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Viking Roadshow: Rollo edition
Season 6 Episode 240
A massive fleet was off the coast of Kent, heading directly for Alfred’s realm. It was a fleet of 250 ships teeming with skilled, highly experienced …
9 years, 5 months ago
The Dying Time
Season 6 Episode 239
Today we’re going to cover 5 or 6 years, and we’re going to cover a fascinating theory that (if true) should color virtually everything we know about…
9 years, 5 months ago
A Patchwork of War
Season 6 Episode 238
The Sons of Rhodri Mawr were in a difficult position. Their father had been a powerful ruler in Britain… he was a man who had gained vast swaths of t…
9 years, 6 months ago
Asser
Season 6 Episode 237
The Sons of Rhodri, rulers of vast swaths of Wales, have followed in their father’s footsteps in their quest to bring all of the Western Kingdoms und…
9 years, 6 months ago
A Return to Scholarship
Season 6 Episode 236
“I can not find anything better in man, than that he know, and nothing worse than that he be ignorant.” That’s a quote from Alfred, and I think it’s …
9 years, 6 months ago
Alfred’s Educational Reforms
Season 6 Episode 235
One of the interesting things about piecing together the life of Alfred is that we find little windows into who he was in the strangest of places. Mo…
9 years, 6 months ago
The Sons of Rhodri and AEthelred's Beautiful Hair
Season 6 Episode 234
This episode has been difficult to write. In fact, the last several have been difficult, and it all comes down to issues of time. Not space time flex…
9 years, 6 months ago
Alfred's Powerplay and the Restructuring of Wessex
Season 6 Episode 233
While all of the political wrangling was occurring in Tamworth, Guthrum-AEthelstan was relocating to East Anglia, and he was bringing serious changes…
9 years, 7 months ago
Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherine Hills
Season 6 Episode 232
Dr. Hills discussed material culture, ethnicity, Anglo Saxon migration, and more in this fascinating interview. You can learn more about what Dr. Hil…
9 years, 7 months ago
Anglo Saxon Economics and Money with Professor Rory Naismith
Season 6 Episode 231
Follow Rory on Twitter @Rory_Naismith and make sure to follow him at his Academic page at Kings College London as well as on Academia.edu. This episo…
9 years, 7 months ago