232 – Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherine Hills

232 – Fifth Century Britain with Dr. Catherin...

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233 – Alfred’s Powerplay and the Restructuring of Wessex

While all of the political wrangling was occurring in Tamworth, Guthrum-AEthelstan was relocating to East Anglia, and he was bringing serious changes with him. Culture isn’t something that you can easily uproot in a person – it goes deep. Sure, Guthrum had spent 12 days feasting ...  Show more

234 – The Sons of Rhodri and AEthelred’s Beautiful Hair

This episode has been difficult to write. In fact, the last several have been difficult, and it all comes down to issues of time. Not space time flexing due to gravitational pull, and issues of whether a minute for Alfred in Wessex was the same as a minute for someone climbing th ...  Show more

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