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Season 8
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4 years, 11 months ago
Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 4
Season 8 Episode 369
When you come at the King, you best not miss… and now the Godwins had the King of France and the Holy Roman Emperor acting as their surrogates while …
4 years, 11 months ago
Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 3
Season 8 Episode 368
“O happy earl, in bairns and forebears blessedSiring four guarantors of England’s peace.First, Edith, gem-link on the kingdom’s brest,All virtues’ fr…
4 years, 11 months ago
Move, or You Will Be Moved Part 2
Season 8 Episode 367
Swegn Godwinson was exiled….again. Only this time it was for life. As that judgment came down, the Godwins must have realized they had been maneuvere…
5 years ago
Move, or You Will Be Moved: Part 1
Season 8 Episode 366
The summer of 1051 must have felt like some sort of nightmare. A French aristocrat rode into Dover, picked a fight and then slaughtered the townsfolk…
5 years ago
The Red Cliffs of Dover
Season 8 Episode 365
In 1050, Thorrfinn the Jarl of Orkney went to Rome. And no trip to Rome is complete without a visit with the Pope. And when Thorrfin had his meeting,…
5 years, 1 month ago
Reconciliation
Season 8 Episode 364
Complex societies are able to do incredible things. By having an interconnected civilization, with people from all over the place contributing to it…
5 years, 1 month ago
Treason!
Season 8 Episode 363
Piece by piece, the board was being set for a comeback. The Godwin family had been thrown from power decades ago. But Godwin knew how to be patient a…
5 years, 2 months ago
Meet the Godwins
Season 8 Episode 362
History is just the story of humans across time. Therefore, like humanity, history is varied, it’s emotional, it’s complex. And often it’s just f*cki…
5 years, 3 months ago
W A Poet
Season 8 Episode 361
King Edward came to England with a political migraine.
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5 years, 3 months ago