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Back to SearchAlfred and Guthrum: The Price of Peace
Season 5 Episode 221
When we left off, Guthrum had marched into the heart of Wessex without being noticed, lead his forces right past Alfred’s hold in Winchester, and sei…
9 years, 10 months ago
Alfred and Guthrum: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin
Season 5 Episode 220
It’s the year 876 and historians Dudo and Flodoard tell us that a fleet of Vikings slammed into the Frankish city of Rouen and nearly leveled it to t…
9 years, 11 months ago
The Kingdom of Jorvik
Season 5 Episode 218
Today we begin in Orkney. The history of Orkney is rather obscure, and that fact is reflected in the show… with it appearing only occasionally in the…
9 years, 11 months ago
Halfdan's Ravaging of the North
Season 5 Episode 217
We begin our story in Alt Clut. Alt Clut was an ancient British Kingdom and it could trace itself back to Roman Britannia – and possibly even further…
9 years, 11 months ago
The Great Heathen Army: Always Be Prepared
Season 5 Episode 216
Click here to go the Summary of Zee’s PhD that I talked about. We are coming to a major turning point in the story of Britain.The Anglo Saxon kingdom…
10 years ago
King Burgred and the end of the Danish Sausage Fest
Season 5 Episode 215
It’s 873 and so far Halfdan has extracted THREE Danegelds from King Burgred in exchange for promising to not occupy Mercia. And, of course, he’s gone…
10 years ago
National Lampoon's Viking Vacation
Season 5 Episode 214
It’s 872 and Halfdan’s year has been a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, he had received a major Danegeld from Mercia, to add to the one he receiv…
10 years ago
Danegelds, Peace, and Shame
Season 5 Episode 213
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been following since his earliest days, and whom we now know the most intimate details of, including the s…
10 years, 1 month ago
Alfred the Last AEtheling
Season 5 Episode 212
It’s mid April of 871. For four long months, the House of Wessex has been battling against an invasion army of Danes who are holding the Royal Tun of…
10 years, 1 month ago
The Battles of Basing and Meretun
Season 5 Episode 211
It’s January of 871, still… A tremendous amount has happened in the last fortnight, and the year had barely even begun. People tend to compress the p…
10 years, 2 months ago