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429 – Power Brokers and Power Breakers
27 september 2023 · 48 min
To the North, in Scotland, reigned King Malcolm Canmore. We have been following his story for a long time now, and for good reason. After all, it literally intersects with the infamousMacbeth… But King Malcolm Canmore was and remains one of the most powerful, and longest reigning, Scottish Kings to date. Lees meer
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428 – Tightening the Grip
13 september 2023 · 34 min
Five years of fighting. The conquest of England wasn’t something that was resolved on a single day in October of 1066. William had been fighting this thing for five years… and they were long years.
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427 – Hereward: Back Into the Mist
28 augustus 2023 · 41 min
Thirty thousand pounds. That’s what the Gesta claims Hereward charged the Normans for the return of their warlike Abbot Turold.
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426 – Everyone Has Their Limits
21 augustus 2023 · 48 min
The once mighty Godwinson dynasty was gone… I guess Harold’s poor baby brother, Wulfnoth, was still alive, given that he was still assumed to be breathing in one of William’s dungeons. But he never again saw freedom…
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425 – Hereward: The Fall of Ely
8 augustus 2023 · 50 min
It was late October of 1071, and Hereward was out with a column of his rebel fighters, foraging and pillaging Norman allied settlements for supplies.
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424 – Hereward: ft. Judas Priest
28 juli 2023 · 34 min
If the story of Hereward wasn’t what you were expecting, you’re not alone. Researching this tale has been just as wild an experience as hearing it. In fact, between this episode and the last one, I came across another fascinating tidbit about our favorite French witch. Lees meer
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423 – Hereward: The Lion, The Witch, and the War Hero
7 juli 2023 · 26 min
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 of Normans were slain and Hereward barely escaped with his life thanks to the speedy hooves of his trusty horse. Swallow. Lees meer
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422 – Hereward: The Man, the Myth, The Legend
28 juni 2023 · 43 min
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.
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421 – The Wake at Ely
20 juni 2023 · 34 min
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.
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420 – The Wake and the Earl
9 juni 2023 · 38 min
Hereward was returning to Ely with his men. The upside was they were taking literal boatloads of treasure with them.
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419 – The Wake at Peterborough
26 mei 2023 · 37 min
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 just as quickly. His life appears to have been enigmatic. We only know him by these tidbits. But, even those small moments he appears in the record, he manages to stand out. Hereward was a man on the go. Lees meer
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418 – God’s Chosen
12 mei 2023 · 48 min
When we left off, William (satisfied with the damage he had inflicted upon the people of the North) marched south towards Chester.
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417 – The (far more than four) Horsemen
2 mei 2023 · 40 min
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 and Durham was annihilated, a stretch of nearly 100 miles. Lees meer
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New Member’s Episode on the Wild Hunt
24 april 2023 · 3 min
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416 – The Harrying of the North
18 april 2023 · 51 min
Weeks in the rain and cold, marching through mud and picking through forests, had finally - in spite of Northumbria’s best efforts - ended with William reaching his goal. The King arrived in York.
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415 – Cry Me a River
25 maart 2023 · 44 min
William was charging North. If he was going to hold on to his new kingdom, he had to counter this threat in person.
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414 – The Uprising
17 maart 2023 · 26 min
News of the victory at York spread fast, and people everywhere were finding their courage.
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413 – The D
4 maart 2023 · 43 min
It was Fall of 1069, and the Danes were coming.
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412 – The B Word
18 februari 2023 · 33 min
The Godwinsons are back in England. Harold’s sons, along with a fleet of 64 Irish ships loaded down with fighters, have just hit the shores. And it seems like they were students of history, because they were taking up the traditional family business.
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411 – Tell it to St. Peter
11 februari 2023 · 29 min
Things in the North were dire. This was a problem, because as Orderic tells us, this wasn’t just a minor local revolt. This was intended to be much bigger.
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New Members Episode and a Site Update
3 februari 2023 · 1 min
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410 – The F Word
27 januari 2023 · 27 min
They appeared as if from nowhere. A great force of men and horses… armed to the teeth… charging towards the city of York.
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409 – The First Sparks
20 januari 2023 · 26 min
Earl Robert lay dead at Durham. Along with 700 of his men. At least. The Chronicle bumps the numbers up a bit, claiming Earl Robert had died 900 of his soldiers at Durham. Either way, that’s a lot of dead Normans.
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408 – Kerosene
14 januari 2023 · 35 min
Happy New Year! It was 1069… nice… and as the new year dawned…things in England were getting a bit weird.
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407 – Robbing the Hood
6 januari 2023 · 44 min
I feel for the English commoners in the late 1060’s. They had nothing to do with the arrival of the Normans… everything they suffered was the result of the actions of the nobles. Exclusively.
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406 – King’s Rook Takes Pawn
3 december 2022 · 38 min
In early 1068… as William was preparing for the tactical Coronation of Matilda… the three sons of Harold Godwinson were in Ireland. They had come to meet with King Diarmad of Dublin and prepare an invasion force to re-take England.
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405 – Hereward the Wake: The Bourne Identity
17 november 2022 · 1 uur 3 min
Here is the beginning of Hereward the Wake. Lees meer
And to tell this story, we have to begin with the legend. Because nothing in this story is straightforward. Probably because at least some of it is true.
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404 – The Coronation of Queen Matilda
3 november 2022 · 31 min
Gytha and her supporters had fled into the Severn Estuary, and it was the final nail in the coffin of the Exeter rebellion.
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403 – The Siege of Exeter
20 oktober 2022 · 34 min
Exeter stood in open defiance against William and his army.
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402 – Fire Sale
24 september 2022 · 44 min
Earl Osulf II of Bamburgh was a Northumbrian, and he had earned his seat ruling over the region North of the Tyne in true Northumbrian fashion.
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401 – Norms and Normans
16 september 2022 · 38 min
Last week we left off with Dover with some good old fashioned french on french violence… Count Eustace had attacked and attempted to seize the Southern Town…
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400 – William: This is Fine
10 september 2022 · 34 min
Feudalism had officially come to England, courtesy of the Normans…
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399 – Into the Wild
2 september 2022 · 36 min
1067 was a time of incredible change within England. Fortresses were being constructed everywhere. Existing fortresses were seized and then manned by foreign mercenaries. Estates and farms in the surrounding areas were being seized and handed over to many of these same foreigners. Lees meer
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398 – William: Winning Friends and Influencing People Is For Suckers
20 augustus 2022 · 37 min
Do you remember the holy man who asked Edgar the AEtheling to confirm him as the Abbot of Peterborough, just after the Battle of Hastings?
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397 – William: The Devil Inside
9 augustus 2022 · 35 min
It was Christmas Day of 1066 and England was crowning its new King.
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396 – King William I of England
27 juli 2022 · 54 min
Duke William was experienced at wielding terror. Whether he was at home or on campaign, William often employed terror tactics. The people of France were well aware of this, and now the English were learning his skill first hand.
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395 – Rearranging the Deck chairs on HMS England
6 juli 2022 · 47 min
It was autumn of 1066 and after weeks of deliberation, political wrangling, and arguing the English nobility had finally selected their next King. Lees meer
This may seem like a long time, considering there was a whole invasion happening at the time. And it was. But, to be fair, the politics were very confusing.
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394 – Godwinson’s Revenge
10 juni 2022 · 45 min
The Battle of Hastings had been brutal - even for the Normans. The invading army had suffered terrible losses.
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393 – To Kill a Legend
20 mei 2022 · 33 min
Here is how you probably heard the story of the Battle of Hastings. William the Conqueror boarded a ship, won a battle at Hastings, and was crowned King. Lees meer
Kingdom. Conqueror. Conquered.
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392 – The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors
13 mei 2022 · 24 min
Chaos. Lees meer
The orderly rhythm of attacks… and the steady wall of the war hedge had dissolved, and it was replaced by a raging melee.
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A Quick Update From Zee
2 mei 2022 · 1 min
A New Shoptalk Just Dropped
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Chapter Nine – The Normans
28 april 2022 · 4 min
The King is dead.
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391 – The Battle of Hastings
18 april 2022 · 3 uur 24 min
Stamford Bridge had been a nightmare. Thousands of dead… untold numbers of wounded. And the fallout was just beginning. All over Britain, all over Europe, families would slowly be learning the fate of their loved ones. Word was spreading across England and up to Orkney. Out to Flanders, and Norway. Lees meer
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390 – Stamford Bridge
20 maart 2022 · 1 uur 17 min
King Harold, his Huscarls, and the fyrd of Wessex were driving north as fast as they could.
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389 – The Tyrant and the Muddy Crossing
27 februari 2022 · 1 uur 1 min
The shores of Saint Valery must have been quite the sight. Looking at the records, which discuss the size of this fleet and other notes that let us estimate the size of the original fleet launched from the River Dives, and comparing those to the records of the fleet following it’s mooring at Saint Valery…historians estimate William lost somewhere in the region of 100 ships. Some were shipwrecked. But others would have just deserted. Lees meer
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388 – The Stupid Before The Storm
11 februari 2022 · 42 min
We left off in the Court of Harald Hardrada. And you probably feel like you know a lot about this man by now.
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387 – The Douche is Cast
29 januari 2022 · 40 min
War was coming. That much was clear.
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386 – God’s Messenger
19 januari 2022 · 41 min
William had secured his promises. Each Baron and lesser noble of Normandy swore to serve him faithfully and take part the invasion of England. And William made sure the nerds wrote every single oath down on paper.
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385 – The Audacity of Boats
6 januari 2022 · 50 min
Dear Harry, I was saddened to hear of King Edward’s death. but, I am writing to inform you that my beloved cousin promised me the throne a while back. Don’t worry if this is news to you, it was a secret so I understand if you are a little surprised.
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384 – King Harold Godwinson
2 december 2021 · 47 min
Edward was dead. Harold was King. Edith was sidelined. And as far as the Vita Edwardii was concerned, this was the moment where the wheels came completely off the wagon.