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Amanda B.
Sep 22, 2020
An intelligent, eloquent, well-researched, and genuinely engaging podcast.
ncd81
Sep 18, 2020
Been listening to the BHP for years now. Took me a while to catch up with current episodes. Now doing the same with member episodes. So detailed, addressing real life aspects not just headliners, putting the STORY in history. Recommended!
Episode | Date |
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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 |
362 – Meet the Godwins
History is just the story of humans across time....
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Dec 09, 2020 |
361 – W A Poet
26:22
King Edward came to England with a political...
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Dec 04, 2020 |
360 – The Long Game
30:22
In 1040, while England was dealing with the chaos...
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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 |
The Witch of Fife
10:17
Happy Halloween!
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Oct 23, 2020 |
358 – King Harthacnut
29:31
Today’s story starts in 1039. It’s a big year,...
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Oct 16, 2020 |
357 – Walter Map’s Courtly Trifles
28:42
The early 11th century was an unlikely time of...
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Oct 06, 2020 |
356 – Macbeth
46:18
Here is the story of Macbeth. If you have just...
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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 |
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 |
353 – Mother of the Year
31:11
The Medieval chronicler, Adam of Bremen, was...
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Jul 17, 2020 |
352 – Chaos
20:20
It was November 11 of 1035 and King Cnut was...
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Jul 08, 2020 |
351 – Collapse
27:37
I wonder if Cnut could see what was coming. All...
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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 |
349 – AElfgifu’s Tale
22:40
Successful Kings don’t rule alone. This is...
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May 25, 2020 |
348 – Ruling Hard or Hardly Ruling
30:01
Europe was in chaos in the 1020s. Crises just...
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May 12, 2020 |
347 – Aggressive Diplomacy
25:14
What we call history was, at one point, just...
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May 02, 2020 |
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 |
345 – Building Blocks
19:45
In the early 11th century, the English were...
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Apr 10, 2020 |
Bonus Episode: Slavery
30:42
More material is coming, but here is a bonus...
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Mar 20, 2020 |
344 – Cnut’s Mad Lads
29:50
In the year of 1021, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle...
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Mar 12, 2020 |
343 – By Thorkell’s Beard
22:39
This is a story of palace intrigue, murder, and...
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Feb 27, 2020 |
Bonus Episode: Shrove Tuesday
10:57
Today is Shrove Tuesday. And if you’re not in...
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
339 – Cnut the Conqueror
24:24
It’s been a strange few years. The fall of the...
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
335 – Acts of Spasmodic Violence
23:19
Morcar and Sigeferth were under a lot of stress....
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Nov 26, 2019 |
334 – No Cnut November
32:37
There are worse things than spending a holiday in...
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Nov 14, 2019 |
333 – The Conquest of England
33:42
England in 1013 was a Kingdom begging to be...
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Nov 08, 2019 |
Teig O’Kane and the Corpse
23:10
Happy Halloween
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Oct 31, 2019 |
332 – The Jomsvikings
29:02
So here we are. With two full companies of...
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Oct 25, 2019 |
331 – Thoughts and Prayers
24:49
AEthelred, for the first time in quite a while,...
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Oct 17, 2019 |
330 – The Purge
27:02
The Court of AEthelred had turned over three...
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Oct 07, 2019 |
329 – Forkbeard
32:13
When you go to your local grocery store there’s a...
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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 |
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 |
326 – The Year 1000
35:58
It’s so easy to lose the forest for the trees....
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Sep 08, 2019 |
325 – From Bad to Worse
21:31
When we left off, England was reforming its legal...
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Aug 24, 2019 |
324 – Law and Lawlessness
21:56
With the Scandinavian raiders gone, and with...
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Aug 21, 2019 |
323 – Brotherhood of the Wolf
26:54
And we are back! Thank you all for being patient...
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Aug 10, 2019 |
PSA: Are We Dead?
1:51
(We aren’t)
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Aug 03, 2019 |
322 – We’re Absolutely Forked
31:07
Ealdorman AElfirc of Hampshire was out… and...
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Jul 12, 2019 |
321 – Course Corrections
24:56
992 was a bad year. There was treason, Vikings,...
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Jul 06, 2019 |
320 – Our Wooden Wall
21:05
The Battle of Maldon was a catastrophe. The brave...
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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 |
318 – Chaos is a Ladder
28:49
By 984 the Regency council had been broken and a...
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Jun 13, 2019 |
317 – A Culture of Corruption
26:35
At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered...
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May 30, 2019 |
316 – The Old Guard
25:41
Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing...
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May 23, 2019 |
315 – The Cracks in the Foundation
30:21
“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more...
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May 16, 2019 |
314 – Æthelred: Are You Ready?
26:13
King Edward, like those before him, had died...
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May 03, 2019 |
313 – How to Make a Martyr
38:46
“No man can make himself king, but the people...
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Apr 25, 2019 |
312 – King Edward
22:45
King Edgar is Dead… and in his place reigned his...
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Apr 20, 2019 |
311 – Team Edward
42:29
King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at...
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Apr 11, 2019 |
310 – Political Theater
32:51
Human beings can’t really be summed up in a...
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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 |
308 – A Thirst for Reform
32:29
Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named...
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Mar 14, 2019 |
307 – Cleaning House
26:35
The King is dead. Long live the King. Eadwig,...
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Mar 08, 2019 |
306 – King Eadwig
31:02
The King is dead, long live the King. So … last...
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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 |
304 – A Kingdom Divided
34:17
Northumbria was always the hot mess of the...
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Feb 12, 2019 |
303 – Eric Bloodaxe
24:32
We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the...
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Feb 01, 2019 |
302 – King Eadred
21:44
Ok, where were we? With all this focus on...
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Jan 25, 2019 |
Chapter 8 – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons
3:27
This isn’t going to end well.
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Jan 17, 2019 |
301 – Common Folk
26:29
Today, we’re going to wrap up this cultural...
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Jan 11, 2019 |
300 – Noble Lives
24:41
When we left off, we were talking about Thegns....
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Dec 18, 2018 |
299 – The Shape of Power
36:36
Ealdormen… Thegns… Ceorls. These were the...
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Dec 07, 2018 |
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 |
298 – Uptown Ceorl
37:29
Long ago there was a settlement that had been...
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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 |
The Halloween Special
24:32
I love Halloween. I think it might be my favorite...
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Oct 26, 2018 |
296 – Darkening Skies
33:39
It begins in France. The struggle for power...
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Oct 19, 2018 |
295 – The Return of England
24:37
You know the pieces on a chessboard? There’s the...
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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 |
293 – The Beacons are Lit
24:48
When we left off, AEthelstan had recently died,...
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Sep 23, 2018 |
292 – King in the North
21:12
How we understand any event comes down to what...
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Sep 10, 2018 |
291 – Pandemonium
27:07
When King Edward died, the plan was that his...
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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 |
289 – Brunanburh
33:02
You can’t just go to war. I mean… I guess you...
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Aug 18, 2018 |
288 – Extracurricular Activities
24:12
I wonder if King Rudolph of France resented his...
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Aug 10, 2018 |
287 – The Conquest of Scotland
26:20
For the last six years, AEthelstan had been...
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Jul 27, 2018 |
286 – Noble Pursuits
29:51
After generations of devastating war, England has...
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Jul 21, 2018 |
285 – Full Court Press
28:46
The Era of AEthelstan is one of contradictions....
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Jul 11, 2018 |
284 – AEthelstan the Victorious
27:14
Last week, we ended with King AEthelstan’s...
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Jul 07, 2018 |
283 – The Kingdoms of the Foreigners
23:15
Imagine that you went from being a disfavored...
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Jun 28, 2018 |
282 – How To Win Friends and Influence Jorvik
25:13
AEthelstan had completed his annexation of...
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Jun 14, 2018 |
281 – England
31:42
The last couple of episodes have focused on the...
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Jun 08, 2018 |
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 |
279 – Dynastic Cults
42:47
Want to know something strange? When Edward died,...
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May 17, 2018 |
278 – The Thunderbolt
22:56
There’s a dirty secret to history podcasts, and...
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May 10, 2018 |
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 |
276 – The Bastard Rebel King
31:56
The story of Edward is one of contradictions....
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Apr 20, 2018 |
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 |
274 – The Missing Shire
26:44
In the last several episodes I’ve been breaking...
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Apr 05, 2018 |
273 – I Do… Do I?
24:04
Last episode we talked about the rapid growth of...
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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 |
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 |
270 – War in the Five Boroughs
25:43
There’s an entry from the Irish Fragmentary...
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Mar 01, 2018 |
269 – The Western Front
27:12
Wessex and Mercia have had a busy decade. Both...
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Feb 23, 2018 |
268 – Viking Invasion
27:23
AEthelflaed, Lady of Mercia, and her brother,...
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Feb 16, 2018 |
267 – The Southern Expansion
25:44
O potent elfleda! Maid, men’s terror! You did...
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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 |
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 |
264 – The Lost Rebellion
38:48
In the year 909 we get an odd entry from the...
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Jan 05, 2018 |
263 – AEthelflaed and Ingimund
24:51
When we left off last episode, war had come to...
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Dec 06, 2017 |
262 – AEthelred and AEthelflaed
27:12
A year after Edward took the throne – in year...
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
257 – Political Accommodation Within The Danelaw
36:34
Things in Britain are changing rapidly. In...
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Oct 22, 2017 |
256 – Scandinavian Settlement in England
27:38
For the last few episodes we’ve been discussing...
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Oct 12, 2017 |
255 – Londonwic to London
34:00
London is a world unto itself, and it has been...
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Sep 28, 2017 |
254 – Worcester
23:23
If you read of old Britain… even if you read of...
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Sep 14, 2017 |
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 |
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 |
251 – Chapter Seven: England
2:08
We are entering a new era in the BHP. Support the...
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Aug 17, 2017 |
250 – The Year 900
36:56
It’s the year 900. We’ve closed out another...
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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 |
248 – The Death of Alfred the Great
25:04
By 897, everything Alfred had known…. changed. He...
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Jul 16, 2017 |
247 – Our Wooden Wall
22:32
The Danes encamped at Bridgnorth had been...
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Jul 08, 2017 |
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 |
245 – King Alfred: Infrastructure is Sexy
25:22
For the Viking army fleeing Shoebury, there...
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Jun 13, 2017 |
244 – Haesten’s Advance
24:52
“Then came the king’s troops, and routed the...
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May 31, 2017 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Discovering Ava with Maya Hoole
1:38:29
Twitter: @AvaBeakerBurial Facebook:...
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May 03, 2017 |
241 – Haesten
25:41
What was Alfred’s reaction to the news of a...
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Apr 27, 2017 |
240 – Viking Roadshow: Rollo edition
28:56
A massive fleet was off the coast of Kent,...
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Apr 21, 2017 |
239 – The Dying Time
30:30
Today we’re going to cover 5 or 6 years, and...
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Apr 13, 2017 |
238 – A Patchwork of War
28:54
The Sons of Rhodri Mawr were in a difficult...
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Mar 31, 2017 |
237 – Asser
27:50
The Sons of Rhodri, rulers of vast swaths of...
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Mar 25, 2017 |
236 – A Return to Scholarship
33:06
“I can not find anything better in man, than that...
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Mar 17, 2017 |
235 – Alfred’s Educational Reforms
25:22
One of the interesting things about piecing...
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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 |
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 |
232 – Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherine Hills
58:00
Dr. Hills discussed material culture, ethnicity,...
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Feb 19, 2017 |
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 |
230 – Guthrum Gets a Bath
28:34
For Alfred, everything had changed at Chippenham....
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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 |
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 |
228 – Alfred and Odda: The Audacity of Nope
27:57
In spite of everything standing against them,...
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Jan 07, 2017 |
227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind
29:00
The last episode ended with an account by...
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Dec 22, 2016 |
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 |
225 – Alfred in Somerset
30:59
It was January of 878. The dead of British winter...
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Dec 01, 2016 |
224 – Chapter Six: Wessex
1:52
For generations, the Anglo Saxon dominance in...
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
218 – The Kingdom of Jorvik
38:52
Today we begin in Orkney. The history of Orkney...
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Oct 19, 2016 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
213 – Danegelds, Peace, and Shame
33:47
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been...
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Aug 24, 2016 |
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 |
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 |
210 – The Battle of Ashdown
34:27
“God, in his goodness and justice so much...
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Jul 19, 2016 |
209 – The Battle of Reading
20:14
When we left off, the Danes had occupied Reading,...
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Jul 08, 2016 |
208 – The Battle of Englefield
21:34
When we left off the Great Heathen Army had...
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Jul 01, 2016 |
207 – Christianity in Early Danelaw
33:27
Here is part two to our story of religion and...
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Jun 23, 2016 |
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 |
205 – Saint Edmund the Martyr
27:27
Last episode we ended with the engagement of...
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Jun 02, 2016 |
204 – Snottingham
30:12
At the end of last episode, the gates of Jorvik...
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May 27, 2016 |
203 – Jorvik
31:27
I’d like to start today’s episode with a poem....
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May 19, 2016 |
202 – The Fall of Eoforwic
29:46
When we left off last time, King Edmund of East...
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May 11, 2016 |
201 – East Anglia’s Danegeld
35:38
Here we are, with a new king in Wessex. King...
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May 02, 2016 |
200 – The Q&A
46:12
To celebrate the 200th episode, I took questions...
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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 |
198 – The Great Heathen Army Begins
23:24
On 864 or 865, a great Scandinavian fleet of...
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Apr 03, 2016 |
The April Fool’s Episode
1:25
Things are changing at the BHP, and here’s a...
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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 |
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 |
195 – Red Sea Rising
23:12
Today’s episode will focus upon the goings on in...
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Mar 07, 2016 |
194 – My Big Fat Dark Age Wedding
36:56
King AEthelbald of Wessex, Queen Judith, Bjorn...
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Feb 27, 2016 |
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 |
192 – Alfred the Young
21:56
We’ve discussed Anglo Saxon propaganda, and what...
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Feb 13, 2016 |
191 – Urban Fervor
25:42
You might not realize it, but we on the precipice...
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Feb 06, 2016 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
184 – The Chaos of Bad Governance
26:38
When we left off last time we discussed the...
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Dec 03, 2015 |
183 – Ragnar’s Siege of Paris
35:30
This is a big event for Medieval Western Europe,...
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Nov 22, 2015 |
182 – Ragnar Lodbrok
28:45
Ok, when we left off, a fleet of 120 ships set...
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Nov 15, 2015 |
181 – Vikingrs Gotta Viking
32:38
When we left off last week, the Vikingrs had...
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Nov 07, 2015 |
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 |
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 |
179 – The Battle of Carrum
19:09
When we left off last week, 35 ships launched...
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Oct 17, 2015 |
178 – Dereliction of Duty
24:44
When we last left off we were talking about what...
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Oct 09, 2015 |
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 |
176 – The Prophecy of Jeremiah
24:25
“Behold, a people shall come from the north, and...
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Sep 25, 2015 |
175 – Chapter Five: A Sea of Blood
3:24
A sea of blood. Support the Show
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Sep 03, 2015 |
174 – CeltCast Part 3
17:53
We start today with a few bare statements in the...
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Aug 28, 2015 |
173 – The CeltCast Part 2
25:01
I’m continuing my quest to organize and bring all...
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Aug 19, 2015 |
172 – CeltCast Part 1
27:36
Today we’re beginning the process of creating a...
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Aug 10, 2015 |
171 – The Welshcast Part Seven
38:18
When we left off last time, we were talking about...
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Jul 29, 2015 |
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 |
169 – The Rise of Wessex
28:09
This season we’ve seen the Anglo Saxons come...
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Jul 08, 2015 |
168 – The Fall of Mercia
29:56
When we left off, King Beornwulf was reigning...
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Jul 01, 2015 |
167 – The Beginning of the End
40:22
Season Four is called Anglo Saxon Ascendancy...
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Jun 23, 2015 |
166 – Wulfred: The Rogue Archbishop
24:12
We start today with a death. On the 28th of...
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Jun 14, 2015 |
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 |
164 – Shadow Governments in Britain
25:44
When we last left off, King Egbert was ruling...
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May 22, 2015 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
161 – King Ceonwulf’s Rise in Power
23:50
While Offa was an effective leader in Mercia...
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Apr 30, 2015 |
160 – An Offa Inheritance
24:29
King Offa of Mercia has died after a surprisingly...
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Apr 21, 2015 |
159 – An Offa End
26:48
Lets start with Christmas Day 795. That’s the day...
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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 |
157 – Lindisfarne
27:29
Northumbria was no stranger to problems… blood...
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Mar 24, 2015 |
156 – An Offa Marriage
27:04
When we left off things were looking pretty good...
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Mar 06, 2015 |
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 |
154 – Having it Offa
25:44
Today we’re covering more about King Offa, and...
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Feb 19, 2015 |
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 |
152 – Limited Time Offa
26:25
Today we begin in Northumbria. King AEthelred of...
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Feb 05, 2015 |
151 – Offa and Acceptance
20:42
Alright, where did we leave off. We had a new...
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Jan 30, 2015 |
150 – King Offa: The Turnover
24:20
Today’s episode is going to go all over the...
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Jan 19, 2015 |
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 |
148 – The Fall of King AEthelbald
29:08
Alright, as you already know, King AEthelbald of...
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Jan 02, 2015 |
147 – The Twelve Days of Christmas
20:26
This year for our Christmas special, I thought I...
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Dec 23, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
141 – King Aldfrith and St. Wilfrid
32:31
Ok, when we left off, Bishop Wilfrid was jilted...
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Oct 29, 2014 |
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 |
139 – The Rise of Aldfrith and Caedwalla
33:37
This episode will roughly cover the eventful...
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Oct 14, 2014 |
138 – Religious Lives in Britain
28:51
Alright, so last week we talked about how uneven...
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Oct 07, 2014 |
137 – Preaching in the Dark Ages
25:06
Today we’re going to cover the crazy environment...
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Sep 29, 2014 |
136 – The Power of Mercia
30:37
This episode will cover the years 678 to 685 and...
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Sep 16, 2014 |
135 – A Reshuffling of Power
25:41
Today we’re going to cover the eventful years of...
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Sep 10, 2014 |
134 – The Power of Northumbria
25:37
This episode covers the years 670 to 685. The...
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Sep 05, 2014 |
133 – Scotcast: Part Ten
34:47
To start with, we have nine praise poems that...
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Aug 26, 2014 |
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 |
131 – Scotcast Part Eight
23:06
So we will begin the account of what was going on...
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Jul 29, 2014 |
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 |
Chapter Four: Anglo Saxon Ascendancy
6:09
It began with Cassivellaunus. The first recorded...
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Jul 07, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
127 – The Synod of Whitby
27:14
The major players for today will be Hild (who was...
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Jun 04, 2014 |
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 |
125 – King Oswiu: A Gathering Storm
23:46
So in late 655, following his victory at the...
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May 15, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
119 – King Penda: No Posers
23:16
So where were we? Oswiu had arranged for the...
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Mar 25, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
115 – Maserfield: Blood Makes The Grass Grow
39:32
Edwin, Osric, Eanfrith, Eadfrith, Cadwallon,...
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Feb 19, 2014 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
109 – Edwin’s Ambitions
28:08
When we last left Edwin, Bishop Paulinus finally...
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Jan 07, 2014 |
108 – The Christmas Special
17:07
Ever since I was a kid in Catholic school, I’ve...
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Dec 23, 2013 |
107 – Edwin’s Conversion
25:46
Ok, so when we left off, Bishop Paulinus thought...
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Dec 16, 2013 |
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 |
105 – Sutton Hoo: Treasures of the Dead
56:12
Alright, so last episode we learned all about...
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Nov 25, 2013 |
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 |
103 – Edwin the Conqueror
21:52
Alright, last week we finally saw the fall of...
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Nov 06, 2013 |
102 – Have Exile, Will Travel
24:10
Ok, when we left off, Edwin… the exile from...
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Oct 28, 2013 |
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 |
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 |
99 – False Starts
29:57
This episode is going to have a lot of moving...
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Oct 01, 2013 |
98 – The Zeal of Augustine
34:49
Ok, when we last left off, Augustine had become...
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Sep 25, 2013 |
97 – Augustine and Gregory Make a Diocese
26:00
So last week we ended with Augustine converting...
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Sep 17, 2013 |
96 – The Conversion of King AEthelberht
20:42
In the last several episodes we’ve been speaking...
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Sep 09, 2013 |
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 |
94 – Dark Age Beliefs
1:11:33
As we go forward in this series, what I hope...
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Jul 29, 2013 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
90 – WelshCast Part Three: The Silent Treatment
21:53
As you probably remember from the main podcast,...
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Jul 02, 2013 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
80 – Bloodletting
20:02
Ok, when we left off, Ida had become king of...
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Mar 18, 2013 |
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 |
78 – It’s Only Natural
12:36
I’m going to wrap up the discussion of the...
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Mar 04, 2013 |
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 |
76 – Developing Class
23:01
Today we start with a death. Wihtgar, brother of...
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Feb 19, 2013 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
66 – Staffordshire Hoard: Receiving the Hoard
31:12
Today’s episode features Deb Klemperer, the head...
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Jan 02, 2013 |
65 – Staffordshire Hoard: The Dig
46:35
Today’s episode features Stephen Dean, the...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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 |
63 – King Arthur Part One
12:32
We’ve reached 3,000 likes on facebook! So as...
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Dec 18, 2012 |
62 – Staffordshire Hoard: Rise Up O Lord
15:58
Today’s episode features Cathy Shingler, of The...
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Dec 17, 2012 |
61 – Staffordshire Hoard: Introduction
15:11
Today we are beginning our project on the...
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Dec 11, 2012 |
60 – The Return of the Kings
52
They’re coming… Support the Show
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Oct 24, 2012 |
59 – The Halloween Special
22:53
As you might imagine since I’m doing an episode...
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Oct 22, 2012 |
58 – Dark Age Medicine
1:43:38
This is a combination episode covering medicine...
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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 |
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 |
55 – Anglo Saxon Construction
18:05
OK, So I had requests for an episode on...
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Sep 22, 2012 |
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 |
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 |
52 – DRUIDS! (Bonus Episode)
23:17
Today we’re going to talk about Druids, who they...
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Aug 17, 2012 |
51 – Dark Ages Feasting
1:27:06
This is a combination episode covering everything...
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Aug 04, 2012 |
50 – The Denbighshire Hill Forts
1:19:30
Today we have something pretty exciting. Listener...
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Jul 20, 2012 |
49 – Dark Age Economics
1:05:51
This is a combination episode covering matters of...
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Jul 03, 2012 |
48 – Dark Age Diets Combo Episode
2:08:49
This is a combination episode focusing upon the...
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May 26, 2012 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
40 – Scotcast Part Six
27:08
Here we have the sixth and final episode of the...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
39 – Scotcast Part Five
29:51
We’re getting ever closer to uniting the two...
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Mar 21, 2012 |
38 – Scotcast Part Four
32:20
We’re closing out the BC period. Which means...
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Mar 10, 2012 |
37 – Scotcast Part Three
22:41
Bronze Age Scotland! (History of Britain, History...
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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 |
35 – Scotcast Part One
21:35
We’re catching up with what was going on beyond...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
34 – Cribs: Britannia Edition
37:57
We’re nearly done with the Romans! (History of...
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Feb 11, 2012 |
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 |
32 – Theodosius and Theocracy
22:31
With special guest Valentinian II. (History of...
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Jan 28, 2012 |
31 – Magnus Maximus
24:46
There’s some serious name envy going on in this...
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Jan 21, 2012 |
30 – What is Best in Life?
29:11
Things in Britannia just keep getting worse!...
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Jan 13, 2012 |
29 – An End to Prosperity
30:47
Our luck could only hold out so long. And now...
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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 |
27 – York’s Revenge!
20:56
Constantius, throwing caution to the wind,...
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Dec 13, 2011 |
26 – Occupy Britannia!
25:42
I’m back and so is Carausius! Here we go!...
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Dec 01, 2011 |
25 – Listener Questions Special Episode
29:32
Next week we will return to the tale of Carausius...
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Nov 12, 2011 |
24 – Another British Empire
28:10
This time Carausius is going to try his hand at...
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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 |
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 |
21 – The Dim Ages – Part 1
21:05
Someone turn on the light! (History of Britain,...
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Oct 19, 2011 |
20 – Dysfunction and Sibling Rivalry
29:41
The family of Severus brings their own particular...
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Oct 12, 2011 |
19 – Britannia’s Emperor
18:18
Ok, this one is pretty heavy on Roman intrigue....
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Sep 27, 2011 |
18 – Abandonment and Reoccupation
28:29
Today we’ve got Antoninus, Marcus Aurelias,...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
17 – Advancement and Occupation
18:32
Rome is going to start expanding her borders....
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Sep 09, 2011 |
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 |
15 – Hadrian’s Wall
41:08
Have you ever wanted to know about Hadrian’s...
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Aug 21, 2011 |
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 |
13 – Agricola
21:43
We’re going to talk about the governorship of...
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Jul 28, 2011 |
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 |
11 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part Two
32:21
60 CE Having burned several cities to the ground,...
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Jul 08, 2011 |
10 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part One
31:28
This episode focuses upon the year 60 and the...
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Jul 01, 2011 |
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 |
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 |
7 – The Claudian Invasion of Britannia
30:32
This episode covers the invasion of Britannia in...
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Jun 15, 2011 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1 – A History of Britain
9:26
Hi! Welcome to the British History Podcast. My...
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May 28, 2011 |