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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 Jomsvikings
Season 8 Episode 332
So here we are. With two full companies of Jomsvikings laying waste to southern England… and in response, the nobility… the people tasked with defen…
6 years, 11 months ago
Thoughts and Prayers
Season 8 Episode 331
AEthelred, for the first time in quite a while, had a chance for a breather. King Sweyn Forkbeard, having been paid a king’s ransom, had withdrawn h…
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