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Season 8 Episode 311
King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at Glastonbury in 975. But weirdly that isn’t the end of his story. William of Malmesbury tells us that nearly a …
6 years, 11 months ago
Political Theater
Season 8 Episode 310
Human beings can’t really be summed up in a nickname. Usually we are more complicated than a word or two. And sometimes, the nickname just doesn’t re…
6 years, 11 months ago
Size Doesn't Matter (until it does)
Season 8 Episode 309
You would think that someone named Edgar the Peaceable enjoyed a good reputation. But the closer you look, the more things start to look…off. And if …
6 years, 11 months ago
A Thirst for Reform
Season 8 Episode 308
Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named Harald Greycloak was struggling for dominance in the region. He wasn’t just any man, he was a son …
7 years ago
King Eadwig
Season 8 Episode 306
The King is dead, long live the King. So … last episode was a bit of a shocker wasn’t it? After it launched, I got an email from a listener (who hila…
7 years ago
Darkening Skies
Season 7 Episode 296
It begins in France. The struggle for power between King Louis IV and Hugh the Great had been raging for quite some time… When we last visited the co…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Return of England
Season 7 Episode 295
You know the pieces on a chessboard? There’s the knight, and the queen, and the castle….and then there’s the bishop. There’s a reason why a game that…
7 years, 5 months ago
It All Comes Crashing Down
Season 7 Episode 294
The story of the last few episodes is a story about a lesson that humanity has had to re-learn again and again throughout history. When your society …
7 years, 5 months ago
The Beacons are Lit
Season 7 Episode 293
When we left off, AEthelstan had recently died, Olaf had returned from Dublin and been crowned King of Jorvik (which meant that the Kingdom of Jorvik…
7 years, 5 months ago
King in the North
Season 7 Episode 292
How we understand any event comes down to what angle we are able to view it from. And the story of AEthelstan is no exception. On the one hand, it is…
7 years, 6 months ago