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Storyline | The British History Podcast — 273 episodes

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491 – All Hats On Deck

2

490 – Messengers from France

3

489 – From Normandy With Love

4

487 – Stealing a Wife From God

5

486 – Stealing a Crown from your Brother

6

The First Crusade Sample

7

485 – What Happened?

8

484 – Final Destination: The New Forest

9

483 – Standing on Ceremony

10

482 – Eye for an Eye

11

481 – Operation Baguette Storm

12

480 – All Gas, No Brakes

13

479 – Be Like Water

14

478 – A Fire Sale for the Faithful

15

476 – The Crackdown

16

475 – The Fall of Mowbray

17

474 – Malvoisin, the Evil Neighbor

18

473 – Stage Management

19

472 – Radicals

20

471 – How To Lose Friends and Irritate People

21

467 – Saint Anselm

22

464 – Rufus’ Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Campaign

23

461 – Destabilizing a Nation: A How-To Guide

24

460 – The White Tower

25

459 – Lashing Out

26

457 – The Bachelor King

27

454 – Odo’s Rebellion: Worst Easter Ever

28

453 – Odo’s Rebellion: The Cold War

29

452 – Odo? Oh Yes.

30

450 – Begin With A Bang

31

449 – Chapter Ten: The Boys

32

448 – The Death of William the Conqueror

33

447 – The End of the Conquest

34

446 – Death and Taxes

35

445 – Feeding Frenzy

36

444 – Holy Beef

37

432 – The Revolt of the Earls

38

431 – The Gang Has A Wedding

39

426 – Everyone Has Their Limits

40

425 – Hereward: The Fall of Ely

41

415 – Cry Me a River

42

414 – The Uprising

43

413 – The D

44

412 – The B Word

45

411 – Tell it to St. Peter

46

410 – The F Word

47

409 – The First Sparks

48

407 – Robbing the Hood

49

406 – King’s Rook Takes Pawn

50

405 – Hereward the Wake: The Bourne Identity

51

401 – Norms and Normans

52

400 – William: This is Fine

53

399 – Into the Wild

54

396 – King William I of England

55

395 – Rearranging the Deck chairs on HMS England

56

393 – To Kill a Legend

57

391 – The Battle of Hastings

58

390 – Stamford Bridge

59

389 – The Tyrant and the Muddy Crossing

60

388 – The Stupid Before The Storm

61

387 – The Douche is Cast

62

386 – God’s Messenger

63

385 – The Audacity of Boats

64

384 – King Harold Godwinson

65

382 – Bros Before Thrones

66

381 – Weekend at William’s

67

380 – Everybody Is Killing Everybody Else And Nobody Is Talking About It: Part 3

68

379 – Everybody Is Killing Everybody Else And Nobody Is Talking About It: Part 2

69

378 – Everybody is killing everybody else and no one is talking about it

70

377 – The King of Wales

71

376 – Lost Years and Lost Lands

72

373 – The First King

73

372 – Hostile Takeover

74

371 – Naked Ambition

75

370 – Breaking Bread

76

369 – Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 4

77

368 – Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 3

78

367 – Move, or You Will Be Moved Part 2

79

366 – Move, or You Will Be Moved: Part 1

80

364 – Reconciliation

81

361 – W A Poet

82

359 – Play Autocrat Games; Win Autocrat Prizes

83

358 – King Harthacnut

84

357 – Walter Map’s Courtly Trifles

85

353 – Mother of the Year

86

352 – Chaos

87

350 – A Tough Cnut to Crack

88

348 – Ruling Hard or Hardly Ruling

89

347 – Aggressive Diplomacy

90

346 – Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Drakkars

91

345 – Building Blocks

92

344 – Cnut’s Mad Lads

93

342 – King Cnut of Denmark and England

94

340 – A Bit of a Cnut

95

339 – Cnut the Conqueror

96

335 – Acts of Spasmodic Violence

97

334 – No Cnut November

98

333 – The Conquest of England

99

332 – The Jomsvikings

100

331 – Thoughts and Prayers

101

329 – Forkbeard

102

328 – The St Brice’s Day Massacre

103

327 – Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away

104

325 – From Bad to Worse

105

324 – Law and Lawlessness

106

323 – Brotherhood of the Wolf

107

322 – We’re Absolutely Forked

108

321 – Course Corrections

109

318 – Chaos is a Ladder

110

317 – A Culture of Corruption

111

315 – The Cracks in the Foundation

112

312 – King Edward

113

311 – Team Edward

114

310 – Political Theater

115

309 – Size Doesn’t Matter (until it does)

116

308 – A Thirst for Reform

117

306 – King Eadwig

118

296 – Darkening Skies

119

295 – The Return of England

120

294 – It All Comes Crashing Down

121

293 – The Beacons are Lit

122

292 – King in the North

123

291 – Pandemonium

124

290 – This Land Is Your Land, This Land Is My Land

125

289 – Brunanburh

126

288 – Extracurricular Activities

127

287 – The Conquest of Scotland

128

285 – Full Court Press

129

284 – AEthelstan the Victorious

130

283 – The Kingdoms of the Foreigners

131

282 – How To Win Friends and Influence Jorvik

132

280 – King AEthelstan’s Love Life

133

279 – Dynastic Cults

134

278 – The Thunderbolt

135

277 – King AEthelstan: Say Yes to the Dress

136

276 – The Bastard Rebel King

137

275 – King Edward the Almost First King of England

138

274 – The Missing Shire

139

273 – I Do… Do I?

140

272 – The End of the Age of AEthelflaed

141

271 – How to Break a Kingdom in Six Months

142

270 – War in the Five Boroughs

143

269 – The Western Front

144

268 – Viking Invasion

145

267 – The Southern Expansion

146

266 – The Rise of AEthelflaed and the Breaking of Northumbria

147

265 – The Battle of Tettenhall; and Zombies, maybe.

148

263 – AEthelflaed and Ingimund

149

262 – AEthelred and AEthelflaed

150

260 – King Edward’s Forgotten Love Life

151

259 – The Last Stand of the House of AEthelred

152

258 – The Rise of King Edward I of Wessex

153

251 – Chapter Seven: England

154

248 – The Death of Alfred the Great

155

247 – Our Wooden Wall

156

245 – King Alfred: Infrastructure is Sexy

157

243 – The Sieges of AEthelred of Mercia

158

242 – Edward AEtheling at Farnham

159

241 – Haesten

160

240 – Viking Roadshow: Rollo edition

161

239 – The Dying Time

162

237 – Asser

163

236 – A Return to Scholarship

164

234 – The Sons of Rhodri and AEthelred’s Beautiful Hair

165

233 – Alfred’s Powerplay and the Restructuring of Wessex

166

230 – Guthrum Gets a Bath

167

229 – The Battle of Edington

168

228 – Alfred and Odda: The Audacity of Nope

169

227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind

170

226 – Alfred and Legitimacy: The First Steps to War

171

225 – Alfred in Somerset

172

223 – King Alfred and Chippenham

173

222 – Viking Kings and The Black Pool

174

221 – Alfred and Guthrum: The Price of Peace

175

220 – Alfred and Guthrum: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin

176

218 – The Kingdom of Jorvik

177

217 – Halfdan’s Ravaging of the North

178

216 – The Great Heathen Army: Always Be Prepared

179

215 – King Burgred and the end of the Danish Sausage Fest

180

214 – National Lampoon’s Viking Vacation

181

213 – Danegelds, Peace, and Shame

182

212 – Alfred the Last AEtheling

183

211 – The Battles of Basing and Meretun

184

210 – The Battle of Ashdown

185

209 – The Battle of Reading

186

208 – The Battle of Englefield

187

205 – Saint Edmund the Martyr

188

203 – Jorvik

189

202 – The Fall of Eoforwic

190

201 – East Anglia’s Danegeld

191

198 – The Great Heathen Army Begins

192

197 – The Sons of Ragnar Lodbrok (versus Battle-Cattle)

193

196 – Vikings and Mercs and Franks. Oh My!

194

195 – Red Sea Rising

195

194 – My Big Fat Dark Age Wedding

196

193 – Alfred the Young Part Two

197

192 – Alfred the Young

198

188 – Rebellion and Succession in the Kingdom of Wessex

199

187 – The Queen of Wessex: aka The Worst Midlife Crisis Ever

200

186 – Wessex: A story of Myth building, Opportunism, and Annexation

201

185 – Building the House of Wessex

202

184 – The Chaos of Bad Governance

203

183 – Ragnar’s Siege of Paris

204

182 – Ragnar Lodbrok

205

181 – Vikingrs Gotta Viking

206

180 – The Cracks in the Shieldwall

207

179 – The Battle of Carrum

208

178 – Dereliction of Duty

209

177 – The Road to 830

210

176 – The Prophecy of Jeremiah

211

175 – Chapter Five: A Sea of Blood

212

171 – The Welshcast Part Seven

213

170 – The Welshcast Part Six

214

169 – The Rise of Wessex

215

168 – The Fall of Mercia

216

167 – The Beginning of the End

217

166 – Wulfred: The Rogue Archbishop

218

165 – Did Archbishop Wulfred Just Kill a Guy?

219

163 – The South of Britain Grows Restless

220

162 – Emperor Coenwulf, Emperor Charlemagne, and The World

221

161 – King Ceonwulf’s Rise in Power

222

154 – Having it Offa

223

153 – An Offa You Can’t Refuse

224

136 – The Power of Mercia

225

Chapter Four: Anglo Saxon Ascendancy

226

103 – Edwin the Conqueror

227

102 – Have Exile, Will Travel

228

101 – I Ran (So Far Away): The Life and Times of Edwin of Deira

229

99 – False Starts

230

98 – The Zeal of Augustine

231

97 – Augustine and Gregory Make a Diocese

232

96 – The Conversion of King AEthelberht

233

95 – Two Old Men and a Slave Boy

234

92 – WelshCast Part Five: More People that Gildas Hated

235

91 – WelshCast Part Four: Three Kings of Wales Who Really Annoyed Gildas

236

90 – WelshCast Part Three: The Silent Treatment

237

89 – WelshCast Part Two: All The Comforts of Rome (well… some of them)

238

86 – The Fall of Ceawlin… and others

239

85 – Ceawlin and the Sons of Ida

240

79 – Saint Patrick’s Day Special

241

75 – Cerdic and Cynric: A Story of… well… Probably Farmers

242

74 – When Neighbors Attack: A Story of “Kings”

243

73 – And This Gives You Power Over Me?

244

57 – A Tale of Three Cities (sort of)

245

47 – Was there an Anglo Saxon Invasion of Britain?

246

46 – Hengist and Horsa

247

45 – Britain: The Last Outpost

248

44 – Sources of Confusion

249

41 – Chapter Two: The Birth of Britain

250

33 – Strength and Honor(ius)

251

32 – Theodosius and Theocracy

252

31 – Magnus Maximus

253

30 – What is Best in Life?

254

29 – An End to Prosperity

255

28 – Constantine and Britannia Sitting in a Tree

256

27 – York’s Revenge!

257

26 – Occupy Britannia!

258

24 – Another British Empire

259

23 – We’re In Between Emperors at the Moment

260

22 – The Dim Ages – Part 2

261

21 – The Dim Ages – Part 1

262

20 – Dysfunction and Sibling Rivalry

263

19 – Britannia’s Emperor

264

18 – Abandonment and Reoccupation

265

17 – Advancement and Occupation

266

15 – Hadrian’s Wall

267

14 – The Mystery of the Ninth Legion

268

13 – Agricola

269

11 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part Two

270

10 – Boudica’s Rebellion, Part One

271

9 – Suetonius, Part-Time Mountain-Climber and Full-Time Jerk.

272

8 – Caractacus, the Home-Wrecker

273

7 – The Claudian Invasion of Britannia