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Aggressive Diplomacy

Season 8 Episode 347

What we call history was, at one point, just current events. And world affairs never happen in a vacuum. It’s never just one thing happening after an…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Drakkars

Season 8 Episode 346

It’s 1025 Cnut had a problem on his hands. Barely a year after putting down Thorkell’s rebellion, Cnut was sailing for Denmark… again. To war, again.…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Building Blocks

Season 8 Episode 345

In the early 11th century, the English were crushed by the Scots in the Battle of Carham. We are told that King Malcolm of Scotland, supported by Kin…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Bonus Episode: Slavery

Season 8

More material is coming, but here is a bonus episode to keep you company while you’re practicing social distancing.

The post Bonus Episode: Slavery f…

6 years, 6 months ago

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Cnut's Mad Lads

Season 8 Episode 344

In the year of 1021, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle tells us two things. A Bishop died. And Thorkell the Tall was expelled from the country. And that’s al…

6 years, 6 months ago

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Bonus Episode: Shrove Tuesday

Season 8

Today is Shrove Tuesday. And if you’re not in Britain, you might be wondering what Shrove Tuesday is, and even if you are British, you might be wonde…

6 years, 7 months ago

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King Cnut of Denmark and England

Season 8 Episode 342

If you have heard of King Cnut, what you probably heard was the story of Cnut and the Tides. The most common version of it goes like this. “Canute, t…

6 years, 7 months ago

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King Cnut of England

Season 8 Episode 341

Cnut made a lot of smart moves in a very short amount of time. He outlawed much of the corruption that had plagued the courts of AEthelred. He scrubb…

6 years, 7 months ago

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A Bit of a Cnut

Season 8 Episode 340

When we left off, Cnut had managed to get Eadric to go on the record calling for the execution of the English claimants to the throne… and then Cnut …

6 years, 8 months ago

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Cnut the Conqueror

Season 8 Episode 339

It’s been a strange few years. The fall of the House of Wessex and the rise of Cnut looks like a simple story of conquest. After all, it’s right ther…

6 years, 8 months ago

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