Anglo-Saxon England is a podcast looking at the history of Anglo-Saxon England, beginning with the end of Roman Britain and ending with the Norman Conquest. We will not only talk about the history but also the literature, culture, and historiography of the Anglo-Saxon period. This show strives to offer an accessible but scholarly rigorous overview that will appeal both to beginners and to experts.
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I want to take a short detour from a strictly chronological telling of events to loop back and focus on the lives and works of two men who were particularly influential in shaping the legal, religious...
Canute's Empire (00:17:58)
We look at Canute's wider realm encompassing Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Dublin.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_...
Æthelstan Special (00:59:09)
In honour of the on-going discussion in the UK about recognising 927 as the official beginning of England I wanted to seize the opportunity for engaging in this dialogue by releasing a special compila...
Christmas Unlock: The Advent Lyrics (00:13:20)
In honour of the season I present an unlocked episode from the bonus feed covering the poem known as 'The Advent Lyrics' or, more traditionally, 'Christ I'.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmun...
King Canute (00:26:25)
Canute's reign profoundly transformed England and set the stage for the final decades of Anglo-Saxon rule.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqI...
Canute's Childhood (00:10:25)
We introduce Canute, one of Anglo-Saxon England's most successful and powerful rulers.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&in...
Edmund Ironside (00:09:28)
We look at the brief reign of King Edmund Ironside.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=Hr%C5%8D%C3%B0mundW%C5...
Æthelred Unready? (00:10:30)
How 'unready' was King Æthelred?
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=Hr%C5%8D%C3%B0mundW%C5%8Ddening
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Æthelred’s Final Decade (00:16:02)
We conclude our narrative of Æthelred’s reign with his final catastrophic decade. Next time we will take a look at the reign as a whole and consider whether Æthelred’s reputation is warranted.
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Æthelred’s Mature Reign (00:19:52)
We continue our look at Æthelred’s reign at its peak: 993 to 1006.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=Hr%C5%8D...
The Battle of Maldon (00:21:45)
As I work on the rest of the Æthelred overview, I wanted to highlight one of the major events and poems of the period: The Battle of Maldon.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
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Æthelred’s Early Reign (00:14:32)
There are few kings in English history that are as maligned as Ethelred. Forever remembered as ‘the Unready’, Ethelred’s reign was regarded even by those writing only fifteen years after its end as a ...
History from Below (00:19:48)
This episode I wanted to look back at where we have been from the perspective of the high-water mark of Anglo-Saxon history that was the reign of Edgar. In this retrospective analysis, I want to consi...
Edward the Martyr (00:20:26)
Following Edgar’s death, we enter into what would be one of the most turbulent periods of Anglo-Saxon history which would see murder, renewed Viking activity, and invasion bring England to its knees. ...
King Edgar: Part 2 (00:22:45)
We wrap up our look at possibly the greatest of all Anglo-Saxon monarchs.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=...
The Ideology of Benedictine Reform (00:43:01)
Oswald of Worcester (d.992) is usually viewed as one of three episcopal leaders of monastic reform in tenth-century England, but this interpretation conflates Oswald’s motivations and interests with t...
Oswald (00:15:05)
We look at the last of the Big Three reformers, Oswald, and set up a discussion of what exactly the reformers in England wanted to achieve.
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Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening
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Æthelwold (00:17:37)
If you read about the English Benedictine Reforms today, the older narrative focused on Dunstan as the its spearhead will have been largely replaced by a view that positions his student Æthelwold as t...
St Dunstan (00:15:09)
The Benedictine reforms in England were, in the traditional narrative, spearheaded by three key ecclesiastics: Dunstan, Æthelwold, and Oswald. The exact relationship of these three has been subject to...
The Beginnings of Benedictine Reform (00:13:00)
Although the Benedictine reform movements that found royal favor in England in the late-tenth century are usually associated with King Edgar, their origins predate him quite substantially with roots g...
The Church in Late Anglo-Saxon England (00:19:26)
Since a major part of King Edgar’s legacy is based on his advocacy of church reform, it is reasonable to spend some time considering the state of the Church in the mid-tenth century and the role it pl...
King Edgar (00:10:58)
Edgar, son of Edmund, is not that well known today to those not already interested in Anglo-Saxon history, yet there can be no doubt that he, along with Alfred and Æthelstan, is one of the most import...
King Eadwig (00:19:45)
Following Eadred’s early death the eldest son of Edmund, Eadwig, was finally of an age to become king. Through his uncle’s years of intensifying illness, the court had become adept at governing with m...
King Eadred (00:15:48)
When Edmund was killed in 946 his two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, were still just infants. Thus, the witan chose to elevate Edmund’s brother, Eadred, to the throne so as to avoid the dangers of having a c...
King Edmund (00:19:18)
Edmund was an important ruler in shaping the future course of English history whatever his personal failings. In the end he died too soon to know how he would have fared without his mother or when pow...
