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Viking Age 800 – 1066

    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

    The History of the Vikings by Noah Tetzner

    By David Crowther 4 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

    148 Women and 1066, and Marriage

    By Cerdic 7 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 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

    56 The History of Medieval Europe, Part 2

    By Cerdic 10 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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    43a Aelfthryth by Melisende of Outremer

    By Cerdic 11 years agoOct 30, 2016 6 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 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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    24a The Anglo Saxon view of the outside world

    By Cerdic 11 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 11 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 11 years agoDec 01, 2016 8 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 11 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 11 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 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 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 knewRead More

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    16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut

    By Cerdic 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 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 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 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 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 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 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 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 11 years agoJan 13, 2022 6 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.   TheRead More

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    11 His Years were full of Glory

    By Cerdic 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 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 11 years agoApr 16, 2018 1 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 11 years agoFeb 13, 2017 21 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 11 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 11 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 11 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

    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

Resources

Family Trees

  • Family Trees: 500-1066 May 1, 2011

Maps

  • Maps: 500 – 1000 May 1, 2011
  • The Burghal Hidage January 19, 2011
  • The Tribal Hidage January 7, 2011

Articles

  • The power of propaganda December 12, 2015
  • Alfred: Asser on the crucial year – 870-871 October 28, 2012
  • The Hundred Ordinance, 939-961 October 27, 2012
  • Treaty of Wedmore, 878-890 October 27, 2012
  • Economic and Social History Charts 1000-1485 September 8, 2012
  • Feast Days in Medieval England April 7, 2012
  • 49a Arrival of the House of Wessex video February 3, 2012
  • The Discovery at St Mary’s Church January 23, 2011
  • The Battle of Brunanburgh January 22, 2011
  • Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians January 9, 2011
  • Origins of the British – a recent study January 2, 2011
  • Sources for Early Anglo Saxon England December 17, 2010

Original Sources

  • Alfred: Asser on the crucial year – 870-871 October 28, 2012
  • Asser on the character of Alfred the Great October 28, 2012
  • 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 Coronation Oath of King Edgar, 975 October 27, 2012
  • The Hundred Ordinance, 939-961 October 27, 2012
  • Treaty of Wedmore, 878-890 October 27, 2012
  • The Battle of Brunanburgh January 22, 2011
  • The Burghal Hidage January 19, 2011
  • 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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