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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

354 – The West, after Cnut
2020/8/3

The death of Cnut and the fall of his near-Empire would obviously have impacts on his own dynasty. B

353 – Mother of the Year
2020/7/17

The Medieval chronicler, Adam of Bremen, was writing at around this point in history and among the m

352 – Chaos
2020/7/8

It was November 11 of 1035 and King Cnut was dead. He was buried at Winchester Cathedral. Cnut, and

351 – Collapse
2020/6/25

I wonder if Cnut could see what was coming. All the signs were in front of him. Everything was start

350 – A Tough Cnut to Crack
2020/6/11

We have another mystery on our hands. We have a missing year. And I don’t think it was because nothi

349 – AElfgifu’s Tale
2020/5/25

Successful Kings don’t rule alone. This is especially true for Kings with as much going on as Cnut.

348 – Ruling Hard or Hardly Ruling
2020/5/12

Europe was in chaos in the 1020s. Crises just kept coming, and the powerful were trying to capitaliz

347 – Aggressive Diplomacy
2020/5/2

What we call history was, at one point, just current events. And world affairs never happen in a vac

346 – Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Drakkars
2020/4/22

It’s 1025 Cnut had a problem on his hands. Barely a year after putting down Thorkell’s rebellion, Cn

345 – Building Blocks
2020/4/10

In the early 11th century, the English were crushed by the Scots in the Battle of Carham. We are tol

Bonus Episode: Slavery
2020/3/20

More material is coming, but here is a bonus episode to keep you company while you’re practicing soc

344 – Cnut’s Mad Lads
2020/3/12

In the year of 1021, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle tells us two things. A Bishop died. And Thorkell the

343 – By Thorkell’s Beard
2020/2/27

This is a story of palace intrigue, murder, and atypical alopecia… and it all begins where these thi

Bonus Episode: Shrove Tuesday
2020/2/25

Today is Shrove Tuesday. And if you’re not in Britain, you might be wondering what Shrove Tuesday is

342 – King Cnut of Denmark and England
2020/2/14

If you have heard of King Cnut, what you probably heard was the story of Cnut and the Tides. The mos

341 – King Cnut of England
2020/2/5

Cnut made a lot of smart moves in a very short amount of time. He outlawed much of the corruption th

340 – A Bit of a Cnut
2020/1/23

When we left off, Cnut had managed to get Eadric to go on the record calling for the execution of th

339 – Cnut the Conqueror
2020/1/17

It’s been a strange few years. The fall of the House of Wessex and the rise of Cnut looks like a sim

338 – The Fall of King Edmund Ironsides
2019/12/27

Edmund hadn’t lost, and for now that was enough. He had shown himself to be a contender. So Ironside

337 – The Rise of King Edmund Ironside
2019/12/22

Can you feel it? It feels like there is a lull before the storm. AEthelred Unread is now gone, and N