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Early Sussex
Let us turn south from East Anglia and head back towards the English Channel. Down here, to the southwest of Kent, lies the region of Sussex. Among t…
2 years, 5 months ago
A Warning to the Curious
I wanted to wrap up my look at East Anglia with one of my favourite pieces of fiction that involves Anglo-Saxon East Anglia. It's another ghost story…
2 years, 5 months ago
Danish East Anglia
In 869, when the Norse killed Edmund, East Anglia was left prostrate before them. Later legend tells us that they had demanded Edmund yield half of h…
2 years, 6 months ago
A Ghost Story for Christmas
Something a bit different for this festive season.
Credits –
Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL…
2 years, 6 months ago
St Edmund and the Fall of East Anglia
(Apologies that this episode is a bit late. I recently started a new job and have been forced to rework my recording schedule. Going forward the epis…
2 years, 6 months ago
Mercian East Anglia
Following the execution of Æthelberht II, Offa did in East Anglia what he had already done to the Hwicce: he assumed direct control. Thus began a per…
2 years, 6 months ago
Dark Years
Following the fall of the Wuffingas dynasty in 749, East Anglia entered a period of political uncertainty. Such uncertainty often breeds instability,…
2 years, 7 months ago
The End of the Wuffingas
The rule of the Wuffingas dynasty in East Anglia came to an end in 749. Despite this, though, the end of the Wuffingas’ monopoly on power was not cha…
2 years, 7 months ago
Æthelhere and Æthelwold
Following Anna’s death at the hands of Mercian invaders in 653, East Anglia was left entirely at the mercy of King Penda and his forces. Having been …
2 years, 8 months ago
King Anna and His Children
Following Penda’s attack in 635, East Anglia became a pawn in the emerging cold war between Mercia and Northumbria. Keen to check the growing power o…
2 years, 8 months ago