253 – Anglo Saxon Market Towns in the Viking Age
Cultures change all the time – yours is changing right now, in ways you may or may not realize. It’s a completely normal, everyday fact that has been with humanity since we began. Probably before we b...
7 Sep 201726min
252 – The Coming of the Anglo-Scandinavians
At the start of 867, there were four major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain. By 874, three of the four – Northumbria, East Anglia, and Mercia – had lost their independence. That’s a timespan of only 7 ...
1 Sep 201726min
251 – Chapter Seven: England
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17 Aug 20172min
250 – The Year 900
It’s the year 900. We’ve closed out another century, and the 900’s are looking as tumultuous as the 800’s. But before we move forward in our story of our Island – still in many ways at the end of the ...
10 Aug 201736min
249 – Kenneth MacAlpin and the Birth of Scotland
We’ve reached the end of an era. It was late 899, and Alfred (who has been our central figure for dozens of episodes) was at last at rest. But with his death, there was a sudden opening at the top lev...
3 Aug 201733min
248 – The Death of Alfred the Great
By 897, everything Alfred had known…. changed. He was barely in his 20s when he took the throne and he hadn’t had a chance to stop for a breath for the decades that followed. He had been king for over...
16 Juli 201725min
247 – Our Wooden Wall
The Danes encamped at Bridgnorth had been campaigning for years. Many had come here with Haesten and the Appledore fleet. They were the veterans of the continental campaigns. And for years now they ha...
8 Juli 201722min
246 – The Hard Edge of Soft Power
When I write an episode I begin by looking at what has happened in the past, then at what will come in the future, and only after that do I allow myself to focus on what is occurring for this episode....
25 Juni 201736min
