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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

128 – The End of King Oswiu’s Hegemony
2014/6/25

The episode covers 664 to 670 and the major characters are… King Oswiu, ruler of Northumbria, son of

127 – The Synod of Whitby
2014/6/4

The major players for today will be Hild (who was the daughter of King Edwin’s nephew, Hereric), Kin

126 – The End of an Era: The Triumph of Christianity in Britain
2014/5/27

Today we’re going to tackle the history from 660 right up to the lead up to the Synod of Whitby… and

125 – King Oswiu: A Gathering Storm
2014/5/15

So in late 655, following his victory at the Winwaed, King Oswiu occupied and ruled Northern Mercia

124 – Social Mobility: Getting a Raise in Anglo Saxon Kingdoms
2014/5/9

Today we’re going to wrap up this talk that we’ve been having on the development of social classes i

123 – Retail Therapy: The Rise of Anglo Saxon Towns
2014/4/30

Alright, lets get to history. Specifically, lets talk about towns. And to start with, lets establish

122 – The Concentration of Power and Wealth
2014/4/21

I’ll be talking in broad strokes today, but I want to give you a forest view of what we’ve been talk

121 – King Oswiu: The Aftermath of the Winwaed
2014/4/9

The Battle of the Winwaed is over and Penda is dead along with 30 noble warleaders who had joined hi

120 – Penda and Oswiu: The Winwaed
2014/4/1

So when we last left off, things were going crazy in the North and in the Midlands. But the very las

119 – King Penda: No Posers
2014/3/25

So where were we? Oswiu had arranged for the murder of his cousin, which is awkward in itself… but t

118 – Oswiu and Oswine: There’s No Anglo Saxon Word for Take Backsies
2014/3/18

When we left off Cenwalh of Wessex had left his wife, irritated Penda (since his wife was Penda’s si

117 – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
2014/3/10

Oswald was the King of Northumbria and son of AEthelfrith who was killed by Penda at Maserfield. Osw

116 – Wait, Where Are We? Part two of the history of Britain so far.
2014/2/27

It’s been about 2 years and 100 episodes since I did a recap episode to remind you where we were, wh

115 – Maserfield: Blood Makes The Grass Grow
2014/2/19

Edwin, Osric, Eanfrith, Eadfrith, Cadwallon, Sigeberht, Ecgric… Following Hatfield Chase, we have se

114 – Oswald and Sigeberht: The Softer Side of Rule
2014/2/13

This is going to be one of those episodes that has a lot of moving parts and you might want to liste

113 – Religious Ambitions: The Rise of Oswald (and Others)
2014/2/5

When we last left off, Oswald son of AEthelfrith and Acha, defeated and killed Cadwallon of Gwynedd

112 – The Battle of Heavenfield
2014/1/29

The year was 633 or 634, and the tide was turning against Northumbria for the first time in as long

111 – Edwin: What Goes Around Comes Around
2014/1/23

That’s something I’ve heard my entire life. When I was younger and picked on at school my father wou

110 – Mercia: A New Contender Enters the Ring
2014/1/14

Ok, last episode, we jumped forward a little to take the story of East Anglia to the point where Sig

109 – Edwin’s Ambitions
2014/1/7

When we last left Edwin, Bishop Paulinus finally had his prize. He convinced the great King of North