Chapter 76- The Tyranny of Lesser Men (1190)
While London recovered from from the bloody massacre upon its streets, events elsewhere rapidly began to spiral out of control. The King was lumbering towards the Holy Land, ineptly making scores of ...
10 Tammi 202438min
Chapter 75- The Sins of King Yes or No (1189)
The story returns with an episode dedicated to just a few months in the city’s saga… but a dark, terrible few months that were to see the city changed forever. We are in the year 1189 and the circums...
3 Tammi 202443min
Chapter 74- The Devil’s Crown (1184-1189)
The end of the reign of Henry II is one filled with high level visits from dignitaries to London, the implosion of the Royal Family, a new status quo in Europe, and headline grabbing events in the Mid...
27 Joulu 202332min
Chapter 73- In praise of the mundane things… (1173-1183)
The story returns with a seemingly ‘quiet’ decade from London’s history; but one filled with many mundane things- including legal reforms, much gossip and above all, the rebuilding of London Bridge in...
20 Joulu 202341min
Chapter 72- The Last Vikings (and the birth of the London Irish) (1170-1172)
The Story continues by looking away from London for a few years; as we examine how and why Henry II invaded Ireland and the roots of the Irish diaspora of London, with a special chapter dedicated to e...
13 Joulu 202352min
Chapter 71- Thomas of London II: The Men of God (1160-1170)
Returning and finishing the story of Thomas Becket, with a bumper episode that covers his elevation to Archbishop, why he fell out with the King, his intense theological war of words with the new Bish...
6 Joulu 202356min
Chapter 70- Thomas of London (The City Boy Made Good) (1119-1160)
The Story gets to the first part in the two-part saga of the life of Thomas Becket- the London boy who would go on to become Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. And yet his story illus...
29 Marras 202346min
Chapter 69- FitzStephen’s London (Life in the city 1174)
We have reached the first of a series of special episodes- an examination of the first document that attempts to describe the social life of Londoner’s in the 12th century… so who was William FitzStep...
22 Marras 202347min
