423 – Hereward: The Lion, The Witch, and the War Hero
Ok, when we left off William hired a witch to help with his rebel problem, Hereward disguised himself as a potter and infiltrated the Norman camp while William was out hunting, and in the end a bunch ...
7 Juli 202325min
422 – Hereward: The Man, the Myth, The Legend
The situation in Ely was getting out of hand. The Liber Eliensis speaks of how Hereward and his army carried out raids far and wide, bringing with him bands of a hundred men or more.
28 Juni 202342min
421 – The Wake at Ely
Word soon reached King William’s Court that Hereward remained free. Even worse, the man tasked with capturing the Wake (William de Warenne) had barely escaped with his life.
20 Juni 202333min
420 – The Wake and the Earl
Hereward was returning to Ely with his men. The upside was they were taking literal boatloads of treasure with them.
9 Juni 202338min
419 – The Wake at Peterborough
You may have noticed that Hereward the Wake seems to keep disappearing from the story and then reappearing again. This reflects the actual record, where he pops up only to vanish back into the mist ...
26 Maj 202337min
418 – God’s Chosen
When we left off, William (satisfied with the damage he had inflicted upon the people of the North) marched south towards Chester.
12 Maj 202348min
417 – The (far more than four) Horsemen
When we ended the last episode. William and his knights had ravaged the North. He had spared nothing and no one. Men, women, children, animals, buildings, even the plants. Everything between York a...
1 Maj 202339min
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