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Season 8 Episode 314
King Edward, like those before him, had died under mysterious and apparently violent circumstances. And the next in line for this increasingly bloody…
6 years, 10 months ago
How to Make a Martyr
Season 8 Episode 313
“No man can make himself king, but the people have the choice to choose as king whom they please; but after he is consecrated as king, he then has do…
6 years, 10 months ago
Team Edward
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
Cleaning House
Season 8 Episode 307
The King is dead. Long live the King. Eadwig, the 18 year old King known for his beauty, had died. Somehow.
The post 307 – Cleaning House first app…
7 years ago
A Very Special BHP Valentine's Day Episode
Season 8 Episode 305
History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social movements through decades and centuries is a huge task …
7 years, 1 month ago
Eric Bloodaxe
Season 8 Episode 303
We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either big, or really long, or super glossy, and it was a…
7 years, 1 month ago
Uptown Ceorl
Season 7 Episode 298
Long ago there was a settlement that had been occupied and farmed by the British and the Anglo Saxons for centuries. In fact, by the time that the Sc…
7 years, 4 months ago