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Jamie Jeffers

A Chronological History of Britain

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305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode

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2019/02/14

History is known as a field for being a bit of a slog. Tracing events, and people, and social movements through decades and centuries is a huge task and the results are usually dense at the best of times. But once in a while, in between all the battles and the politics and the dynasties, […] The post 305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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304 – A Kingdom Divided

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2019/02/12

Northumbria was always the hot mess of the heptarchy. There are a few exceptions where they manage to pull it together long enough to produce something important, like Bede, or when Leeds United won the premiership in 1991. But generally, it’s a bit of a shitshow. Sort of like Leeds United. The post 304 – A Kingdom Divided first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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303 – Eric Bloodaxe

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2019/02/01

We can probably assume that Harald Fairhair, the King of Norway, had fantastic hair. It was either big, or really long, or super glossy, and it was almost definitely blonde. But it wasn’t the only trait he was known for. Harald Fairhair was also known for getting around… and around… and around. According to records, […] The post 303 – Eric Bloodaxe first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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302 – King Eadred

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2019/01/25

Ok, where were we? With all this focus on culture, it’s been a little bit since we last talked about the political situation in Britain. So lets remind ourselves of where things were politically. The post 302 – King Eadred first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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Chapter 8 – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons

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2019/01/17

This isn’t going to end well. The post Chapter 8 – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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301 – Common Folk

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2019/01/11

Today, we’re going to wrap up this cultural series with a focus on my favorite group of people. The people who rarely, if ever, get talked about. The commoners. The post 301 – Common Folk first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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300 – Noble Lives

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2018/12/18

When we left off, we were talking about Thegns. Specifically, we were talking about King’s Thegns and how they could wield degrees of power that could rival even the formidable Ealdormen. The post 300 – Noble Lives first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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299 – The Shape of Power

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2018/12/07

Ealdormen… Thegns… Ceorls. These were the important cogs in the machine of government. They had powerful roles, and held powerful spaces within anglo saxon culture. And it’s time we get to know these roles like the back of our hand. Support the Show The post 299 – The Shape of Power first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Ancient DNA...

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2018/12/03

Links to material referenced in the show. The Achavanich Beaker Burial ‘Ava’: a Beaker-associated woman from a cist at Achavanich, Highland, and the story of her (re-)discovery and subsequent study, Published in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe at Nature.com A summary […] The post The Achavanich Beaker Burial Project: Ancient DNA with Maya Hoole first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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298 – Uptown Ceorl

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2018/11/16

Long ago there was a settlement that had been occupied and farmed by the British and the Anglo Saxons for centuries. In fact, by the time that the Scandinavians arrived on the island, this village known as Wharram Percy was already well established, and had been inhabited continually for centuries. And it held strong for […] The post 298 – Uptown Ceorl first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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297 – The Hundreds and the Wapentakes

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2018/11/10

We have spoken a lot about the life of a handful of individuals – namely the rulers that have descended from the line of Alfred. There are a couple of reasons for that. The first is the simple fact that by virtue of how limited literacy was during this era, these are the lives we […] The post 297 – The Hundreds and the Wapentakes first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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Members Only 96 – Shop Talk, the Return

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2018/10/29

And it’s one hell of a catchup. The post Members Only 96 – Shop Talk, the Return first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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The Halloween Special

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2018/10/26

I love Halloween. I think it might be my favorite holiday, and it’s not really because I like spooky things. I actually kind of hate horror movies. The reason I love Halloween is because in the pantheon of modern holidays it stands out. Most holidays in the western world have been rebranded and repackaged to […] The post The Halloween Special first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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296 – Darkening Skies

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2018/10/19

It begins in France. The struggle for power between King Louis IV and Hugh the Great had been raging for quite some time… When we last visited the continent, , Hugh the Great, King Otto of Germany, Duke William of Normandy, Count Herbert II, and various other supporting characters were allied against King Louis IV, […] The post 296 – Darkening Skies first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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295 – The Return of England

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2018/10/11

You know the pieces on a chessboard? There’s the knight, and the queen, and the castle….and then there’s the bishop. There’s a reason why a game that simulates medieval power strategy has a piece called the bishop. Bishops had power. And it was a power that didn’t flow from the monarchy. And in britain, it […] The post 295 – The Return of England first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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Members Only 95 – Slavery Part 2

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2018/10/05

To begin with, lets talk about one of the main struggles of studying this topic. Namely, that spotting slavery is difficult. We’re dealing with a time where our written record hardly mentions anyone except the very upper levels of society, and even then it’s mostly just the upper levels that are either in (or interact […] The post Members Only 95 – Slavery Part 2 first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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294 – It All Comes Crashing Down

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2018/10/05

The story of the last few episodes is a story about a lesson that humanity has had to re-learn again and again throughout history. When your society is ordered around a single figure it’s likely to descend into chaos the minute that figure goes away. And finding a new balance in the midst of sudden […] The post 294 – It All Comes Crashing Down first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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293 – The Beacons are Lit

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2018/09/23

When we left off, AEthelstan had recently died, Olaf had returned from Dublin and been crowned King of Jorvik (which meant that the Kingdom of Jorvik was back). The English Fyrd was still recovering from the bloodbath at Brunanburh. And the English Navy were currently sailing up and down the French Coast shouting “Liberte, Fraternite, […] The post 293 – The Beacons are Lit first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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292 – King in the North

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2018/09/10

How we understand any event comes down to what angle we are able to view it from. And the story of AEthelstan is no exception. On the one hand, it is easy to see AEthelstan as one of the greatest kings in English history, one to place on our shelf of real-life legends along with […] The post 292 – King in the North first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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291 – Pandemonium

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2018/08/30

When King Edward died, the plan was that his second son would take the throne. By all indications, neither Edward nor the power structures within Wessex, wanted AEthelstan. The young AEtheling had been discarded and sent to be raised in Mercia far from the halls of power. The throne of Wessex wasn’t for him. It […] The post 291 – Pandemonium first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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