171 – The Welshcast Part Seven
When we left off last time, we were talking about how we have a limited understanding of this area of history due to a combination of scarce resources and the victorians building a mythology of englis...
29 Juli 201538min
170 – The Welshcast Part Six
It’s been two years since we checked in with the Britons of the West, and last time we spoke, a big part of our discussion was focused upon the people that Gildas hated. Which was pretty much everyone...
20 Juli 201521min
169 – The Rise of Wessex
This season we’ve seen the Anglo Saxons come incredibly close to forming an early unified English Kingdom… in fact they will continue their attempts in this episode. Though we can guess how that will ...
8 Juli 201528min
168 – The Fall of Mercia
When we left off, King Beornwulf was reigning over Mercia. Beornwulf was the beginning of the creatively named B-Dynasty, due to the fact that Anglo Saxons seemed to denote their dynasties by selectin...
1 Juli 201529min
167 – The Beginning of the End
Season Four is called Anglo Saxon Ascendancy because we have been seeing mighty kings like Offa, AEthelbald, and Coenwulf acquire vast amounts of power in Britain that enable them to nearly become the...
23 Juni 201540min
166 – Wulfred: The Rogue Archbishop
We start today with a death. On the 28th of January, 814, Charlemagne died and the throne passed to Louis the Pious. The death of Charlemagne was a big deal for early medieval europe, not just because...
14 Juni 201524min
165 – Did Archbishop Wulfred Just Kill a Guy?
Last week we talked about the impact that the Church was having on internal politics within the Anglo Saxon kingdoms, and that is something we will continue to talk about today. However, before we beg...
2 Juni 201530min
164 – Shadow Governments in Britain
When we last left off, King Egbert was ruling over Wessex, King Cuthred (Coenwulf’s brother) was ruling over Kent… and Emperor Coenwulf held Mercia. I call him Emperor, by the way, because that’s what...
22 Maj 201525min
