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Back to SearchThe Fall of King Edmund Ironsides
Season 8 Episode 338
Edmund hadn’t lost, and for now that was enough. He had shown himself to be a contender. So Ironside took his remaining men and marched East… but the…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Rise of King Edmund Ironside
Season 8 Episode 337
Can you feel it? It feels like there is a lull before the storm. AEthelred Unread is now gone, and Normandy is now officially on the board. 1066 is o…
6 years, 9 months ago
The End Is The Beginning Is The End
Season 8 Episode 336
Christmas is old. Older than Christianity, in fact. As a consequence, there’s a lot to it. Symbols and traditions that come from all over the world, …
6 years, 9 months ago
Acts of Spasmodic Violence
Season 8 Episode 335
Morcar and Sigeferth were under a lot of stress. These two noble brothers from the North had only just managed to join the Wulf dynasty through Sigef…
6 years, 10 months ago
No Cnut November
Season 8 Episode 334
There are worse things than spending a holiday in Normandy. And one of those things is spending a holiday in Normandy because you just lost your enti…
6 years, 10 months ago
The Conquest of England
Season 8 Episode 333
England in 1013 was a Kingdom begging to be conquered. Decades of bad decisions have eroded its foundations and now it sat as a mere shadow of its fo…
6 years, 10 months ago
Teig O'Kane and the Corpse
Season 8
Happy Halloween
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6 years, 11 months ago
The Purge
Season 8 Episode 330
The Court of AEthelred had turned over three times during his reign. First, there was his regency council. Then, when he took full power he replaced…
6 years, 11 months ago
Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away
Season 8 Episode 327
Now that we’ve checked in with the rest of the world, let’s get back to our story…which lately hasn’t been going so well. In the space of 70 years th…
7 years ago
The Year 1000
Season 8 Episode 326
It’s so easy to lose the forest for the trees. This show is a show about one small island which, even at this part of the story, is still at the edge…
7 years ago