A Ten Year Old in WWII: A Memorial
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30 Jan 201712min
229 – The Battle of Edington
Four months is a long time. It might not seem it. And in many ways, four months can pass in the blink of an eye. But four months is around 120 days. It’s a full season. In four months, the harshness o...
14 Jan 201726min
228 – Alfred and Odda: The Audacity of Nope
In spite of everything standing against them, Alfred and AEthelnoth are bringing the war directly to Guthrum on a daily basis. We know this thanks to Asser and the Chronicle, but both sources neglect ...
7 Jan 201727min
227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind
The last episode ended with an account by Ethelweard which told us that after the arrival of AEthelnoth, Alfred was attacking Guthrum on a daily basis. Alfred was no longer just trying to survive, he ...
22 Dec 201629min
226 – Alfred and Legitimacy: The First Steps to War
Today, we are going to talk about the early steps of Alfred’s guerrilla war against King Guthrum. We will talk about the elements of this sort of war, the circumstances of the West Saxons under Guthru...
10 Dec 201629min
225 – Alfred in Somerset
It was January of 878. The dead of British winter – and Alfred was running. Through fields, past hamlets, keeping out of sight whenever he could. He ran. He headed for the Somerset Levels. This was a ...
1 Dec 201630min
224 – Chapter Six: Wessex
For generations, the Anglo Saxon dominance in eastern Britain has gone largely unchallenged. In the face of this, the warlike vagabonds that first came to these lands had been transformed into gentry....
23 Nov 20161min
223 – King Alfred and Chippenham
How do you redeem a year like 877? If you’re Alfred, how do you fix something like this? Even if he cast it in the best possible light, the story of 877 would still be the story of how Wessex lost con...
17 Nov 201628min
