217 – Halfdan’s Ravaging of the North
We begin our story in Alt Clut. Alt Clut was an ancient British Kingdom and it could trace itself back to Roman Britannia – and possibly even further. At the center of this kingdom was an old fortress...
6 Loka 201628min
216 – The Great Heathen Army: Always Be Prepared
Click here to go the Summary of Zee’s PhD that I talked about. We are coming to a major turning point in the story of Britain.The Anglo Saxon kingdoms never had a chance of turning the Great Heathen A...
29 Syys 201632min
215 – King Burgred and the end of the Danish Sausage Fest
It’s 873 and so far Halfdan has extracted THREE Danegelds from King Burgred in exchange for promising to not occupy Mercia. And, of course, he’s gone on to occupy Mercia… most recently in a town calle...
16 Syys 201650min
214 – National Lampoon’s Viking Vacation
It’s 872 and Halfdan’s year has been a bit of a mixed bag. On the one hand, he had received a major Danegeld from Mercia, to add to the one he received from Wessex in the previous year. And now he was...
4 Syys 201624min
213 – Danegelds, Peace, and Shame
Last time we left off, Alfred… who we have been following since his earliest days, and whom we now know the most intimate details of, including the state of his butt (which was swollen) and the state ...
24 Elo 201633min
212 – Alfred the Last AEtheling
It’s mid April of 871. For four long months, the House of Wessex has been battling against an invasion army of Danes who are holding the Royal Tun of Reading. Battle after battle had resulted in bruis...
12 Elo 201630min
211 – The Battles of Basing and Meretun
It’s January of 871, still… A tremendous amount has happened in the last fortnight, and the year had barely even begun. People tend to compress the past… especially periods they are unfamiliar with… i...
28 Heinä 201628min
210 – The Battle of Ashdown
“God, in his goodness and justice so much offended by our sins, had thus worn down the lands and kingdoms of the Christians.” That’s a quote from Prudentius of Troyes, who was struggling to explain wh...
19 Heinä 201634min
