337 – The Rise of King Edmund Ironside
Can you feel it? It feels like there is a lull before the storm. AEthelred Unread is now gone, and Normandy is now officially on the board. 1066 is on the doorstep. But the lull is an illusion you exp...
22 Des 201931min
336 – The End Is The Beginning Is The End
Christmas is old. Older than Christianity, in fact. As a consequence, there’s a lot to it. Symbols and traditions that come from all over the world, and from all across time. It’s a complex event that...
10 Des 201938min
335 – Acts of Spasmodic Violence
Morcar and Sigeferth were under a lot of stress. These two noble brothers from the North had only just managed to join the Wulf dynasty through Sigeferht’s marriage to Ealdgyth, the niece of the power...
26 Nov 201923min
334 – No Cnut November
There are worse things than spending a holiday in Normandy. And one of those things is spending a holiday in Normandy because you just lost your entire Kingdom to the Danes. Support the Show The post ...
14 Nov 201932min
333 – The Conquest of England
England in 1013 was a Kingdom begging to be conquered. Decades of bad decisions have eroded its foundations and now it sat as a mere shadow of its former glory. It had none of the military prowess est...
8 Nov 201933min
Teig O’Kane and the Corpse
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31 Okt 201923min
332 – The Jomsvikings
So here we are. With two full companies of Jomsvikings laying waste to southern England… and in response, the nobility… the people tasked with defending the population and the Kingdom… decided that t...
25 Okt 201929min
331 – Thoughts and Prayers
AEthelred, for the first time in quite a while, had a chance for a breather. King Sweyn Forkbeard, having been paid a king’s ransom, had withdrawn his forces with a promise never to return. The post ...
17 Okt 201924min
