Chapter 63- The Acts of Great and Terrible Men… (1136-1141)
While England was sliding into civil war, London itself seemed mostly unconcerned; a new class of Oligarchs were enjoying the benefits of London’s new Commune status, and this episode serves as an int...
11 Okt 202347min
Chapter 62- The King of London (1135-1136)
Away to the south, in the furthest corner of his realm, King Henry I was dying… and events were to be unleashed that was to see London transformed. A look at the opening salvos of The Anarchy, how Lon...
4 Okt 202343min
Chapter 61- The Golden Deal (1130-1135)
We arrive at the period of 1130 to 1135; the age of The Pentecost Fire of London; the birth of Bartholomew’s Fair; sundry legal issues and the King, Henry I made a deal with London- creating a new, ge...
27 Sep 202348min
Chapter 60- The Passion of London (1122-1130)
The story returns to all things London with an in-depth look at a decade where London’s spirit, the one that made it the place to defy Kings and which had been hiding since the Norman’s showed up, beg...
20 Sep 202339min
Chapter 59- The Ghost of The White Ship (1120-c1125)
A special episode looking at the situation in Normandy during the early 1120’s- how did the sons of William I get themselves so wrapped up in such a mess, how it involved the French, and then, ultimat...
14 Sep 202344min
Chapter 58- A London Ephemeris (1111-1120)
We celebrate our first year anniversary with an episode that tries to get into the heads of 12th Century Londoners; how did they think about things & what did they have to cope with living in London a...
13 Sep 202344min
Chapter 57- The Tears of Barefoot Priests (1101-1111)
A bumper episode crammed with detail as we try and get through events in London during the first decade of the 12th Century; churches were built; volcanos in Iceland ruined crops; there was ANOTHER in...
6 Sep 202349min
Chapter 56- The Hounds of London (1100-1101)
The Story returns to London with a look at the realities of the ‘splendour’ of medieval rule; the rash of church building across the city; a fairly unique animal pest problem and the usurpation of the...
30 Aug 202336min
