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1.24 - 16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut
Season 1 Episode 24
In 1012, Aethelred looked down and out. But Svein died, and Edmund Ironside appeared on the scene. Suddenly, Aethelred was a real king and all action…
15 years, 1 month ago
1.23 - 15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery
Season 1 Episode 23
The Danish threat is notched up a few levels, and Aethelred the Unready and the English state is brought to it knees. The Vikings are too fast, skill…
15 years, 2 months ago
1.22 - 14 Aethelred the Unready and the Rising Tide
Season 1 Episode 22
Aethelred's mother gets her son onto the throne at last. But it's not long before the disadvantages of kingship become clear, as the Danes begin to r…
15 years, 2 months ago
1.21 - 13 Another and last Golden Age
Season 1 Episode 21
Edgar the Peaceable's reign was a golden age of peace, prosperity and monastic reform. Unfortunately, once he'd gone his wife stuck a knife into her …
15 years, 3 months ago
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…
15 years, 3 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…
15 years, 4 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…
15 years, 4 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…
15 years, 4 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, 5 months 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.
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15 years, 5 months ago