393 – To Kill a Legend
Here is how you probably heard the story of the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror boarded a ship, won a battle at Hastings, and was crowned King. Kingdom. Conqueror. Conquered. The post 393 –...
20 Maj 202232min
392 – The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors
Chaos. The orderly rhythm of attacks… and the steady wall of the war hedge had dissolved, and it was replaced by a raging melee. The post 392 – The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors first appeared on ...
12 Maj 202224min
A Quick Update From Zee
A New Shoptalk Just Dropped The post A Quick Update From Zee first appeared on The British History Podcast.
2 Maj 20221min
Chapter Nine – The Normans
The King is dead. The post Chapter Nine – The Normans first appeared on The British History Podcast.
28 Apr 20223min
391 – The Battle of Hastings
Stamford Bridge had been a nightmare. Thousands of dead… untold numbers of wounded. And the fallout was just beginning. All over Britain, all over Europe, families would slowly be learning the fate o...
18 Apr 20223h 23min
390 – Stamford Bridge
King Harold, his Huscarls, and the fyrd of Wessex were driving north as fast as they could. The post 390 – Stamford Bridge first appeared on The British History Podcast.
20 Mars 20221h 17min
389 – The Tyrant and the Muddy Crossing
The shores of Saint Valery must have been quite the sight. Looking at the records, which discuss the size of this fleet and other notes that let us estimate the size of the original fleet launched fro...
27 Feb 20221h
388 – The Stupid Before The Storm
We left off in the Court of Harald Hardrada. And you probably feel like you know a lot about this man by now. There’s the stories about the empress, and his time as a Varagian, and about his reputatio...
11 Feb 202241min
