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The F Word

Season 9 Episode 410

In 1069, William the Conqueror’s sudden assault on York with a formidable army takes the city by surprise, exploiting strategies learned from previou…

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The First Sparks

Season 9 Episode 409

In 1068, a pivotal moment unfolds in Northumbria, where the assassination of Earl Robert at Durham sparks a large-scale rebellion against Norman rule…

3 years, 1 month ago

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Kerosene

Season 9 Episode 408

Happy New Year!  It was 1069… nice… and as the new year dawned…things in England were getting a bit weird.

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3 years, 2 months ago

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Robbing the Hood

Season 9 Episode 407

I feel for the English commoners in the late 1060’s.  They had nothing to do with the arrival of the Normans… everything they suffered was the result…

3 years, 2 months ago

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King's Rook Takes Pawn

Season 9 Episode 406

In early 1068… as William was preparing for the tactical Coronation of Matilda…  the three sons of Harold Godwinson were in Ireland. They had come to…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Hereward the Wake: The Bourne Identity

Season 9 Episode 405

Here is the beginning of Hereward the Wake.  And to tell this story, we have to begin with the legend, because nothing in this story is straightforwa…

3 years, 4 months ago

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The Coronation of Queen Matilda

Season 9 Episode 404

Gytha and her supporters had fled into the Severn Estuary, and it was the final nail in the coffin of the Exeter rebellion. With no help coming, they…

3 years, 4 months ago

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The Siege of Exeter

Season 9 Episode 403

Exeter stood in open defiance against William and his army.

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3 years, 4 months ago

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Fire Sale

Season 9 Episode 402

Earl Osulf II of Bamburgh was a Northumbrian, and he had earned his seat ruling over the region North of the Tyne in true Northumbrian fashion. 

The …

3 years, 5 months ago

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Norms and Normans

Season 9 Episode 401

Last week we left off with Dover with some good old fashioned french on french violence… Count Eustace had attacked and attempted to seize the Southe…

3 years, 6 months ago

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