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Season 8 Episode 345
In the early 11th century, the English were crushed by the Scots in the Battle of Carham. We are told that King Malcolm of Scotland, supported by Kin…
6 years, 5 months ago
Bonus Episode: Slavery
Season 8
More material is coming, but here is a bonus episode to keep you company while you're practicing social distancing.
6 years, 6 months ago
Cnut's Mad Lads
Season 8 Episode 344
In the year of 1021, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle tells us two things. A Bishop died. And Thorkell the Tall was expelled from the country. And that’…
6 years, 6 months ago
By Thorkell's Beard
Season 8 Episode 343
This is a story of palace intrigue, murder, and atypical alopecia… and it all begins where these things usually do… with a real estate transaction.
6 years, 7 months ago
Bonus Episode: Shrove Tuesday
Season 8
Today is Shrove Tuesday. And if you’re not in Britain, you might be wondering what Shrove Tuesday is, and even if you are British, you might be won…
6 years, 7 months ago
King Cnut of Denmark and England
Season 8 Episode 342
If you have heard of King Cnut, what you probably heard was the story of Cnut and the Tides. The most common version of it goes like this.
6 years, 7 months ago
King Cnut of England
Season 8 Episode 341
Cnut made a lot of smart moves in a very short amount of time. He outlawed much of the corruption that had plagued the courts of AEthelred. He scrubb…
6 years, 7 months ago
A Bit of a Cnut
Season 8 Episode 340
When we left off, Cnut had managed to get Eadric to go on the record calling for the execution of the English claimants to the throne… and then Cnut …
6 years, 8 months ago
Cnut the Conqueror
Season 8 Episode 339
The fall of the House of Wessex and the rise of Cnut looks like a simple story of conquest. After all, it’s right there in the title. Virtually every…
6 years, 8 months ago
The Fall of King Edmund Ironsides
Season 8 Episode 338
Edmund hadn’t lost, and for now that was enough.
6 years, 9 months ago