144 – King Ceolred: A Lunatic Running the Asylum
Ok, so recently we’ve chatted about some cultural matters and I’ve also given you a broad overview of the failed dynastic politics of Northumbria and where this is all headed. But we really didn’t cov...
1 Des 201424min
143 – Man Up: Gender in the Middle Ages
Often times, the way the Middle Ages are presented, are as an era where everyone was lily white and a time when men were men and women were women. A time of hyper masculinity where all the guys were m...
19 Nov 201439min
142 – The Failed Dynastic Politics of Mercia and Northumbria
Now today is going to be a little complex. But if you keep the theme in mind, you should be largely ok… and that theme is the bloody dynastic politics in the midlands and the north are getting complet...
12 Nov 201441min
141 – King Aldfrith and St. Wilfrid
Ok, when we left off, Bishop Wilfrid was jilted out of the Archbishopric of Canterbury, and instead Abbot Beorhtwald became Archbishop Beorhtwald. So Wilfrid readjusted and made an attempt to reunify ...
29 Okt 201432min
140 – Wilfrid: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Today’s episode will take place in the turbulent years from 686 to 692 and the main characters will be… Aldfrith – King of Mercia, son of Oswiu, brother of Ecgfrith, and scholarly dude. Wilfrid – Form...
21 Okt 201426min
139 – The Rise of Aldfrith and Caedwalla
This episode will roughly cover the eventful years between 685 and 689. The main characters today will be two kings, two wannabe kings, and a bishop… here we go: First we have King Aldfrith of Northum...
14 Okt 201433min
138 – Religious Lives in Britain
Alright, so last week we talked about how uneven and confused the conversion of Britain was. And how the beliefs of one village might not bare all that much similarity to the beliefs of another villag...
7 Okt 201428min
137 – Preaching in the Dark Ages
Today we’re going to cover the crazy environment that early Christian converts found themselves in during the Dark Ages, and some of the bizarre notions they might have gotten regarding their religion...
29 Sep 201425min
