The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the live
Ever since I was a kid in Catholic school, I’ve been somewhat fascinated by the date of Christmas. I
Ok, so when we left off, Bishop Paulinus thought he was about to get Edwin to convert… but then Edwi
Alright, so when we last left Edwin he was installed as King of Northumbria by King Raedwald, Bretwa
Alright, so last episode we learned all about Edith and Basil’s experience at Sutton Hoo, and we cov
Raedwald… King of East Anglia… Bretwalda. When he is mentioned, if you had heard that name before th
Alright, last week we finally saw the fall of AEthelfrith and the rise of Edwin of Deira and King Ra
Ok, when we left off, Edwin… the exile from Deira, had been on the run for quite some time. The King
Today we’re going to talk quite a bit about Northumbria. And actually, Northumbria is going to start
So you might not know this about me… but I used to have long hair. Really long hair. That flowed dow
This episode is going to have a lot of moving pieces and a lot of AEthel’s. So many AEthels. I’ll do
Ok, when we last left off, Augustine had become the Archbishop of England, had been given orders to
So last week we ended with Augustine converting the people of Kent to Christianity and AEthelberht c
In the last several episodes we’ve been speaking about religion. We’ve spoken about the paganism tha
Ok, so lets leave Britain for this episode and head to Rome. I hear it’s nice this time of year. Act
As we go forward in this series, what I hope you’re beginning to get a sense of from both the WelshC
It has been nearly two hundred years since Rome withdrew from Britannia setting this small island at
Alright, so we have two more kings of Wales before we leave Gildas and his spittle flecked rantings.
Today, we’re going to talk about some of the people who were really pissing Gildas off. People that
As you probably remember from the main podcast, before we had the appearance of major Anglo Saxon ki
We’re now at the point where Rome has withdrawn from Britannia (and more important to our story, fro
