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Season 5 Episode 213
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been following since his earliest days, and whom we now know the most intimate details of, including the s…
9 years, 6 months ago
Alfred the Last AEtheling
Season 5 Episode 212
It’s mid April of 871. For four long months, the House of Wessex has been battling against an invasion army of Danes who are holding the Royal Tun of…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Battles of Basing and Meretun
Season 5 Episode 211
It’s January of 871, still… A tremendous amount has happened in the last fortnight, and the year had barely even begun. People tend to compress the p…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Battle of Ashdown
Season 5 Episode 210
“God, in his goodness and justice so much offended by our sins, had thus worn down the lands and kingdoms of the Christians.” That’s a quote from Pru…
9 years, 7 months ago
The Battle of Reading
Season 5 Episode 209
When we left off, the Danes had occupied Reading, fortified it for several days, and then sent a detachment West along the river Kennet… In response,…
9 years, 8 months ago
The Battle of Englefield
Season 5 Episode 208
When we left off the Great Heathen Army had conquered East Anglia, established their dominion, and then a good portion of it returned to their territ…
9 years, 8 months ago
Saint Edmund the Martyr
Season 5 Episode 205
Last episode we ended with the engagement of Prince Alfred to Ealhswith, daughter of Ealdorman AEthelred Mucel of Mercia and descendant of King Coenw…
9 years, 9 months ago
Jorvik
Season 5 Episode 203
I’d like to start today’s episode with a poem. Not about my feelings, or about a tough breakup… but a skaldic poem from the 12th century. It’s called…
9 years, 9 months ago
The Fall of Eoforwic
Season 5 Episode 202
When we left off last time, King Edmund of East Anglia had paid a Danegeld to the Great Heathen Army… and rather than leaving, the army had set up ca…
9 years, 10 months ago
East Anglia's Danegeld
Season 5 Episode 201
Here we are, with a new king in Wessex. King AEthelred, son of AEthelwulf, was now sitting the throne. He was in his 20s, and despite having a large …
9 years, 10 months ago