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The British History Podcast

The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the live

Episodes

Total: 488

This year for our Christmas special, I thought I would give you an idea of what Christmas was like f

The first half of this episode is a combination of letting you know what is happening in the Heptarc

Ok, so we ended our last episode with the death of King Ceolred at a banquet. And he went out swingi

Ok, so recently we’ve chatted about some cultural matters and I’ve also given you a broad overview o

Often times, the way the Middle Ages are presented, are as an era where everyone was lily white and

Now today is going to be a little complex. But if you keep the theme in mind, you should be largely

Ok, when we left off, Bishop Wilfrid was jilted out of the Archbishopric of Canterbury, and instead

Today’s episode will take place in the turbulent years from 686 to 692 and the main characters will

This episode will roughly cover the eventful years between 685 and 689. The main characters today wi

Alright, so last week we talked about how uneven and confused the conversion of Britain was. And how

Today we’re going to cover the crazy environment that early Christian converts found themselves in d

This episode will cover the years 678 to 685 and its major characters will be… King Ecgfrith of Nort

Today we’re going to cover the eventful years of 675 to 678, and our main characters will be… King W

This episode covers the years 670 to 685. The main characters are: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria – so

To start with, we have nine praise poems that tell us of a mighty king of Rheged named Urien, who re

This episode will cover the years 506 to 584 and will focus primarily upon: King Brude (also known a

So we will begin the account of what was going on with the Picts following the withdrawal of Rome wi

The last time we had episodes focusing upon the Scotcast, it was at the end of Season Two… at the en

It began with Cassivellaunus. The first recorded King to have commanded the submission of most, if n

About a year and a half ago I did a series on the Staffordshire hoard. And talking with the experts