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Pagan Reaction
A common feature of early Anglo-Saxon history, at least as presented by Bede, is what is called ‘pagan reaction’. Since Bede was writing an ecclesias…
2 years, 9 months ago
King Raedwald and Sutton Hoo
The burial at Sutton Hoo is one of the enduring symbols of Anglo-Saxon England, but who is the man that is often said to be buried there? In this epi…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Legendary Kings of East Anglia
Of all the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, East Anglia has probably the richest legendary history. While the historicity of this history is of course que…
2 years, 10 months ago
The Earliest East Anglians
East Anglian history poses a particular problem for historians of Anglo-Saxon England. The Kingdom of East Anglia was one of just four kingdoms still…
2 years, 10 months ago
Resources
With Kent wrapped up, and while I’m working on the next part of the podcast, I wanted to do another patron request episode. I have been asked to talk…
2 years, 11 months ago
The End of Kent
The history of Kent as a kingdom ends in the year 825. In one sense it was the result of Mercia's destruction of its native dynasty, but in another i…
2 years, 11 months ago
Kent Under Mercia
Following the death of Wihtred Kent entered a period of instability which left it open to the expanding ambitions of Mercia. What followed was almost…
3 years ago
Wihtred
King Wihtred, the king who restored Kentish independence, had a long but largely mysterious reign. However from what survives we can tell that his ru…
3 years ago
War, Occupation, and Liberation
The late 680s in Kent are another of those periods that have become quite familiar to us in our study so far: a period of upheaval following on the h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Hlothhere and Eadric
After the death of Ecgberth in 673, the throne of Kent passed to his younger brother Hlothhere. There is some debate as to whether Hlothhere succeede…
3 years, 1 month ago