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Power Struggles: Part Two

Season 10 Episode 495

Ok, let’s return to 1101 and 1102, because Henry’s fight with Anselm, and fight between Henry and the Pope (and the fight between Anselm and the Pope…

14 hours ago

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Power Struggles: Part One

Season 10 Episode 494

In early February of 1102 Queen Matilda was giving birth. 

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

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The Price of Peace

Season 10 Episode 493

The Treaty penned at Alton had avoided outright war, but it wasn’t truly official.  It needed to be finalized at Winchester.

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3 weeks ago

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The War for Perception

Season 10 Episode 492

In 1668, John Dryden became England’s very first Poet Laureate.  But he had a rival.  No, not just a rival.  A nemesis. This man’s name was Thomas Sh…

1 month ago

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All Hats On Deck

Season 10 Episode 491

Duke Robert Curthose was back in Normandy, having  reclaimed the Duchy unopposed… and now he was looking to assert his claim on England.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Messengers from France

Season 10 Episode 490

King Henry’s first Christmas Court in the closing days of 1100 had felt…off. 

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2 months ago

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From Normandy With Love

Season 10 Episode 489

Ok, let’s face it, last year was a lot.  Rampant corruption, threats of war, tyrannical leaders, actual war, a greedy feckless aristocracy, rulers we…

2 months, 1 week ago

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Stealing a Wife From God

Season 10 Episode 487

Edith, the daughter of King Malcolm Canmore, has appeared from time to time in our story and (by this point) she was about 20 years old… and many of …

3 months, 1 week ago

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Stealing a Crown from your Brother

Season 10 Episode 486

The cart carrying the body of King Rufus eventually reached the cathedral at Winchester. And if we are to believe Malmesbury,  blood had been drippin…

4 months ago

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The First Crusade Sample

Season 10 Episode 485

Zee runs us through the events and it’s… a lot.

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

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