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    Sh 31f LLASE Going Nuclear - Members Only

    As lords intensified their demands, as pressure on land increased the search was on for more productive ways to farm the land. One impact was the introduction of open field systems andRead More

    Sh 31e LLASE The Manor - Members Only

      From the 9th century, the need of warfare and resulting taxation drove an ever greater bureaucracy. Meantime trade and population both grew, and towns with it. All these produced profoundRead More

    Sh 31d LLASE Warland - Members Only

    Away from the Inland estates, the Anglo Saxon peasantry and thegnage often held their lands of ancient right, and the land they held defined their public obligations as well asRead More

    Sh 31c Life on the Inland - Members Only

      The arrival of resident landowners and the ever present danger of economic disaster would change the way many lived their lives and create the system of serfdom so centralRead More

    HiT The Fall of the Roman Empire

    By David Crowther 1 year agoAug 18, 2019 4 Comments

    Samuel Bronston’s whopping epic, directed by Anthony Mann, failed to win audiences and was a financial disaster for Bronston. But it presents a well worked view of why Rome fell,Read More

    Sh 31b LLASE Life on the Scir - Members Only

      New petty kingdoms and lordships, scirs, began to form around tribal groups and identities, and then to consolidate into Anglo Saxons kingdoms we will  begin to recognise. How were thoseRead More

    Sh 31a LLASE – Settlers - Members Only

      A new series – Life and Landscape in Anglo Saxon England. In this episode, the Anglo Saxon settlement, and early settlements in South Oxfordshire          

    Roman Bath Museum Worship

    By David Crowther 2 years agoOct 18, 2019 0 Comments

    Discussing what the Roman Baths can tell us about Religious worship in the Roman world, and introducing two of the Roman Baths’ most illustrious characters – the Goddess, Sulis Minerva, andRead More

    The History of the Vikings by Noah Tetzner

    By David Crowther 3 years agoAug 05, 2018 0 Comments

    The History of Vikings features in depth discussions with world-class scholars from Oxford, Harvard, and Yale University, and dives into Norse Mythology and Viking history. From myths and raids, toRead More

    Roman Bath Museum Day to Day

    By David Crowther 3 years agoOct 18, 2019 0 Comments

    The second episode in our series looks at how the Roman Baths operated day to day, the infrastructure and technology, how they were managed, what went on when visitors enteredRead More

    Roman Bath Museum Discovery

    By David Crowther 3 years agoOct 18, 2019 10 Comments

    This is the first of three special episodes from the wonderful Roman Bath Museum at Bath. Experts from the museum talk about Bath’s history, from before Rome to Georgian Bath toRead More

    Sea 1 Origins - Members Only

    The early centuries of British Navies - and a sea shanty to keep you going

    Shedcast 21 English Placenames II - Members Only

    The place names of England by theme and time

    Shedcast 20 Place Names I – Going Somewhere - Members Only

    First of 3 episodes about English place names. An Introduction and the origins of Street and Road

    222a The Tower of London by James Holdstock

    By David Crowther 3 years agoSep 03, 2017 0 Comments

    James Holdstock is a big fan of The Tower of London; he talks about a fortress which has a history as winding, bloody, mysterious and inspiring as England’s, and is a mustRead More

    214a The End of Roman Britain by Ed McWatt

    By David Crowther 4 years agoJun 13, 2017 3 Comments

    Children’s author Ed McWatt and his perspective on the Roman Brexit – Rexit you might say, and how the end of Roman Britain might have felt to those at the time.Read More

    148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 10 Comments

    As far as women were concerned, was 1066 generally a Good Thing, a Bad Thing – or just a Thing?  That’s the main item of debate this week, along withRead More

    Tagged Anglo Saxonmarriagemedieval womenNorman

    147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

    By Cerdic 6 years agoJun 04, 2017 14 Comments

    Unaccustomed as I am to social and economic history…here is the first of a bit of a thread over the next few weeks and months about some social stuff, andRead More

    141c The Romans in Britain Pt 2 by Richard Norton

    By Cerdic 6 years agoSep 17, 2016 0 Comments

    And here we are with the second installment of the Romans in Britain, taking us to the fall of the western Empire.  141c The Romans in Britain Pt2 by RichardRead More

    141b The Romans in Britain Pt 1 by Richard Norton

    By Cerdic 6 years agoSep 17, 2016 3 Comments

    For some reason, don't know why, my interest in English and British history starts with the Anglo Saxons. Not before. Don't ask me why – no idea. I love AncientRead More

    56 The History of Medieval Europe, Part 2

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 29, 2016 4 Comments

    The Holy Roman Empire to the death of Barbarossa, the briefest of histories of Norway, Denmark and Spain, and the 4th Crusade. It's action packed.  56 The History of MedievalRead More

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    55 The History of Medieval Europe, Part I

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 29, 2016 17 Comments

    From Charles Martel and the battle of Tours in 732, through Charlemagne and Otto the Great, the first installment concentrates on France, Germany and Italy and takes us to theRead More

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    43a Aelfthryth by Melisende of Outremer

    By Cerdic 9 years agoOct 30, 2016 5 Comments

    Ælfthryth was a controversial figure. Wife of King Edgar,  mother of Æthelred the Unready – and possibly murderer of her step son, Edward? Melisende of Outremer looks at the lifeRead More

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    31a Anglo Saxon Questions – Church Conversion and Economy

    By Cerdic 9 years agoSep 29, 2016 5 Comments

    Chris and Matt sent some interesting questions that take us back to Anglo Saxon England. So here's a free, supplementary episode. We talk about: How much did daily life reallyRead More

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    24a The Anglo Saxon view of the outside world

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 10 Comments

    The Anglo Saxons seem a very insular bunch – what was their view of the outside world, how much interaction did they have? A good deal more than we mightRead More

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    22 1066 and Goodbye to all That

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 10 Comments

    1066 was a year that changed a lot of things – though not as much as you might think. 3 experienced war leaders fought for control of England – andRead More

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    20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century

    By Cerdic 10 years agoDec 01, 2016 7 Comments

    Anglo Saxon England has been seen by some commentators as a bit of a basket case by 1066 – out of date and ready to be conquered. But actually EnglandRead More

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    19 Edward the Confessor

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 0 Comments

    Edward enjoyed one year of independence in 1051-2, before the return of Godwin forced him into humiliating submission. But after Godwin's death the following year, the rest of his reignRead More

    Tagged 1066Anglo SaxoncnutconfessordaneEdwardenglandharoldHistorykingmonarchPodcastviking

    18 The End of the Danish Dynasty, Edward the Confessor and the Rise of the Great men

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 7 Comments

    Cnut's dynasty survived him by only 7 years, and in 1042 the house of Cerdic returned in the form of Edward the Confessor. Edward is an enigma – weak manRead More

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    17 Cnut the Conqueror

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 4 Comments

    Cnut was pretty much the complete king. Conqueror of the English, ruler of a Scandinavian empire that spanned 4 countries. And a man who knew how to win the peaceRead More

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    16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 4 Comments

     In 1012, Aethelred looked down and out. But Svein died, and Edmund Ironside appeared on the scene. Suddenly, Aethelred was a real king and all action, and Cnut was forcedRead More

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    15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 6 Comments

    The Danish threat is notched up a few levels, and Aethelred the Unready and the English state is brought to it knees. The Vikings are too fast, skillful and mobile,Read More

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    14 Aetheled the Unready and the Rising Tide

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 16, 2016 8 Comments

    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.Read More

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    13 Another and last Golden Age

    By Cerdic 10 years agoOct 30, 2016 6 Comments

    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 startsRead More

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    12 The last King in Jorvik

    By Cerdic 10 years agoSep 14, 2016 1 Comments

    Edmund the Magnificent 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. 12 TheRead More

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    11 His Years were full of Glory

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 13, 2017 1 Comments

    Athelstan 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 theRead More

    10 English Reconquest

    By David Crowther 10 years agoApr 16, 2018 0 Comments

    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 settledRead More

    9 Pillar of the Western People

    By David Crowther 10 years agoApr 16, 2018 6 Comments

    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,Read More

    8 Reconstruction and Defence

    By David Crowther 10 years agoApr 16, 2018 5 Comments

    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 theRead More

    7 Alfred and the Fight for Survival

    By David Crowther 10 years agoApr 16, 2018 0 Comments

    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. The Campaigns In 870 theRead More

    6 The Great Heathen Army

    By David Crowther 10 years agoFeb 13, 2017 19 Comments

    Everything changed for Anglo Saxon England in 866; the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok came for conquest, not just treasure and slaves. The Arrival in East Anglia, 866 In 866, aRead More

    5 The Noble Wolf

    By David Crowther 10 years agoOct 02, 2017 2 Comments

    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 betterRead More

    5a Pirates from the North

    By David Crowther 10 years agoFeb 13, 2017 7 Comments

    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 andRead More

    4 Greater Wessex

    By David Crowther 10 years agoFeb 13, 2017 0 Comments

    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 theRead More

    3 The Mercian Supremacy

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 13, 2017 12 Comments

    After Wulfhere, Aethelred and Aethelbald laid the foundations, a prince from the Hwicce, Offa, took Mercia to its greatest achievements.         Cynewulf and Cyneheard In 755, the AngloRead More

    2 The Rise of Mercia

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 12, 2017 1 Comments

    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,Read More

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    1.8 Revival

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 12, 2017 7 Comments

    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 weRead More

    1.7 Conversion

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 12, 2017 3 Comments

    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 stillRead More

    1.6 The Life and Times of Penda Part II

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 12, 2017 0 Comments

    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 EastRead More

    1.5 The Life and Times of Penda, Pt I

    By Cerdic 10 years agoFeb 12, 2017 13 Comments

    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 centralRead More

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