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Back to SearchChaos is a Ladder
Season 8 Episode 318
By 984 the Regency council had been broken and a new inner circle of nobles had been elevated. And this development was accompanied by a rapid serie…
7 years, 3 months ago
A Culture of Corruption
Season 8 Episode 317
At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered fully grown by Anglo Saxon standards. And as a bonus graduation present, the powerful Bishop AEthelwol…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Old Guard
Season 8 Episode 316
Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing your conversations online and it made me realize I need to clarify something. Some of you took th…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Cracks in the Foundation
Season 8 Episode 315
“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more truly, throughout his whole reign he left undone those things which he ought to have done, and he did tho…
7 years, 4 months ago
Æthelred: Are You Ready?
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…
7 years, 4 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…
7 years, 5 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 …
7 years, 5 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…
7 years, 6 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 …
7 years, 6 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, 6 months ago