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1.20 - 12 The last King in Jorvik
Season 1 Episode 20
Edmund the Magnificant and Eadred finally defeat Eric Bloodaxe, the last king of Jorvik. But there are some social clouds on the horizon in the Histo…
14 years, 10 months ago
1.19 - 11 His Years were full of Glory
Season 1 Episode 19
A Athelstanthelstan was a dynamic and effective ruler, in war, law, and diplomacy. As a war leader he established at least nominal overlordship of al…
14 years, 11 months ago
1.18 - 10 English Conquest
Season 1 Episode 18
The story of a brother and a sister - Æthelflæd and Edward, and their bid to reclaim the lands of the Danelaw, the north and east of England being se…
14 years, 11 months ago
1.17 - 9 Pillar of the Western People
Season 1 Episode 17
In 892, the vikings returned - and found a very different, much better prepared Wessex waiting for them. Until in 899, Alfred died to be succeeded by…
14 years, 11 months ago
1.16 - 8 Reconstruction and defence
Season 1 Episode 16
Alfred had earned Wessex and period of respite, between 878 and 892. In this time, Alfred laid the foundations not just for the defense against renew…
15 years ago
1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival
Season 1 Episode 15
Between 871 and 878, Wessex came close to extinction, as the Great Heathen Army, the Great Summer Army, and Guthrum the Dane came to conquer.
Hosted …
15 years ago
1.14 - 6 The Great Heathen Army
Season 1 Episode 14
Everything changed for Anglo Saxon England in 866; the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok came for conquest, not just treasure and slaves.
Hosted on Acast. See …
15 years ago
1.13- 5 The Noble Wolf
Season 1 Episode 13
Æthelwolf hasn't always had the best press. None the less he laid the basis of an effective and well organised state centred on the traditional heart…
15 years ago
1.12 - 5a Pirates from the North
Season 1 Episode 12
The Vikings visited fire, destruction - and trade - on a bemused and terrified 8th C Europe. Who were they, where did they come from, where did they …
15 years ago
1.11 - 4 Greater Wessex
Season 1 Episode 11
The death of Offa & his son led to the bloodletting normal when the succession was a bun fight. But this time round, it would have longer term conseq…
15 years ago