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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.
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15 years, 5 months 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, 5 months 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 …
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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, 5 months ago
1.10 - 3 The Mercian Supremacy
Season 1 Episode 10
After Wulfhere, Aethelred and Aethelbald laid the foundations, a prince from the Hwicce, Offa, took Mercia to its greatest achievements.
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15 years, 5 months ago
1.9 - 2: The Rise of Mercia
Season 1 Episode 9
Pretty much a century in just one, fun-filled episode - 650 ish to 750 is. It's Mercia's turn - an increasingly integrated Mercia, growing in power. …
15 years, 5 months ago
1.8 Revival
Season 1 Episode 9
Towns had simply disappeared along with the post Roman economy by 500. But slowly by 600 there's tiny shoots of recovery discernible - so we talk abo…
15 years, 5 months ago
1.7 Conversion
Season 1 Episode 8
At the start of the 7th century England was a basically pagan country; by the end of it it was officially at least Christian. While no doubt many pag…
15 years, 5 months ago
1.6 The Life and Times of Penda II
Season 1 Episode 7
Through much of the 7th Century, Penda increased the power and influence of the Mercians. He built his kingdom as a traditional warrior, tribal leade…
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1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I
Season 1 Episode 6
7th Century England was inherently unstable, populated by a patchwork of communities, petty kingdoms successful and less so. Into this pagan mix also…
15 years, 5 months ago