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The Dark Ages | The British History Podcast — 177 episodes
498 – Power and Predictability
497 – That’s Me In The Spot. Light.
496 – That’s Me In The Corner
495 – Power Struggles: Part Two
494 – Power Struggles: Part One
493 – The Price of Peace
492 – The War for Perception
Bonus Episode: The Authoritarians
Pilgrimage Sample
Lords and Landlords Sample
470 – Tough Treaty
469 – Robert of Rhuddlan
468 – Regicide’s Back On The Menu Boys
Medieval Childhoods
466 – The Bachelor
465 – Anselm Arrives
Medieval Education Sample
463 – Finding Out
462 – Defenestration Nation
Medieval Magic Sample: Shout at the Devil
456 – Law and Order: Durham
451 – The Lucky Few
443 – We’re Bigger Than Jesus
442 – Mynydd Carn
441 – God Bothering
440 – This is Fine
438 – Robert’s Rebellion
437 – Everyone’s Pissed
436 – Taking the Piss
435 – Trials and Tribulations
434 – The Boys
433 – North Wales: I Love Mess
430 – Is It Good To Be King?
429 – Power Brokers and Power Breakers
428 – Tightening the Grip
427 – Hereward: Back Into the Mist
424 – Hereward: ft. Judas Priest
423 – Hereward: The Lion, The Witch, and the War Hero
422 – Hereward: The Man, the Myth, The Legend
421 – The Wake at Ely
420 – The Wake and the Earl
419 – The Wake at Peterborough
418 – God’s Chosen
417 – The (far more than four) Horsemen
416 – The Harrying of the North
408 – Kerosene
404 – The Coronation of Queen Matilda
403 – The Siege of Exeter
402 – Fire Sale
398 – William: Winning Friends and Influencing People Is For Suckers
397 – William: The Devil Inside
392 – The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors
383 – The Death of King Edward
375 – Life and Death Politics. But Mostly Death.
374 – Be Careful What You Wish For
362 – Meet the Godwins
354 – The West, after Cnut
351 – Collapse
349 – AElfgifu’s Tale
341 – King Cnut of England
338 – The Fall of King Edmund Ironsides
337 – The Rise of King Edmund Ironside
336 – The End Is The Beginning Is The End
330 – The Purge
326 – The Year 1000
320 – Our Wooden Wall
316 – The Old Guard
314 – Æthelred: Are You Ready?
313 – How to Make a Martyr
307 – Cleaning House
305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode
303 – Eric Bloodaxe
298 – Uptown Ceorl
297 – The Hundreds and the Wapentakes
286 – Noble Pursuits
264 – The Lost Rebellion
261 – The Anglo Saxon Chronicle and the Mercian Register
257 – Political Accommodation Within The Danelaw
256 – Scandinavian Settlement in England
255 – Londonwic to London
254 – Worcester
253 – Anglo Saxon Market Towns in the Viking Age
252 – The Coming of the Anglo-Scandinavians
250 – The Year 900
246 – The Hard Edge of Soft Power
244 – Haesten’s Advance
238 – A Patchwork of War
235 – Alfred’s Educational Reforms
232 – Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherine Hills
231 – Anglo Saxon Economics and Money with Professor Rory Naismith
224 – Chapter Six: Wessex
207 – Christianity in Early Danelaw
206 – Did the Great Heathen Army Persecute Christians?
204 – Snottingham
199 – AEthelred vs Alfred: One of the Most Exciting Moments in Probate History
191 – Urban Fervor
190 – House (of Wessex): Everybody Lies
189 – What on earth is an English
160 – An Offa Inheritance
159 – An Offa End
158 – Offa With His Head
157 – Lindisfarne
156 – An Offa Marriage
155 – Its Always Sunny in Mercia: The Gang Throws a Party
152 – Limited Time Offa
151 – Offa and Acceptance
150 – King Offa: The Turnover
149 – King Offa Ascends the Throne
148 – The Fall of King AEthelbald
147 – The Twelve Days of Christmas
146 – King AEthelbald: A Whirlpool of Perdition
145 – The Rise of King AEthelbald of Mercia
144 – King Ceolred: A Lunatic Running the Asylum
143 – Man Up: Gender in the Middle Ages
142 – The Failed Dynastic Politics of Mercia and Northumbria
141 – King Aldfrith and St. Wilfrid
140 – Wilfrid: How to Win Friends and Influence People
139 – The Rise of Aldfrith and Caedwalla
138 – Religious Lives in Britain
137 – Preaching in the Dark Ages
135 – A Reshuffling of Power
134 – The Power of Northumbria
129 – The Life of King Wulfhere
128 – The End of King Oswiu’s Hegemony
127 – The Synod of Whitby
126 – The End of an Era: The Triumph of Christianity in Britain
125 – King Oswiu: A Gathering Storm
124 – Social Mobility: Getting a Raise in Anglo Saxon Kingdoms
123 – Retail Therapy: The Rise of Anglo Saxon Towns
122 – The Concentration of Power and Wealth
121 – King Oswiu: The Aftermath of the Winwaed
120 – Penda and Oswiu: The Winwaed
119 – King Penda: No Posers
118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo Saxon Word for Take Backsies
117 – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
116 – Wait, Where Are We? Part two of the history of Britain so far.
115 – Maserfield: Blood Makes The Grass Grow
114 – Oswald and Sigeberht: The Softer Side of Rule
113 – Religious Ambitions: The Rise of Oswald (and Others)
112 – The Battle of Heavenfield
111 – Edwin: What Goes Around Comes Around
110 – Mercia: A New Contender Enters the Ring
109 – Edwin’s Ambitions
107 – Edwin’s Conversion
106 – If You Give Edwin an Inch…
105 – Sutton Hoo: Treasures of the Dead
104 – Sutton Hoo: The Finding of Raedwald… and Rabbits
100 – There’s a New Barber In Town
94 – Dark Age Beliefs
93 – Chapter Three: The Warriors of God
87 – Concubinage and Apartheid in Anglo Saxon England
83 – Dark Age Warfare Combo Episode
82 – War. What Is It Good For?
81 – In Search of Unity: A Tale of Selective Memory
80 – Bloodletting
78 – It’s Only Natural
77 – Cliques: How the In Crowd Created Our Culture
76 – Developing Class
72 – Staffordshire Hoard: Wrapping Up with Kevin Leahy
71 – Staffordshire Hoard: Psychopathic Peacocks with David Symons
70 – Staffordshire Hoard: Interpretation with Cathy Shingler
69 – Staffordshire Hoard: Conservation with Deborah Cane
68 – Staffordshire Hoard: A Bonus Update on the New Find
67 – Staffordshire Hoard: Deb Klemperer on the Dig
66 – Staffordshire Hoard: Receiving the Hoard
65 – Staffordshire Hoard: The Dig
63 – King Arthur Part One
62 – Staffordshire Hoard: Rise Up O Lord
61 – Staffordshire Hoard: Introduction
60 – The Return of the Kings
58 – Dark Age Medicine
55 – Anglo Saxon Construction
54 – What Not To Wear: In The Dark Ages
51 – Dark Ages Feasting
49 – Dark Age Economics
48 – Dark Age Diets Combo Episode
43 – Le Mort d’Arthur (Bonus Episode)