Podcast Episodes

The Battle of Maldon

As I work on the rest of the Æthelred overview, I wanted to highlight one of the major events and poems of the period: The Battle of Maldon.

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9 months, 1 week ago

Æthelred’s Early Reign

There are few kings in English history that are as maligned as Ethelred. Forever remembered as ‘the Unready’, Ethelred’s reign was regarded even by t…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

History from Below

This episode I wanted to look back at where we have been from the perspective of the high-water mark of Anglo-Saxon history that was the reign of Edg…

10 months ago

Edward the Martyr

Following Edgar’s death, we enter into what would be one of the most turbulent periods of Anglo-Saxon history which would see murder, renewed Viking …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

King Edgar: Part 2

We wrap up our look at possibly the greatest of all Anglo-Saxon monarchs.

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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening

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11 months ago

The Ideology of Benedictine Reform

Oswald of Worcester (d.992) is usually viewed as one of three episcopal leaders of monastic reform in tenth-century England, but this interpretation …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Oswald

We look at the last of the Big Three reformers, Oswald, and set up a discussion of what exactly the reformers in England wanted to achieve.

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11 months, 4 weeks ago

Æthelwold

If you read about the English Benedictine Reforms today, the older narrative focused on Dunstan as the its spearhead will have been largely replaced …

1 year ago

St Dunstan

The Benedictine reforms in England were, in the traditional narrative, spearheaded by three key ecclesiastics: Dunstan, Æthelwold, and Oswald. The ex…

1 year ago

The Beginnings of Benedictine Reform

Although the Benedictine reform movements that found royal favor in England in the late-tenth century are usually associated with King Edgar, their o…

1 year, 1 month ago