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524 afleveringen, van nieuw naar oud
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1.22 - 14 Aethelred the Unready and the Rising Tide
27 maart 2011 · 29 min
Aethelred's mother gets her son onto the throne at last. But it's not long before the disadvantages of kingship become clear, as the Danes begin to return with increasing force. Aethelred turned 18 in 983, and by 984 has sent his mother away ... Lees meer
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1.21 - 13 Another and last Golden Age
15 maart 2011 · 24 min
Edgar the Peaceable's reign was a golden age of peace, prosperity and monastic reform. Unfortunately, once he'd gone his wife stuck a knife into her stepson, and the trouble starts over. But his reign should be remembered as the apogee of the Anglo Saxon state. Click and play: 13 Another... Lees meer
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1.20 - 12 The last King in Jorvik
12 maart 2011 · 24 min
Edmund the Magnificant and Eadred finally defeat Eric Bloodaxe, the last king of Jorvik. But there are some social clouds on the horizon in the History of England. Download Podcast 12 The last king in Jorvik Click and Play: 12 The last king in Jorvik Lees meer
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1.19 - 11 His Years were full of Glory
22 januari 2011 · 38 min
A Athelstanthelstan was a dynamic and effective ruler, in war, law, and diplomacy. As a war leader he established at least nominal overlordship of all Britain; his marriage alliances included the greatest of European rulers; and he increased the age of legal responsibility from 12 to 16. Lees meer
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1.18 - 10 English Conquest
21 januari 2011 · 38 min
The story of a brother and a sister - Æthelflæd and Edward, and their bid to reclaim the lands of the Danelaw, the north and east of England being settled by the Danes. Northumbria had it's own problems with migration of Norse from Ireland. Lees meer
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1.17 - 9 Pillar of the Western People
20 januari 2011 · 28 min
In 892, the vikings returned - and found a very different, much better prepared Wessex waiting for them. Until in 899, Alfred died to be succeeded by his Son, Edward, who would in the end turn the tables on the Vikings. Lees meer
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1.16 - 8 Reconstruction and defence
19 januari 2011 · 31 min
Alfred had earned Wessex and period of respite, between 878 and 892. In this time, Alfred laid the foundations not just for the defense against renewed invasions, but for the successes of the 10th century. Lees meer
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1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival
18 januari 2011 · 32 min
Between 871 and 878, Wessex came close to extinction, as the Great Heathen Army, the Great Summer Army, and Guthrum the Dane came to conquer. Lees meer
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1.14 - 6 The Great Heathen Army
17 januari 2011 · 32 min
Everything changed for Anglo Saxon England in 866; the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok came for conquest, not just treasure and slaves. Lees meer
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1.13- 5 The Noble Wolf
16 januari 2011 · 37 min
Æthelwolf hasn't always had the best press. None the less he laid the basis of an effective and well organised state centred on the traditional heartlands of Wessex, and one better placed to meet the Viking threat than other kingdoms. Lees meer
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1.12 - 5a Pirates from the North
15 januari 2011 · 33 min
The Vikings visited fire, destruction - and trade - on a bemused and terrified 8th C Europe. Who were they, where did they come from, where did they go and and why? Lees meer
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1.11 - 4 Greater Wessex
14 januari 2011 · 39 min
The death of Offa & his son led to the bloodletting normal when the succession was a bun fight. But this time round, it would have longer term consequences for the balance of power. Lees meer
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1.10 - 3 The Mercian Supremacy
13 januari 2011 · 39 min
After Wulfhere, Aethelred and Aethelbald laid the foundations, a prince from the Hwicce, Offa, took Mercia to its greatest achievements. Lees meer
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1.9 - 2: The Rise of Mercia
12 januari 2011 · 29 min
Pretty much a century in just one, fun-filled episode - 650 ish to 750 is. It's Mercia's turn - an increasingly integrated Mercia, growing in power. With yer Wulfhere's and Æthelbalds, Mercia's hegemony was held back only by Ine of Wessex and Wihtred of Kent. Lees meer
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1.8 Revival
11 januari 2011 · 34 min
Towns had simply disappeared along with the post Roman economy by 500. But slowly by 600 there's tiny shoots of recovery discernible - so we talk about towns. And we have a hack at something a little tiny bit more literary, and talk of Continental Missionaries. Lees meer
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1.7 Conversion
10 januari 2011 · 31 min
At the start of the 7th century England was a basically pagan country; by the end of it it was officially at least Christian. While no doubt many pagans still held on, Whitred of Kent's laws began to embed Christianity into the fabric of English kingdoms. Lees meer
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1.6 The Life and Times of Penda II
9 januari 2011 · 35 min
Through much of the 7th Century, Penda increased the power and influence of the Mercians. He built his kingdom as a traditional warrior, tribal leader - defeating the Northumbrians, and East Anglians, raiding and gathering treasure, rewarding his followers; spreading his influence by marriage, exercising control by influence where he could, by force where he could not.In the long run, Penda was part of the past, rather than the future - the role of leadership was changing for those that called themselves king; the arts of peace and prosperity based around a geographical were called for now; the time of the tribal war leader bringing tribes together under his leadership was fading.That doesn't mean Penda left no legacy; he created a consolidated, powerful Mercian state that would dominate the 8th century, and England until the Vikings arrived to shake everything up Lees meer
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1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I
8 januari 2011 · 38 min
7th Century England was inherently unstable, populated by a patchwork of communities, petty kingdoms successful and less so. Into this pagan mix also comes the lure of Christianity again. Meanwhile, in central England a pagan warrior called Penda became king, probably in 626. Lees meer
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1.4 Founding Kingdoms
7 januari 2011 · 34 min
It's difficult to know how much to believe of the stories relayed in the Anglo Saxon Chronicle about the formation of the early kingdoms - do they simply reflect the history they wished they'd had? Plus, was Arthur a legend or reality? Lees meer
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1.3 Building a New World
3 januari 2011 · 32 min
What kind of society had arrived in Roman Britain? How how did societies and communities form and become the kingdoms before the days of the Heptarchy? Lees meer
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1.2 Adventus Saxonum
2 januari 2011 · 38 min
The traditional story of the arrival of the Anglo Saxons is one of death and destruction, and the catastrophic and complete replacement of a British population by a new Germanic race within a generation. But there are other theories too - much more peaceful, much more gradual. Lees meer
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1.1 Change and Calamity
1 januari 2011 · 33 min
This is the story of late antique Britain. How in the 3rd to 5th centuries, Britain went through two waves of economic dislocation and transformation, that changed the face of British society. Lees meer
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1.0 - 1 Anglo Saxons England 500-1066
24 december 2010 · 36 min
This episode includes an introduction to Series 1, the Anglo Saxons, and then a discussion of the sources we have available for the settlement period. We then spend some time on and the way that historians and others have seen and interpreted the Anglo Saxon period. Lees meer
Series 1 on the Anglo Saxons covers the period from about 400, until 14th October 1066 in just 31 episodes
Episodes 1- 1.4 Cover Romano Britain and the settlement period
Episodes 1.5 - 1.11 Cover the conversation, the formation of the Anglo Saxon kingdoms - and the dominance of Mercia
1.12 1.18 Tell ther story of the Viking invasions, the Gteat Heathen army and the near destruction of the Anglo Saxons; until the rise of Alfred's Wessex, and the conquest of Southumbria by his son Edward
1.19 - 1.21 Tell the story of the golden agre of Æthelstan and Edgar in the 10th century
1.22 - 1.31 See the Æthelred, the second Viking invasions, the restoratio of the House of Cerdic and the disaster of Hasting and end of Anglo Saxon England
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All About the History of England
23 december 2010 · 5 min
This is my chronological retelling of the story of the English in regular chunks. It’s been going since Christmas Day 2010, so there’s enough to keep you off the streets for a while and hanging around the local shopping precinct. But look, you can dip in and you can dip out too. Lees meer
There's all the great trends, events, and drama you’d expect, all set in the context and attitudes of their time; and on that same vein, as often as possible, the series takes some time to set England’s history in the context of her neighbours and the shared culture of Europe. The great and the good are there, because that’s important, but we also walk the highways and byways of ordinary lives and hear their voices - religion, culture, making a living, society and how people lived, globalisation, law - all that stuff
You can listen from start to finish; but do did in and out if you wish. Here's a guide:
We start with 31 episodes on one of our foundation stories, the Anglo Saxons.
Then there’s 37 episodes on the Normans and Angevins, 1066 to 1215, Hastings to Magna Carta basically.
The Plantagenets are next up, to the usurpation of the throne by those dastardly or saintly Lancastrians – tick as appropriate
From episode 134 we have a real hooley – the Wars of the Roses. We did have fun with the squabbling chaos, death and destruction, very much like a normal family gathering at Christmas really, without the drowning in a VAT of malmesy wine thing hopefully, and we devoted 62 episodes to it all - 1399 to the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 basically.
From episode 196, we are then on to the Tudors, and that’s a monster, 137 episodes on the Tudors so if you are a Tudor lover fill up your boots.
We then reach my personal favourite, the Stuart age at Episode 325, starting the British Revolutions at episode 369
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