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The Beginning of the Viking Age
The Viking looms large over the early medieval period as a whole, despite only erupting onto the scene in the late eighth century, several centuries …
2 years ago
Early Anglo-Saxon England
After just under 70 episodes, we come to a point that I have always imagined as the dividing line in this series: the Norse invasions. What is coming…
2 years ago
Surrey: The Frontier Kingdom
Surrey, much like Hwicce and Lindsey, has a history that can only be told by looking askance at sources. What emerges, though, is a frontier kingdom …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Dark Ages by Everything, Everywhere Daily
Everything, Everywhere Daily talks about the Dark Ages and whether they really were all that dark.
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2 years, 1 month ago
Lindsey: The Vanished Kingdom
The great professor of Anglo-Saxon history, Simon Keynes, once called Lindsey a ‘kingdom without a history’. This is because there is no written evid…
2 years, 1 month ago
The Hwicce
This episode we will be looking at one of the most elusive of the small kingdoms which proliferated in early Anglo-Saxon England. The Hwicce were loc…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Kingdom of Essex (Part 2)
With the death of Sighere in 688, Essex’s tendency for pagan reaction came to an end. This did not mean that the kingdom was left in peace, however.
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2 years, 2 months ago
The Kingdom of Essex (Part 1)
The kingdom of the East Saxons was one of the mid-sized early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and the last in our survey of the construct made by later historia…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rebuilding and Downfall
Following Cædwalla’s death in 688 Sussex seemingly did not regain its independence. As with the early history of Sussex, the kingdom’s history post-6…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sussex and the Struggle for Wight
Last time I discussed the origin myth of Sussex and how this compares to the archaeological record for early Saxon presence in the southeast of Engla…
2 years, 4 months ago