Chapter 40- Resurrection (1042-1049)
A new King takes the throne of England… and London gets to witness a series of really unfortunate events. For years. We start the reign of Edward the Confessor with a plethora of natural disasters and...
31 Mai 202335min
Chapter 39- The Red Wedding of Lambeth (1040-1042)
In June 1042 a wedding feast take places in Lambeth; who got married at that wedding and what happened at that wedding, and the stories of those people, offer a unique insight into the power politics ...
24 Mai 202341min
Chapter 38- Things Fall Apart… (1030-1040)
The 1030’s were a tough decade for London. It started with Cnut as Emperor of Northern Europe; it saw natural disaster, political crisis and three kings having been in control. How London (and England...
17 Mai 202339min
Chapter 37- The Umbral Empire (1024-1030)
London finds itself with a King who would be an Emperor; an episode trying to explain how Cnut went on to become overlord of Denmark, Norway, parts of Sweden and more… and how London was very much par...
10 Mai 202335min
Chapter 36- Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Relics… (1020-1023)
The complex and difficult relationship between Cnut and London carries on as we look at the reasons behind many of Cnut’s early political moves, the reasons why these are hard to fathom, and the most ...
3 Mai 202342min
Chapter 35- The Blood Raven (1017-1020)
England had been invaded and a foreign King sat upon it’s throne; as he ruthlessly consolidated power, eliminating any remaining threats to his new regime, London was to find itself on the receiving e...
26 Apr 202336min
Chapter 34- The Great Siege of London Town… (1016-1017)
A Danish Prince leads his armies across England… the King grows ill… his rebellious son tries to marshal resistance… the year 1016 sees London as a beacon of hope in a desperate campaign making it bri...
19 Apr 202334min
Chapter 33- In the shadow of the Archangel (1014-1016)
Two great and terrible calamities smash into England, leaving London possibly reeling. A giant wall of water pulverises England, followed by a second invasion by the Danes, and the rise of an unlikely...
12 Apr 202335min
