secret to history podcasts, and...
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May 10, 2018 |
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277 – King AEthelstan: Say Yes to the Dress
23:18
It’s important to hit the ground running when you...
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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276 – The Bastard Rebel King
31:56
The story of Edward is one of contradictions....
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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275 – King Edward the Almost First King of England
35:41
The story of Edward is undeniably odd. There are...
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Apr 13, 2018 |
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274 – The Missing Shire
26:44
In the last several episodes I’ve been breaking...
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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273 – I Do… Do I?
24:04
Last episode we talked about the rapid growth of...
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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272 – The End of the Age of AEthelflaed
29:13
Trying to tell the story of AEthelflaed is like...
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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271 – How to Break a Kingdom in Six Months
58:05
For the last several years, the Anglo Saxons had...
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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270 – War in the Five Boroughs
25:43
There’s an entry from the Irish Fragmentary...
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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269 – The Western Front
27:12
Wessex and Mercia have had a busy decade. Both...
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Feb 23, 2018 |
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268 – Viking Invasion
27:23
AEthelflaed, Lady of Mercia, and her brother,...
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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267 – The Southern Expansion
25:44
O potent elfleda! Maid, men’s terror! You did...
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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266 – The Rise of AEthelflaed and the Breaking of Northumbria
23:57
The Battle of Tettenhall, as we discussed last...
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Jan 27, 2018 |
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265 – The Battle of Tettenhall; and Zombies, maybe.
31:32
There is so much that the Chronicle hides from us...
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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264 – The Lost Rebellion
38:48
In the year 909 we get an odd entry from the...
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Jan 05, 2018 |
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263 – AEthelflaed and Ingimund
24:51
When we left off last episode, war had come to...
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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262 – AEthelred and AEthelflaed
27:12
A year after Edward took the throne – in year...
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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261 – The Anglo Saxon Chronicle and the Mercian Register
24:26
I hope that after the last few episodes (and...
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Nov 25, 2017 |
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260 – King Edward’s Forgotten Love Life
23:32
Sometimes life comes at you fast. So much happens...
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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259 – The Last Stand of the House of AEthelred
30:00
It was an audacious move. To take possession of...
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Nov 04, 2017 |
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258 – The Rise of King Edward I of Wessex
27:25
On October 26th, 899, Alfred the Great died. He...
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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257 – Political Accommodation Within The Danelaw
36:34
Things in Britain are changing rapidly. In...
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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256 – Scandinavian Settlement in England
27:38
For the last few episodes we’ve been discussing...
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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255 – Londonwic to London
34:00
London is a world unto itself, and it has been...
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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254 – Worcester
23:23
If you read of old Britain… even if you read of...
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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253 – Anglo Saxon Market Towns in the Viking Age
26:10
Cultures change all the time – yours is changing...
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Sep 07, 2017 |
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252 – The Coming of the Anglo-Scandinavians
26:04
At the start of 867, there were four major...
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Sep 01, 2017 |
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251 – Chapter Seven: England
2:08
We are entering a new era in the BHP. Support the...
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Aug 17, 2017 |
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250 – The Year 900
36:56
It’s the year 900. We’ve closed out another...
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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249 – Kenneth MacAlpin and the Birth of Scotland
33:40
We’ve reached the end of an era. It was late 899,...
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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248 – The Death of Alfred the Great
25:04
By 897, everything Alfred had known…. changed. He...
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Jul 16, 2017 |
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247 – Our Wooden Wall
22:32
The Danes encamped at Bridgnorth had been...
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Jul 08, 2017 |
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246 – The Hard Edge of Soft Power
36:21
When I write an episode I begin by looking at...
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Jun 25, 2017 |
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245 – King Alfred: Infrastructure is Sexy
25:22
For the Viking army fleeing Shoebury, there...
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Jun 13, 2017 |
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244 – Haesten’s Advance
24:52
“Then came the king’s troops, and routed the...
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May 31, 2017 |
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The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: The Beaker People with Dr. Alison Sheridan
34:43
Learn more about Dr. Sheridan and her work Dr....
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May 24, 2017 |
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243 – The Sieges of AEthelred of Mercia
26:23
Imagine that you’re in your 20s. You are a member...
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May 20, 2017 |
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242 – Edward AEtheling at Farnham
28:40
892 was not a very good year. Alfred’s gambit to...
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May 12, 2017 |
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The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Discovering Ava with Maya Hoole
1:38:29
Twitter: @AvaBeakerBurial Facebook:...
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May 03, 2017 |
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241 – Haesten
25:41
What was Alfred’s reaction to the news of a...
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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240 – Viking Roadshow: Rollo edition
28:56
A massive fleet was off the coast of Kent,...
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Apr 21, 2017 |
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239 – The Dying Time
30:30
Today we’re going to cover 5 or 6 years, and...
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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238 – A Patchwork of War
28:54
The Sons of Rhodri Mawr were in a difficult...
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Mar 31, 2017 |
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237 – Asser
27:50
The Sons of Rhodri, rulers of vast swaths of...
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Mar 25, 2017 |
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236 – A Return to Scholarship
33:06
“I can not find anything better in man, than that...
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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235 – Alfred’s Educational Reforms
25:22
One of the interesting things about piecing...
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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234 – The Sons of Rhodri and AEthelred’s Beautiful Hair
27:24
This episode has been difficult to write. In...
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Mar 03, 2017 |
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233 – Alfred’s Powerplay and the Restructuring of Wessex
33:48
While all of the political wrangling was...
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Feb 25, 2017 |
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232 – Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherine Hills
58:00
Dr. Hills discussed material culture, ethnicity,...
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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231 – Anglo Saxon Economics and Money with Professor Rory Naismith
1:22:22
Follow Rory on Twitter @Rory_Naismith and make...
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Feb 11, 2017 |
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230 – Guthrum Gets a Bath
28:34
For Alfred, everything had changed at Chippenham....
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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A Ten Year Old in WWII: A Memorial
12:57
Thank you for always being there for me, Nanna....
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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229 – The Battle of Edington
26:03
Four months is a long time. It might not seem it....
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Jan 14, 2017 |
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228 – Alfred and Odda: The Audacity of Nope
27:57
In spite of everything standing against them,...
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind
29:00
The last episode ended with an account by...
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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226 – Alfred and Legitimacy: The First Steps to War
29:27
Today, we are going to talk about the early steps...
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Dec 10, 2016 |
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225 – Alfred in Somerset
30:59
It was January of 878. The dead of British winter...
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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224 – Chapter Six: Wessex
1:52
For generations, the Anglo Saxon dominance in...
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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223 – King Alfred and Chippenham
28:56
How do you redeem a year like 877? If you’re...
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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222 – Viking Kings and The Black Pool
23:06
At some point early in the Viking Age, a group of...
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Nov 11, 2016 |
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221 – Alfred and Guthrum: The Price of Peace
26:26
When we left off, Guthrum had marched into the...
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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220 – Alfred and Guthrum: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin
31:40
It’s the year 876 and historians Dudo and...
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Oct 29, 2016 |
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219 – The Halloween Special: The Statement of Randolph Carter
18:46
I repeat to you, gentlemen, that your inquisition...
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Oct 21, 2016 |
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218 – The Kingdom of Jorvik
38:52
Today we begin in Orkney. The history of Orkney...
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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217 – Halfdan’s Ravaging of the North
28:25
We begin our story in Alt Clut. Alt Clut was an...
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Oct 06, 2016 |
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216 – The Great Heathen Army: Always Be Prepared
32:09
Click here to go the Summary of Zee’s PhD that I...
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Sep 29, 2016 |
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215 – King Burgred and the end of the Danish Sausage Fest
50:46
It’s 873 and so far Halfdan has extracted THREE...
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Sep 16, 2016 |
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214 – National Lampoon’s Viking Vacation
24:26
It’s 872 and Halfdan’s year has been a bit of a...
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Sep 04, 2016 |
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213 – Danegelds, Peace, and Shame
33:47
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been...
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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212 – Alfred the Last AEtheling
30:27
It’s mid April of 871. For four long months, the...
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Aug 12, 2016 |
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211 – The Battles of Basing and Meretun
28:02
It’s January of 871, still… A tremendous amount...
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Jul 28, 2016 |
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210 – The Battle of Ashdown
34:27
“God, in his goodness and justice so much...
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Jul 19, 2016 |
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209 – The Battle of Reading
20:14
When we left off, the Danes had occupied Reading,...
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Jul 08, 2016 |
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208 – The Battle of Englefield
21:34
When we left off the Great Heathen Army had...
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Jul 01, 2016 |
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207 – Christianity in Early Danelaw
33:27
Here is part two to our story of religion and...
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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206 – Did the Great Heathen Army Persecute Christians?
29:26
Last week we covered the events of 869. The...
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Jun 11, 2016 |
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205 – Saint Edmund the Martyr
27:27
Last episode we ended with the engagement of...
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Jun 02, 2016 |
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204 – Snottingham
30:12
At the end of last episode, the gates of Jorvik...
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May 27, 2016 |
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203 – Jorvik
31:27
I’d like to start today’s episode with a poem....
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May 19, 2016 |
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202 – The Fall of Eoforwic
29:46
When we left off last time, King Edmund of East...
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May 11, 2016 |
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201 – East Anglia’s Danegeld
35:38
Here we are, with a new king in Wessex. King...
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May 02, 2016 |
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200 – The Q&A
46:12
To celebrate the 200th episode, I took questions...
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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199 – AEthelred vs Alfred: One of the Most Exciting Moments in Probate History
22:04
It’s 865 and we just had yet another King of...
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Apr 17, 2016 |
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198 – The Great Heathen Army Begins
23:24
On 864 or 865, a great Scandinavian fleet of...
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Apr 03, 2016 |
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The April Fool’s Episode
1:25
Things are changing at the BHP, and here’s a...
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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197 – The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok (versus Battle-Cattle)
47:47
We’re at a massive turning point for Britain. The...
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Mar 26, 2016 |
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196 – Vikings and Mercs and Franks. Oh My!
28:10
When we left off last week we spoke about King...
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Mar 16, 2016 |
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195 – Red Sea Rising
23:12
Today’s episode will focus upon the goings on in...
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Mar 07, 2016 |
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194 – My Big Fat Dark Age Wedding
36:56
King AEthelbald of Wessex, Queen Judith, Bjorn...
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Feb 27, 2016 |
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193 – Alfred the Young Part Two
33:36
When we left off last week we were talking about...
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Feb 21, 2016 |
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192 – Alfred the Young
21:56
We’ve discussed Anglo Saxon propaganda, and what...
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Feb 13, 2016 |
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191 – Urban Fervor
25:42
You might not realize it, but we on the precipice...
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Feb 06, 2016 |
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190 – House (of Wessex): Everybody Lies
42:58
This episode is going to be a bit different from...
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Jan 29, 2016 |
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189 – What on earth is an English
27:04
This episode is going to be a little different...
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Jan 16, 2016 |
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188 – Rebellion and Succession in the Kingdom of Wessex
27:42
Before we begin, I’d like to address something...
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Jan 08, 2016 |
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187 – The Queen of Wessex: aka The Worst Midlife Crisis Ever
26:39
It’s Christmas day 854. King AEthelweard of East...
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Jan 02, 2016 |
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186 – Wessex: A story of Myth building, Opportunism, and Annexation
19:54
This episode is getting a bit into the political...
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Dec 19, 2015 |
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185 – Building the House of Wessex
33:14
When we left off last time, we were taking a look...
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Dec 11, 2015 |
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184 – The Chaos of Bad Governance
26:38
When we left off last time we discussed the...
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Dec 03, 2015 |
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183 – Ragnar’s Siege of Paris
35:30
This is a big event for Medieval Western Europe,...
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Nov 22, 2015 |
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182 – Ragnar Lodbrok
28:45
Ok, when we left off, a fleet of 120 ships set...
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Nov 15, 2015 |
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181 – Vikingrs Gotta Viking
32:38
When we left off last week, the Vikingrs had...
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Nov 07, 2015 |
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180 – The Cracks in the Shieldwall
29:30
It’s 838. Only two years earlier the West Saxons...
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Oct 30, 2015 |
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Halloween Special: H.P. Lovecraft’s The Music of Erich Zann
23:47
The Music of Erich Zann By H. P. Lovecraft You...
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Oct 26, 2015 |
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179 – The Battle of Carrum
19:09
When we left off last week, 35 ships launched...
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Oct 17, 2015 |
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178 – Dereliction of Duty
24:44
When we last left off we were talking about what...
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Oct 09, 2015 |
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177 – The Road to 830
29:09
Last episode I gave you a forest view of where we...
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Oct 02, 2015 |
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176 – The Prophecy of Jeremiah
24:25
“Behold, a people shall come from the north, and...
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Sep 25, 2015 |
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175 – Chapter Five: A Sea of Blood
3:24
A sea of blood. Support the Show
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Sep 03, 2015 |
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174 – CeltCast Part 3
17:53
We start today with a few bare statements in the...
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Aug 28, 2015 |
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173 – The CeltCast Part 2
25:01
I’m continuing my quest to organize and bring all...
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Aug 19, 2015 |
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172 – CeltCast Part 1
27:36
Today we’re beginning the process of creating a...
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Aug 10, 2015 |
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171 – The Welshcast Part Seven
38:18
When we left off last time, we were talking about...
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Jul 29, 2015 |
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170 – The Welshcast Part Six
21:39
It’s been two years since we checked in with the...
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Jul 20, 2015 |
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169 – The Rise of Wessex
28:09
This season we’ve seen the Anglo Saxons come...
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Jul 08, 2015 |
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168 – The Fall of Mercia
29:56
When we left off, King Beornwulf was reigning...
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Jul 01, 2015 |
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167 – The Beginning of the End
40:22
Season Four is called Anglo Saxon Ascendancy...
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Jun 23, 2015 |
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166 – Wulfred: The Rogue Archbishop
24:12
We start today with a death. On the 28th of...
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Jun 14, 2015 |
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165 – Did Archbishop Wulfred Just Kill a Guy?
30:13
Last week we talked about the impact that the...
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Jun 02, 2015 |
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164 – Shadow Governments in Britain
25:44
When we last left off, King Egbert was ruling...
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May 22, 2015 |
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163 – The South of Britain Grows Restless
23:39
There’s a shift that’s happening in Anglo Saxon...
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May 16, 2015 |
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162 – Emperor Coenwulf, Emperor Charlemagne, and The World
29:23
So today, lets briefly talk about the world...
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May 07, 2015 |
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Q&A: How to Start a Podcast
7:31
I’ve gotten this question a lot over the years...
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May 01, 2015 |
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161 – King Ceonwulf’s Rise in Power
23:50
While Offa was an effective leader in Mercia...
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Apr 30, 2015 |
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160 – An Offa Inheritance
24:29
King Offa of Mercia has died after a surprisingly...
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Apr 21, 2015 |
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159 – An Offa End
26:48
Lets start with Christmas Day 795. That’s the day...
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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158 – Offa With His Head
22:11
Last week was dark, wasn’t it? Not only that, but...
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Mar 31, 2015 |
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157 – Lindisfarne
27:29
Northumbria was no stranger to problems… blood...
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Mar 24, 2015 |
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156 – An Offa Marriage
27:04
When we left off things were looking pretty good...
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Mar 06, 2015 |
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155 – Its Always Sunny in Mercia: The Gang Throws a Party
23:39
Back to our story, when we last left off, King...
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Feb 26, 2015 |
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154 – Having it Offa
25:44
Today we’re covering more about King Offa, and...
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Feb 19, 2015 |
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153 – An Offa You Can’t Refuse
27:13
As you might have guessed, today we’re talking...
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Feb 12, 2015 |
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152 – Limited Time Offa
26:25
Today we begin in Northumbria. King AEthelred of...
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Feb 05, 2015 |
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151 – Offa and Acceptance
20:42
Alright, where did we leave off. We had a new...
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Jan 30, 2015 |
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150 – King Offa: The Turnover
24:20
Today’s episode is going to go all over the...
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Jan 19, 2015 |
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149 – King Offa Ascends the Throne
29:02
Today we’re starting a series on one of the most...
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Jan 13, 2015 |
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148 – The Fall of King AEthelbald
29:08
Alright, as you already know, King AEthelbald of...
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Jan 02, 2015 |
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147 – The Twelve Days of Christmas
20:26
This year for our Christmas special, I thought I...
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Dec 23, 2014 |
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146 – King AEthelbald: A Whirlpool of Perdition
30:29
The first half of this episode is a combination...
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Dec 15, 2014 |
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145 – The Rise of King AEthelbald of Mercia
26:44
Ok, so we ended our last episode with the death...
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Dec 12, 2014 |
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144 – King Ceolred: A Lunatic Running the Asylum
24:20
Ok, so recently we’ve chatted about some cultural...
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Dec 01, 2014 |
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143 – Man Up: Gender in the Middle Ages
39:25
Often times, the way the Middle Ages are...
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Nov 19, 2014 |
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142 – The Failed Dynastic Politics of Mercia and Northumbria
41:22
Now today is going to be a little complex. But if...
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Nov 12, 2014 |
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141 – King Aldfrith and St. Wilfrid
32:31
Ok, when we left off, Bishop Wilfrid was jilted...
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Oct 29, 2014 |
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140 – Wilfrid: How to Win Friends and Influence People
26:32
Today’s episode will take place in the turbulent...
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Oct 21, 2014 |
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139 – The Rise of Aldfrith and Caedwalla
33:37
This episode will roughly cover the eventful...
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Oct 14, 2014 |
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138 – Religious Lives in Britain
28:51
Alright, so last week we talked about how uneven...
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Oct 07, 2014 |
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137 – Preaching in the Dark Ages
25:06
Today we’re going to cover the crazy environment...
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Sep 29, 2014 |
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136 – The Power of Mercia
30:37
This episode will cover the years 678 to 685 and...
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Sep 16, 2014 |
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135 – A Reshuffling of Power
25:41
Today we’re going to cover the eventful years of...
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Sep 10, 2014 |
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134 – The Power of Northumbria
25:37
This episode covers the years 670 to 685. The...
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Sep 05, 2014 |
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133 – Scotcast: Part Ten
34:47
To start with, we have nine praise poems that...
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Aug 26, 2014 |
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132 – Scotcast Part Nine: St. Columba and King Brude
22:59
This episode will cover the years 506 to 584 and...
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Aug 06, 2014 |
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131 – Scotcast Part Eight
23:06
So we will begin the account of what was going on...
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Jul 29, 2014 |
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130 – Scotcast Part Seven – Who Were The Picts?
23:49
The last time we had episodes focusing upon the...
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Jul 17, 2014 |
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Chapter Four: Anglo Saxon Ascendancy
6:09
It began with Cassivellaunus. The first recorded...
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Jul 07, 2014 |
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129 – The Life of King Wulfhere
27:27
About a year and a half ago I did a series on the...
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Jul 04, 2014 |
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128 – The End of King Oswiu’s Hegemony
23:46
The episode covers 664 to 670 and the major...
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Jun 25, 2014 |
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127 – The Synod of Whitby
27:14
The major players for today will be Hild (who was...
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Jun 04, 2014 |
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126 – The End of an Era: The Triumph of Christianity in Britain
32:47
Today we’re going to tackle the history from 660...
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May 27, 2014 |
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125 – King Oswiu: A Gathering Storm
23:46
So in late 655, following his victory at the...
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May 15, 2014 |
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124 – Social Mobility: Getting a Raise in Anglo Saxon Kingdoms
1:00:00
Today we’re going to wrap up this talk that we’ve...
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May 09, 2014 |
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123 – Retail Therapy: The Rise of Anglo Saxon Towns
32:23
Alright, lets get to history. Specifically, lets...
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Apr 30, 2014 |
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122 – The Concentration of Power and Wealth
26:38
I’ll be talking in broad strokes today, but I...
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Apr 21, 2014 |
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121 – King Oswiu: The Aftermath of the Winwaed
22:17
The Battle of the Winwaed is over and Penda is...
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Apr 09, 2014 |
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120 – Penda and Oswiu: The Winwaed
28:55
So when we last left off, things were going crazy...
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Apr 01, 2014 |
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119 – King Penda: No Posers
23:16
So where were we? Oswiu had arranged for the...
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Mar 25, 2014 |
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118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo Saxon Word for Take Backsies
23:20
When we left off Cenwalh of Wessex had left his...
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Mar 18, 2014 |
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117 – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
26:25
Oswald was the King of Northumbria and son of...
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Mar 10, 2014 |
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116 – Wait, Where Are We? Part two of the history of Britain so far.
52:15
It’s been about 2 years and 100 episodes since I...
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Feb 27, 2014 |
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115 – Maserfield: Blood Makes The Grass Grow
39:32
Edwin, Osric, Eanfrith, Eadfrith, Cadwallon,...
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Feb 19, 2014 |
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114 – Oswald and Sigeberht: The Softer Side of Rule
34:06
This is going to be one of those episodes that...
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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113 – Religious Ambitions: The Rise of Oswald (and Others)
30:45
When we last left off, Oswald son of AEthelfrith...
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Feb 05, 2014 |
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112 – The Battle of Heavenfield
20:59
The year was 633 or 634, and the tide was turning...
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Jan 29, 2014 |
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111 – Edwin: What Goes Around Comes Around
27:33
That’s something I’ve heard my entire life. When...
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Jan 23, 2014 |
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110 – Mercia: A New Contender Enters the Ring
20:41
Ok, last episode, we jumped forward a little to...
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Jan 14, 2014 |
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109 – Edwin’s Ambitions
28:08
When we last left Edwin, Bishop Paulinus finally...
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Jan 07, 2014 |
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108 – The Christmas Special
17:07
Ever since I was a kid in Catholic school, I’ve...
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Dec 23, 2013 |
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107 – Edwin’s Conversion
25:46
Ok, so when we left off, Bishop Paulinus thought...
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Dec 16, 2013 |
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106 – If You Give Edwin an Inch…
23:56
Alright, so when we last left Edwin he was...
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Dec 06, 2013 |
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105 – Sutton Hoo: Treasures of the Dead
56:12
Alright, so last episode we learned all about...
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Nov 25, 2013 |
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104 – Sutton Hoo: The Finding of Raedwald… and Rabbits
23:23
Raedwald… King of East Anglia… Bretwalda. When he...
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Nov 14, 2013 |
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103 – Edwin the Conqueror
21:52
Alright, last week we finally saw the fall of...
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Nov 06, 2013 |
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102 – Have Exile, Will Travel
24:10
Ok, when we left off, Edwin… the exile from...
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Oct 28, 2013 |
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101 – I Ran (So Far Away): The Life and Times of Edwin of Deira
25:33
Today we’re going to talk quite a bit about...
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Oct 21, 2013 |
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100 – There’s a New Barber In Town
21:48
So you might not know this about me… but I used...
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Oct 08, 2013 |
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99 – False Starts
29:57
This episode is going to have a lot of moving...
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Oct 01, 2013 |
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98 – The Zeal of Augustine
34:49
Ok, when we last left off, Augustine had become...
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Sep 25, 2013 |
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97 – Augustine and Gregory Make a Diocese
26:00
So last week we ended with Augustine converting...
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Sep 17, 2013 |
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96 – The Conversion of King AEthelberht
20:42
In the last several episodes we’ve been speaking...
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Sep 09, 2013 |
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95 – Two Old Men and a Slave Boy
20:32
Ok, so lets leave Britain for this episode and...
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Aug 05, 2013 |
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94 – Dark Age Beliefs
1:11:33
As we go forward in this series, what I hope...
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Jul 29, 2013 |
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93 – Chapter Three: The Warriors of God
1:52
It has been nearly two hundred years since Rome...
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Jul 22, 2013 |
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92 – WelshCast Part Five: More People that Gildas Hated
44:03
Alright, so we have two more kings of Wales...
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Jul 15, 2013 |
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91 – WelshCast Part Four: Three Kings of Wales Who Really Annoyed Gildas
28:18
Today, we’re going to talk about some of the...
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Jul 09, 2013 |
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90 – WelshCast Part Three: The Silent Treatment
21:53
As you probably remember from the main podcast,...
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Jul 02, 2013 |
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89 – WelshCast Part Two: All The Comforts of Rome (well… some of them)
48:12
We’re now at the point where Rome has withdrawn...
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Jun 25, 2013 |
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88 – WelshCast Part One: From the Stone Ages to the Withdrawal of Rome
25:07
Ever since I did the Scotcast I’ve been receiving...
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Jun 11, 2013 |
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87 – Concubinage and Apartheid in Anglo Saxon England
20:30
Ok, so last episode we ended at 597. For those of...
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Jun 04, 2013 |
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86 – The Fall of Ceawlin… and others
23:25
Ok, from the title you might have gathered that...
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May 30, 2013 |
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85 – Ceawlin and the Sons of Ida
23:12
So it’s 568. And things in what will someday...
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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84 – The Q&A Episode!
30:02
We made it to 100! How awesome is that? (Well, it...
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Apr 16, 2013 |
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83 – Dark Age Warfare Combo Episode
1:46:14
Ok, so last time we talked about how Aethelberht...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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82 – War. What Is It Good For?
24:21
So the year is 586, and Ceawlin is the leader of...
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Apr 02, 2013 |
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81 – In Search of Unity: A Tale of Selective Memory
27:34
Ok, we have a battle coming up but things are...
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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80 – Bloodletting
20:02
Ok, when we left off, Ida had become king of...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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79 – Saint Patrick’s Day Special
1:09:44
We begin our story in Bannaventa Berniae, a small...
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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78 – It’s Only Natural
12:36
I’m going to wrap up the discussion of the...
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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77 – Cliques: How the In Crowd Created Our Culture
24:00
Ok, when we last left off, we were talking about...
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Mar 01, 2013 |
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76 – Developing Class
23:01
Today we start with a death. Wihtgar, brother of...
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Feb 19, 2013 |
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75 – Cerdic and Cynric: A Story of… well… Probably Farmers
29:57
Alright, so when we left off, Cerdic and his son...
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Feb 11, 2013 |
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74 – When Neighbors Attack: A Story of “Kings”
24:10
Right, so here we are right in the middle of all...
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Feb 05, 2013 |
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73 – And This Gives You Power Over Me?
22:53
Ok, it’s been a while since we’ve spoken about...
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Jan 28, 2013 |
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72 – Staffordshire Hoard: Wrapping Up with Kevin Leahy
30:01
Today we’re wrapping up the Staffordshire Hoard...
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Jan 25, 2013 |
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71 – Staffordshire Hoard: Psychopathic Peacocks with David Symons
54:13
Today we’re going to learn more about the context...
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Jan 21, 2013 |
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70 – Staffordshire Hoard: Interpretation with Cathy Shingler
37:04
Today we have more from Cathy Shingler! Now that...
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Jan 18, 2013 |
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69 – Staffordshire Hoard: Conservation with Deborah Cane
40:40
Today we’re chatting with Deborah Cane about how...
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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68 – Staffordshire Hoard: A Bonus Update on the New Find
18:22
Deb Klemperer took the time to chat with us via...
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Jan 08, 2013 |
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67 – Staffordshire Hoard: Deb Klemperer on the Dig
15:15
I love the way Deb Klemperer tells stories, so...
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Jan 07, 2013 |
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66 – Staffordshire Hoard: Receiving the Hoard
31:12
Today’s episode features Deb Klemperer, the head...
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Jan 02, 2013 |
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65 – Staffordshire Hoard: The Dig
46:35
Today’s episode features Stephen Dean, the...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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64 – Merry Christmas (plus listener email)
5:55
I just wanted to record a short episode today to...
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Dec 25, 2012 |
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63 – King Arthur Part One
12:32
We’ve reached 3,000 likes on facebook! So as...
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Dec 18, 2012 |
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62 – Staffordshire Hoard: Rise Up O Lord
15:58
Today’s episode features Cathy Shingler, of The...
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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61 – Staffordshire Hoard: Introduction
15:11
Today we are beginning our project on the...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
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60 – The Return of the Kings
52
They’re coming… Support the Show
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Oct 24, 2012 |
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59 – The Halloween Special
22:53
As you might imagine since I’m doing an episode...
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Oct 22, 2012 |
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58 – Dark Age Medicine
1:43:38
This is a combination episode covering medicine...
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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57 – A Tale of Three Cities (sort of)
18:08
Ok, we’ve been getting pretty deep into the weeds...
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Oct 01, 2012 |
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56 – Telling the Full Story (a Bonus Episode)
11:34
So I’m doing a short midweek episode because...
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Sep 25, 2012 |
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55 – Anglo Saxon Construction
18:05
OK, So I had requests for an episode on...
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Sep 22, 2012 |
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54 – What Not To Wear: In The Dark Ages
25:48
Clothing… we all wear it. Well, most of us do....
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Sep 14, 2012 |
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53 – Producing the BHP Full Time, a Proposal
2:06
Ok, so right now I’m in a situation where I might...
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Aug 22, 2012 |
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52 – DRUIDS! (Bonus Episode)
23:17
Today we’re going to talk about Druids, who they...
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Aug 17, 2012 |
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51 – Dark Ages Feasting
1:27:06
This is a combination episode covering everything...
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Aug 04, 2012 |
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50 – The Denbighshire Hill Forts
1:19:30
Today we have something pretty exciting. Listener...
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Jul 20, 2012 |
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49 – Dark Age Economics
1:05:51
This is a combination episode covering matters of...
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Jul 03, 2012 |
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48 – Dark Age Diets Combo Episode
2:08:49
This is a combination episode focusing upon the...
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May 26, 2012 |
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47 – Was there an Anglo Saxon Invasion of Britain?
36:41
Ok, so last week I left you on a bit of a...
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May 19, 2012 |
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46 – Hengist and Horsa
21:23
So to start with I’m going to try to compile the...
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May 13, 2012 |
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45 – Britain: The Last Outpost
25:49
So today we’re going to do a forest view of what...
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Apr 28, 2012 |
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44 – Sources of Confusion
26:32
Ok… the dark ages. This is going to be a hell of...
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Apr 18, 2012 |
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43 – Le Mort d’Arthur (Bonus Episode)
15:15
Today we’re going to have a reading of Le Mort...
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Apr 09, 2012 |
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42 – Wait, Where Are We? A summary of the history of Britain so far.
32:01
Today we are going to be recapping the story thus...
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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41 – Chapter Two: The Birth of Britain
1:50
Next week we will start our second season. So...
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Mar 30, 2012 |
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40 – Scotcast Part Six
27:08
Here we have the sixth and final episode of the...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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39 – Scotcast Part Five
29:51
We’re getting ever closer to uniting the two...
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Mar 21, 2012 |
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38 – Scotcast Part Four
32:20
We’re closing out the BC period. Which means...
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Mar 10, 2012 |
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37 – Scotcast Part Three
22:41
Bronze Age Scotland! (History of Britain, History...
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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36 – Scotcast Part Two
35:19
We’re still in Pre-history… there’s a lot of it!...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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35 – Scotcast Part One
21:35
We’re catching up with what was going on beyond...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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34 – Cribs: Britannia Edition
37:57
We’re nearly done with the Romans! (History of...
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Feb 11, 2012 |
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33 – Strength and Honor(ius)
48:14
This one was a beast, but we’re finally done with...
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Feb 04, 2012 |
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32 – Theodosius and Theocracy
22:31
With special guest Valentinian II. (History of...
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Jan 28, 2012 |
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31 – Magnus Maximus
24:46
There’s some serious name envy going on in this...
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Jan 21, 2012 |
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30 – What is Best in Life?
29:11
Things in Britannia just keep getting worse!...
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Jan 13, 2012 |
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29 – An End to Prosperity
30:47
Our luck could only hold out so long. And now...
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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28 – Constantine and Britannia Sitting in a Tree
32:05
Oh yeah, we’ve got a real love affair going on...
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Dec 21, 2011 |
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27 – York’s Revenge!
20:56
Constantius, throwing caution to the wind,...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
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26 – Occupy Britannia!
25:42
I’m back and so is Carausius! Here we go!...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
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25 – Listener Questions Special Episode
29:32
Next week we will return to the tale of Carausius...
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Nov 12, 2011 |
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24 – Another British Empire
28:10
This time Carausius is going to try his hand at...
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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23 – We’re In Between Emperors at the Moment
23:46
Things are changing rather quickly on our little...
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Oct 28, 2011 |
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22 – The Dim Ages – Part 2
18:26
It’s starting to get dark in here! One of the...
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Oct 21, 2011 |
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21 – The Dim Ages – Part 1
21:05
Someone turn on the light! (History of Britain,...
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Oct 19, 2011 |
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20 – Dysfunction and Sibling Rivalry
29:41
The family of Severus brings their own particular...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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19 – Britannia’s Emperor
18:18
Ok, this one is pretty heavy on Roman intrigue....
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Sep 27, 2011 |
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18 – Abandonment and Reoccupation
28:29
Today we’ve got Antoninus, Marcus Aurelias,...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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17 – Advancement and Occupation
18:32
Rome is going to start expanding her borders....
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Sep 09, 2011 |
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16 – Bonus Birthday Episode on the Celts!
19:52
So it’s my birthday this weekend, and so I’m not...
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Aug 28, 2011 |
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15 – Hadrian’s Wall
41:08
Have you ever wanted to know about Hadrian’s...
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Aug 21, 2011 |
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14 – The Mystery of the Ninth Legion
43:07
Ok, I’ll be the first to admit this one is a...
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Aug 08, 2011 |
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13 – Agricola
21:43
We’re going to talk about the governorship of...
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Jul 28, 2011 |
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12 – The Road to the North
22:59
70 CE to 78 CE. This episode we’ll be talking...
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Jul 19, 2011 |
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11 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part Two
32:21
60 CE Having burned several cities to the ground,...
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Jul 08, 2011 |
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10 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part One
31:28
This episode focuses upon the year 60 and the...
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Jul 01, 2011 |
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9 – Suetonius, Part-Time Mountain-Climber and Full-Time Jerk.
21:57
This episode covers the years 54 CE to 60 CE and...
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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8 – Caractacus, the Home-Wrecker
37:17
This episode will cover the years 42 to 54 CE The...
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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7 – The Claudian Invasion of Britannia
30:32
This episode covers the invasion of Britannia in...
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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6 – The Heir of Caligula and the Son of Commius
19:37
We are rocking through about 100 years of...
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Jun 10, 2011 |
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5 – The Island at the Edge of the World – Part 3
25:09
54 BCE. Julius Caesar is returning to Britain....
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Jun 08, 2011 |
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4 – The Island at the Edge of the World – Part 2
25:56
55 BCE. Julius Caesar with the 7th and 10th...
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Jun 03, 2011 |
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3 – The Island at the Edge of the World – Part 1
26:14
56 BCE to 55 BCE. Julius Caesar is coming to...
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May 30, 2011 |
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2 – Invasion of Giant Deer, Cannibals, and Celts!
28:56
A whirlwind tour of the 70,000 years of the...
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May 28, 2011 |
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1 – A History of Britain
9:26
Hi! Welcome to the British History Podcast. My...
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May 28, 2011 |