The British History Podcast

426 – Everyone Has Their Limits

The once mighty Godwinson dynasty was gone…

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425 – Hereward: The Fall of Ely

It was late October of 1071, and Hereward was out with a column of his rebel fighters, foraging...

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• 8 meses

424 – Hereward: ft. Judas Priest

If the story of Hereward wasn’t what you were expecting, you’re not alone. Researching this tale...

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• 9 meses

423 – Hereward: The Lion, The Witch, and the War Hero

Ok, when we left off William hired a witch to help with his rebel problem, Hereward disguised...

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422 – Hereward: The Man, the Myth, The Legend

The situation in Ely was getting out of hand.  The Liber Eliensis speaks of how Hereward and his...

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421 – The Wake at Ely

Word soon reached King William’s Court that Hereward remained free.  Even worse, the man tasked...

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420 – The Wake and the Earl

Hereward was returning to Ely with his men. The upside was they were taking literal boatloads of...

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419 – The Wake at Peterborough

You may have noticed that Hereward the Wake seems to keep disappearing from the story and then...

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418 – God’s Chosen

When we left off, William (satisfied with the damage he had inflicted upon the people of the...

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417 – The (far more than four) Horsemen

When we ended the last episode. William and his knights had ravaged the North.  He had spared...

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New Member’s Episode on the Wild Hunt

New Member’s Episode on the Wild Hunt

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416 – The Harrying of the North

Weeks in the rain and cold, marching through mud and picking through forests, had finally – in...

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415 – Cry Me a River

William was charging North. If he was going to hold on to his new kingdom, he had to counter this...

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414 – The Uprising

News of the victory at York spread fast, and people everywhere were finding their courage.

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413 – The D

It was Fall of 1069, and the Danes were coming.

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Dispatches from Hoth

Let it go, let it go.

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412 – The B Word

The Godwinsons  are back in England. Harold’s sons, along with a fleet of 64 Irish ships loaded...

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411 – Tell it to St. Peter

Things in the North were dire. This was a problem, because as Orderic tells us, this wasn’t just...

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New Members Episode and a Site Update

New Members Episode and a Site Update

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410 – The F Word

They appeared as if from nowhere.  A great force of men and horses… armed to the teeth… charging...

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