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Viking Invasion
Season 7 Episode 268
AEthelflaed, Lady of Mercia, and her brother, King Edward, had been bringing the fight to the Danes… they had been stretching their borders into Dani…
8 years, 7 months ago
The Southern Expansion
Season 7 Episode 267
O potent elfleda! Maid, men’s terror! You did conquer nature’s self; worthy The name of man! More beauteous nature’s form of A woman; but your valour…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Rise of AEthelflaed and the Breaking of Northumbria
Season 7 Episode 266
The Battle of Tettenhall, as we discussed last episode, remains a mystery to us. We aren’t certain of the circumstances that started the battle, exac…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Battle of Tettenhall; and Zombies, maybe.
Season 7 Episode 265
There is so much that the Chronicle hides from us after the death of Alfred. Edward’s apple seems to have fallen fairly far from the tree, because th…
8 years, 8 months ago
The Lost Rebellion
Season 7 Episode 264
In the year 909 we get an odd entry from the Chronicle. “This year St. Oswald’s body was removed from Bardney into Mercia.” It’s an weird entry that …
8 years, 9 months ago
AEthelflaed and Ingimund
Season 7 Episode 263
When we left off last episode, war had come to Mercia. Ingimund and his Scandinavian allies abandoned their peace treaty and were seeking to expand t…
8 years, 9 months ago
AEthelred and AEthelflaed
Season 7 Episode 262
A year after Edward took the throne – in year 901, while he was still fighting AEthelwold’s rebellion – something strange appeared in the Charters. T…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Anglo Saxon Chronicle and the Mercian Register
Season 7 Episode 261
I hope that after the last few episodes (and honestly, the last few years) have dispelled the myth of elegance that surrounds monarchy. Especially me…
8 years, 10 months ago
King Edward's Forgotten Love Life
Season 7 Episode 260
Sometimes life comes at you fast. So much happens in such a short space of time that you barely have a chance to take note of where you’re at and, on…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Last Stand of the House of AEthelred
Season 7 Episode 259
It was an audacious move. To take possession of two towns, to fortify himself inside the Royal Estate of Wimborne (the resting place of his father), …
8 years, 11 months ago