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Having it Offa

Season 4 Episode 154

Today we’re covering more about King Offa, and the reason is that he’s a really big deal. He reigned for about as long as King Henry VIII, he constru…

11 years ago

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An Offa You Can't Refuse

Season 4 Episode 153

As you might have guessed, today we’re talking mostly about Offa. But before we get into some of the cool things that were going on under Offa’s reig…

11 years, 1 month ago

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Limited Time Offa

Season 4 Episode 152

Today we begin in Northumbria. King AEthelred of Northumbria, son of AEthelwold Moll, was sitting the throne, having taken it from a man who claimed …

11 years, 1 month ago

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Offa and Acceptance

Season 4 Episode 151

Alright, where did we leave off. We had a new Archbishop of Canterbury, King Offa of Mercia was on the rise, Kent was in decline, and the minor kingd…

11 years, 1 month ago

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King Offa: The Turnover

Season 4 Episode 150

Today’s episode is going to go all over the kingdoms of the Heptarchy. We have the Kings of Kent, Wessex, East Anglia, Northumbria, and of course, Me…

11 years, 1 month ago

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King Offa Ascends the Throne

Season 4 Episode 149

Today we’re starting a series on one of the most influential Mercian kings in history. King Offa. But before we start this story, I need to fess up t…

11 years, 2 months ago

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The Fall of King AEthelbald

Season 4 Episode 148

Alright, as you already know, King AEthelbald of Mercia had a bit of a rough start… what with being exiled and living in a swamp. But once he was abl…

11 years, 2 months ago

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The Twelve Days of Christmas

Season 4 Episode 147

This year for our Christmas special, I thought I would give you an idea of what Christmas was like for some of the people in Middle Ages Britain. Now…

11 years, 2 months ago

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King AEthelbald: A Whirlpool of Perdition

Season 4 Episode 146

The first half of this episode is a combination of letting you know what is happening in the Heptarchy (basically, chaos unless you’re in Mercia) and…

11 years, 3 months ago

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The Rise of King AEthelbald of Mercia

Season 4 Episode 145

Ok, so we ended our last episode with the death of King Ceolred at a banquet. And he went out swinging… or at least gibbering and cursing the heavens…

11 years, 3 months ago

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