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Season 8 Episode 323
The Dowager Queen AElfthryth has returned to the King’s inner council following what looks like a political coup against AElfic of Hampshire and his …
6 years, 7 months ago
PSA: Are We Dead?
Season 8
(We aren’t)
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6 years, 7 months ago
We're Absolutely Forked
Season 8 Episode 322
Ealdorman AElfirc of Hampshire was out… and Ealdorman AEthelweard the Chronicler was in. He would now be the King’s chief councillor… and he would be…
6 years, 8 months ago
Course Corrections
Season 8 Episode 321
992 was a bad year. There was treason, Vikings, the King’s closest advisor absconded with half the navy, and tipped off an enemy invasion with just e…
6 years, 8 months ago
Our Wooden Wall
Season 8 Episode 320
The Battle of Maldon was a catastrophe. The brave last stand of Ealdorman Byrhtnoth was never going to change that fact. He was the leading man of Es…
6 years, 8 months ago
Chaos is a Ladder
Season 8 Episode 318
By 984 the Regency council had been broken and a new inner circle of nobles had been elevated. And this development was accompanied by a rapid serie…
6 years, 9 months ago
A Culture of Corruption
Season 8 Episode 317
At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered fully grown by Anglo Saxon standards. And as a bonus graduation present, the powerful Bishop AEthelwol…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Old Guard
Season 8 Episode 316
Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing your conversations online and it made me realize I need to clarify something. Some of you took th…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Cracks in the Foundation
Season 8 Episode 315
“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more truly, throughout his whole reign he left undone those things which he ought to have done, and he did tho…
6 years, 10 months ago
Æthelred: Are You Ready?
Season 8 Episode 314
King Edward, like those before him, had died under mysterious and apparently violent circumstances. And the next in line for this increasingly bloody…
6 years, 10 months ago