Podcast Episodes

143 Champion of Christ

Season 4 Episode 10

Last week we wondered about Henry - Monster or Hero...? This week you could look at it either way, as Henry faces the Lollards and his old pal, Sir J…

11 years, 3 months ago

142 Greatest Man - or Monster?

Season 4 Episode 9

Henry Vth is a man who has a reasonable claim to be the greatest of English kings. But what did contemporaries think of him? Successful he was no dou…

11 years, 3 months ago

141c The Romans in Britain Pt 2 by Richard Norton

And here we are with the second installment of the Romans in Britain, taking us to the fall of the western Empire. 

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11 years, 5 months ago

141b The Romans in Britain Pt1 by Richard Norton

For some reason, don't know why, my interest in English and British history starts with the Anglo Saxons. Not before. Don't ask me why - no idea. I l…

11 years, 5 months ago

141 De Heretico Comburendo

Season 4 Episode 8

With John Wycliffe and the Lollards in the 14th century, heresy finally came to England. Up to this point, rural England had been notable for avoidin…

11 years, 7 months ago

140 Fathers and Sons

Season 4 Episode 7

In his final years, Henry faced a new challenge - from his ambitious son Henry. Ill and tired, For a while he loses control to the young bucks, the n…

11 years, 7 months ago

139 The Fall of Glyn Dwr

Season 4 Episode 6

The younger Henry enters our story full time as he leads to fight to Glyn Dwr. And for the alternative Prince of Wales after the failure of the Frenc…

11 years, 8 months ago

138 Glyn Dwr and the Showdown

Season 4 Episode 5

In 1405, yet more rebellion in England, this time from the north led by an Archbishop; and the crowning glory of Glyn Dwr's diplomacy led to the arri…

11 years, 8 months ago

137 The Battle of Shrewsbury

Season 4 Episode 4

The battle of Shrewsbury of 1403 is one of those battles that deserves to be more remembered  than it is - along with Lincoln in 1217 for example. Th…

11 years, 8 months ago

136 Glyn Dwr Ascendant

Season 4 Episode 3

In 1402 and 1403 Glyn Dwr's power and influence grew. As Glyn Dwr looked for foreign allies, Henry was forced to look north, and look closely at the …

11 years, 9 months ago