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Season 8 Episode 312
King Edgar is Dead… and in his place reigned his son, King Edward of England. And you’d think that we’d be referring to him as King Edward the First.…
6 years, 10 months ago
Team Edward
Season 8 Episode 311
King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at Glastonbury in 975. But weirdly that isn’t the end of his story. William of Malmesbury tells us that nearly a …
6 years, 11 months ago
Political Theater
Season 8 Episode 310
Human beings can’t really be summed up in a nickname. Usually we are more complicated than a word or two. And sometimes, the nickname just doesn’t re…
6 years, 11 months ago
Size Doesn't Matter (until it does)
Season 8 Episode 309
You would think that someone named Edgar the Peaceable enjoyed a good reputation. But the closer you look, the more things start to look…off. And if …
6 years, 11 months ago
A Thirst for Reform
Season 8 Episode 308
Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named Harald Greycloak was struggling for dominance in the region. He wasn’t just any man, he was a son …
7 years ago
Cleaning House
Season 8 Episode 307
The King is dead. Long live the King. Eadwig, the 18 year old King known for his beauty, had died. Somehow.
The post 307 – Cleaning House first app…
7 years ago
King Eadwig
Season 8 Episode 306
The King is dead, long live the King. So … last episode was a bit of a shocker wasn’t it? After it launched, I got an email from a listener (who hila…
7 years ago
A Very Special BHP Valentine's Day Episode
Season 8 Episode 305
History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social movements through decades and centuries is a huge task …
7 years, 1 month ago
A Kingdom Divided
Season 8 Episode 304
Northumbria was always the hot mess of the heptarchy. There are a few exceptions where they manage to pull it together long enough to produce somethi…
7 years, 1 month ago
Eric Bloodaxe
Season 8 Episode 303
We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either big, or really long, or super glossy, and it was a…
7 years, 1 month ago