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The Settlements

    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

    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          

    147 Women and Anglo Saxon England

    By Cerdic 7 years agoJun 04, 2017 17 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

    55 The History of Medieval Europe, Part I

    By Cerdic 10 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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    31a Anglo Saxon Questions – Church Conversion and Economy

    By Cerdic 11 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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    1.8 Revival

    By Cerdic 11 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 11 years agoFeb 12, 2017 5 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 11 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 11 years agoFeb 12, 2017 16 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

    1.4 Founding Kingdoms

    By Cerdic 11 years agoFeb 12, 2017 13 Comments

    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 historyRead More

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    1.3 Building a New World

    By Cerdic 11 years agoFeb 12, 2017 1 Comments

    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?

    1.2 Adventus Saxonum

    By Cerdic 11 years agoFeb 12, 2017 5 Comments

    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 GermanicRead More

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    1 The Anglo Saxons: Chronicles and Arguments

    By Cerdic 11 years agoApr 16, 2018 4 Comments

    Before we start, an episode is about the people who kept a written record of the Anglo Saxon age, and what later generations thought about the Anglo Saxons. Check outRead More

Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: 500-1066 May 1, 2011

Maps

  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011

Articles

  • 49a Arrival of the House of Wessex video February 3, 2012
  • The Discovery at St Mary’s Church January 23, 2011
  • Origins of the British – a recent study January 2, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Original Sources

  • The Story of Cynewulf, 755 October 28, 2012
  • Selected Laws of Ine, 688-695 October 27, 2012
  • Selected laws of Aethelbert of Kent, 601-604 October 27, 2012
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Quiz

Books

  • Historical Podcasts you might like April 30, 2011
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