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Jamie Jeffers

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227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind

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2016/12/22

The last episode ended with an account by Ethelweard which told us that after the arrival of AEthelnoth, Alfred was attacking Guthrum on a daily basis. Alfred was no longer just trying to survive, he was trying to take his kingdom back. Support the Show The post 227 – Alfred’s War for the Mind first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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226 – Alfred and Legitimacy: The First Steps to War

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2016/12/10

Today, we are going to talk about the early steps of Alfred’s guerrilla war against King Guthrum. We will talk about the elements of this sort of war, the circumstances of the West Saxons under Guthrum’s rule, and the resulting fallout within Wessex. Support the Show The post 226 – Alfred and Legitimacy: The First Steps to War first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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Members Only 79 – Shop Talk: Dungeons and Discursive...

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2016/12/03

This episode has details about the saddest Dungeons and Dragons game ever, King Alfred’s Mistakes, King Alfred’s Successes, Discursive Clusters, and more! The post Members Only 79 – Shop Talk: Dungeons and Discursive Clusters first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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225 – Alfred in Somerset

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2016/12/01

It was January of 878. The dead of British winter – and Alfred was running. Through fields, past hamlets, keeping out of sight whenever he could. He ran. He headed for the Somerset Levels. This was a coastal plane during the 9th century – a dense network of impassable marshes. It wasn’t ideal, but at […] The post 225 – Alfred in Somerset first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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224 – Chapter Six: Wessex

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2016/11/23

For generations, the Anglo Saxon dominance in eastern Britain has gone largely unchallenged. In the face of this, the warlike vagabonds that first came to these lands had been transformed into gentry. Power had calcified into the hands of a few, war had become a ritualized way for dynasties to settle arguments over wealth, and […] The post 224 – Chapter Six: Wessex first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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223 – King Alfred and Chippenham

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2016/11/17

How do you redeem a year like 877? If you’re Alfred, how do you fix something like this? Even if he cast it in the best possible light, the story of 877 would still be the story of how Wessex lost control of two of its major coastal strongholds, was unable to directly counter the […] The post 223 – King Alfred and Chippenham first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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222 – Viking Kings and The Black Pool

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2016/11/11

At some point early in the Viking Age, a group of Northmen came across a natural harbor on the western side of the Irish Sea. Being that they were a seafaring people, having places in foreign lands where they could safely make port was a significant advantage. Orkney was already showing its usefulness, and now […] The post 222 – Viking Kings and The Black Pool first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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Members Only 78 – The Science Shop Talk: Of Mice and...

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2016/11/07

This is a crazy one. We’re going to talk about science… but we’re also covering some of our stranger emails. NOTE: Zee is currently freaking out because she said electron when she meant neutron. Can we all just pretend that she said neutron, so she’ll stop panicking? Awesome. :) Thank you so much for supporting […] The post Members Only 78 – The Science Shop Talk: Of Mice and Morlocks first appeared on The British History Podcast.

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