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The Bastard Rebel King
Season 7 Episode 276
The story of Edward is one of contradictions. There’s something about his rule that seems … complicated and requiring more nuance than many of our ea…
7 years, 10 months ago
King Edward the Almost First King of England
Season 7 Episode 275
The story of Edward is undeniably odd. There are events that are at best, unexplained and at worst look potentially horrible. But he’s also a man of …
7 years, 11 months ago
The Missing Shire
Season 7 Episode 274
In the last several episodes I’ve been breaking down the weird evidence that surrounds Edward towards the end of his reign. It’s been a deep dive and…
7 years, 11 months ago
I Do... Do I?
Season 7 Episode 273
Last episode we talked about the rapid growth of AEthelflaed’s power, Edward’s militarizing AEthelflaed’s borders, Edward visiting her at her capital…
7 years, 11 months ago
The End of the Age of AEthelflaed
Season 7 Episode 272
Trying to tell the story of AEthelflaed is like trying to study gravity. We know her indirectly, by the impressions she left and the political shifts…
8 years ago
How to Break a Kingdom in Six Months
Season 7 Episode 271
For the last several years, the Anglo Saxons had been on a true war footing. AEthelflaed and Edward had been showing skill and audacity in the field,…
8 years ago
War in the Five Boroughs
Season 7 Episode 270
There’s an entry from the Irish Fragmentary annals that caught my attention. It talks about the defeat of Hroald and Ohter at the hands of AEthelflae…
8 years ago
The Western Front
Season 7 Episode 269
Wessex and Mercia have had a busy decade. Both kingdoms militarized their borders, fought off invasion forces, and even took the offensive and marche…
8 years ago
Viking Invasion
Season 7 Episode 268
AEthelflaed, Lady of Mercia, and her brother, King Edward, had been bringing the fight to the Danes… they had been stretching their borders into Dani…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Southern Expansion
Season 7 Episode 267
O potent elfleda! Maid, men’s terror! You did conquer nature’s self; worthy The name of man! More beauteous nature’s form of A woman; but your valour…
8 years, 1 month ago