Podcast Episodes

Did the Great Heathen Army Persecute Christians?

Season 5 Episode 206

Last week we covered the events of 869. The situation was dire. We have at least one dead Anglo Saxon king, two Anglo Saxon kingdoms that were now un…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Saint Edmund the Martyr

Season 5 Episode 205

Last episode we ended with the engagement of Prince Alfred to Ealhswith, daughter of Ealdorman AEthelred Mucel of Mercia and descendant of King Coenw…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Snottingham

Season 5 Episode 204

At the end of last episode, the gates of Jorvik had opened and the Great Heathen Army marched forth. They were headed South, to the Kingdom of Mercia…

9 years, 9 months ago

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Jorvik

Season 5 Episode 203

I’d like to start today’s episode with a poem. Not about my feelings, or about a tough breakup… but a skaldic poem from the 12th century. It’s called…

9 years, 9 months ago

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The Fall of Eoforwic

Season 5 Episode 202

When we left off last time, King Edmund of East Anglia had paid a Danegeld to the Great Heathen Army… and rather than leaving, the army had set up ca…

9 years, 10 months ago

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East Anglia's Danegeld

Season 5 Episode 201

Here we are, with a new king in Wessex. King AEthelred, son of AEthelwulf, was now sitting the throne. He was in his 20s, and despite having a large …

9 years, 10 months ago

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AEthelred vs Alfred: One of the Most Exciting Moments in Probate History

Season 5 Episode 199

It’s 865 and we just had yet another King of Wessex die. Alfred has been losing family members fast and furious, and this time it was his older broth…

9 years, 11 months ago

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The Great Heathen Army Begins

Season 5 Episode 198

On 864 or 865, a great Scandinavian fleet of Dragon ships, or Drakkars, beached themselves at Thanet in Kent. For the people of the south, this would…

9 years, 11 months ago

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The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok (versus Battle-Cattle)

Season 5 Episode 197

We’re at a massive turning point for Britain. The Great Heathen Army is arriving on the Northern shores. I have been racking my brain for weeks tryin…

9 years, 11 months ago

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Vikings and Mercs and Franks. Oh My!

Season 5 Episode 196

When we left off last week we spoke about King AEthelberht’s ascension to the throne of Wessex in 860 and how, despite the insistence of the Chronicl…

10 years ago

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