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Season 5 Episode 190
This episode is going to be a bit different from most, because I’m going to be addressing something which has been bugging me about the 800s, and Wes…
10 years, 1 month ago
What on earth is an English
Season 5 Episode 189
This episode is going to be a little different from most episodes. We’re going to break from the main story briefly and talk in larger terms about wh…
10 years, 2 months ago
Rebellion and Succession in the Kingdom of Wessex
Season 5 Episode 188
Before we begin, I’d like to address something from our last episode. I told you about reports of Vikingr armies marching around the countryside near…
10 years, 2 months ago
The Queen of Wessex: aka The Worst Midlife Crisis Ever
Season 5 Episode 187
It’s Christmas day 854. King AEthelweard of East Anglia, a king who we know almost nothing about, is dead. The only evidence we really have that he w…
10 years, 2 months ago
Wessex: A story of Myth building, Opportunism, and Annexation
Season 5 Episode 186
This episode is getting a bit into the political weeds and it’s for a very important reason. We’re seeing the development of that dynastic juggernaut…
10 years, 3 months ago
Building the House of Wessex
Season 5 Episode 185
When we left off last time, we were taking a look at the problem facing Europe that no one wanted to talk about. And this wasn’t like plague of peopl…
10 years, 3 months ago
The Chaos of Bad Governance
Season 5 Episode 184
When we left off last time we discussed the viking raids of Paris and Hamburg… though they were far more than the raids we’d seen in the last 40-50 y…
10 years, 3 months ago
Ragnar’s Siege of Paris
Season 5 Episode 183
This is a big event for Medieval Western Europe, and it doesn’t come out of nowhere. The surge of Northmen, and in particular the Danish attacks agai…
10 years, 3 months ago
Ragnar Lodbrok
Season 5 Episode 182
Ok, when we left off, a fleet of 120 ships set sail from Scandinavia. And at their head, according to legend, was Ragnar Lodbrok. Ragnar Hairy Breech…
10 years, 4 months ago
Vikingrs Gotta Viking
Season 5 Episode 181
When we left off last week, the Vikingrs had established fortified bases in Ireland… Not only that, but after building the bases they decided to hang…
10 years, 4 months ago