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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

318 – Chaos is a Ladder
2019/6/13

By 984 the Regency council had been broken and a new inner circle of nobles had been elevated.  And

317 – A Culture of Corruption
2019/5/30

At 16 years old, King AEthelred was considered fully grown by Anglo Saxon standards. And as a bonus

316 – The Old Guard
2019/5/23

Before we get back to our story, I’ve been seeing your conversations online and it made me realize I

315 – The Cracks in the Foundation
2019/5/16

“Under AEthelred nothing was done; or, more truly, throughout his whole reign he left undone those t

314 – Æthelred: Are You Ready?
2019/5/3

King Edward, like those before him, had died under mysterious and apparently violent circumstances.

313 – How to Make a Martyr
2019/4/25

“No man can make himself king, but the people have the choice to choose as king whom they please; bu

312 – King Edward
2019/4/20

King Edgar is Dead… and in his place reigned his son, King Edward of England. And you’d think that w

311 – Team Edward
2019/4/11

King Edgar the Peaceable was buried at Glastonbury in 975. But weirdly that isn’t the end of his sto

310 – Political Theater
2019/3/29

Human beings can’t really be summed up in a nickname. Usually we are more complicated than a word or

309 – Size Doesn’t Matter (until it does)
2019/3/22

You would think that someone named Edgar the Peaceable enjoyed a good reputation. But the closer you

308 – A Thirst for Reform
2019/3/14

Across the North Sea, in Scandinavia, a man named Harald Greycloak was struggling for dominance in t

307 – Cleaning House
2019/3/8

The King is dead.  Long live the King. Eadwig, the 18 year old King known for his beauty, had died.

306 – King Eadwig
2019/3/1

The King is dead, long live the King. So … last episode was a bit of a shocker wasn’t it? After it l

305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode
2019/2/14

History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social moveme

304 – A Kingdom Divided
2019/2/12

Northumbria was always the hot mess of the heptarchy. There are a few exceptions where they manage t

303 – Eric Bloodaxe
2019/2/1

We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either b

302 – King Eadred
2019/1/25

Ok, where were we? With all this focus on culture, it’s been a little bit since we last talked about

Chapter Eight – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons
2019/1/17

This isn’t going to end well.   The post Chapter Eight – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons first appeared

301 – Common Folk
2019/1/11

Today, we’re going to wrap up this cultural series with a focus on my favorite group of people.  The

300 – Noble Lives
2018/12/18

When we left off, we were talking about Thegns. Specifically, we were talking about King’s Thegns an