251 – Chapter Seven: England
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17 Aug 20172min
250 – The Year 900
It’s the year 900. We’ve closed out another century, and the 900’s are looking as tumultuous as the 800’s. But before we move forward in our story of our Island – still in many ways at the end of the ...
10 Aug 201736min
249 – Kenneth MacAlpin and the Birth of Scotland
We’ve reached the end of an era. It was late 899, and Alfred (who has been our central figure for dozens of episodes) was at last at rest. But with his death, there was a sudden opening at the top lev...
3 Aug 201733min
248 – The Death of Alfred the Great
By 897, everything Alfred had known…. changed. He was barely in his 20s when he took the throne and he hadn’t had a chance to stop for a breath for the decades that followed. He had been king for over...
16 Jul 201725min
247 – Our Wooden Wall
The Danes encamped at Bridgnorth had been campaigning for years. Many had come here with Haesten and the Appledore fleet. They were the veterans of the continental campaigns. And for years now they ha...
8 Jul 201722min
246 – The Hard Edge of Soft Power
When I write an episode I begin by looking at what has happened in the past, then at what will come in the future, and only after that do I allow myself to focus on what is occurring for this episode....
25 Jun 201736min
245 – King Alfred: Infrastructure is Sexy
For the Viking army fleeing Shoebury, there wasn’t much to look forward to in a winter holiday at Chester. It would be wet. It would be cold. It would be creepy. The old Roman settlement had been aban...
13 Jun 201725min
244 – Haesten’s Advance
“Then came the king’s troops, and routed the enemy, broke down the work, took all that was therein money, women, and children and brought all to London. And all the ships they either broke to pieces, ...
31 Mai 201724min
