121 – King Oswiu: The Aftermath of the Winwaed
The Battle of the Winwaed is over and Penda is dead along with 30 noble warleaders who had joined him in battle… with them was King Anna’s brother, King AEthelhere of East Anglia… and as for King AEth...
9 Apr 201422min
120 – Penda and Oswiu: The Winwaed
So when we last left off, things were going crazy in the North and in the Midlands. But the very last thing I mentioned was that Honorius, the Archbishop of Canterbury, had died. Well, his seat remain...
1 Apr 201428min
119 – King Penda: No Posers
So where were we? Oswiu had arranged for the murder of his cousin, which is awkward in itself… but the slain King Oswine was also related to Eanflaed, Oswiu’s wife. So… even if Oswiu wasn’t fussed abo...
25 Mar 201423min
118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo Saxon Word for Take Backsies
When we left off Cenwalh of Wessex had left his wife, irritated Penda (since his wife was Penda’s sister), and gained a fancy new wife but lost his kingdom when Penda arrived to have a little chat wit...
18 Mar 201423min
117 – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Oswald was the King of Northumbria and son of AEthelfrith who was killed by Penda at Maserfield. Oswiu was his brother Osric of Deira was the King of Deira, and nephew of Edwin, who was killed by Cadw...
10 Mar 201426min
116 – Wait, Where Are We? Part two of the history of Britain so far.
It’s been about 2 years and 100 episodes since I did a recap episode to remind you where we were, what the flow of history was, and give you a forest view of the whole thing. Seriously, 100 episodes! ...
27 Feb 201452min
115 – Maserfield: Blood Makes The Grass Grow
Edwin, Osric, Eanfrith, Eadfrith, Cadwallon, Sigeberht, Ecgric… Following Hatfield Chase, we have seen a blood letting of the aristocracy of Anglo Saxon Britain of epic proportions. And we are only he...
19 Feb 201435min
114 – Oswald and Sigeberht: The Softer Side of Rule
This is going to be one of those episodes that has a lot of moving parts and you might want to listen to it twice. Just a heads up. Alright, so things have gotten pretty exciting. We’ve had the downfa...
13 Feb 201434min
