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A Recast of ‘The History of England’

This my re-telling of the story of England. I aim to be honest, and rigorous - but always loving of my country's history. It is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There are as many of the great events I can squeeze in, of course, but I also try to keep an eye on how people lived, their language, what was important to them, the forces that shaped their lives and destinies, that sort of thing. To listen free of adverts, support the podcast, access a library of 150+ hours of shedcasts of me warbling on, and get new shedcasts every month, why not become a member at https://thehistoryofengland.co.uk/become-a-member ? You know it makes sense...

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Recastable Episodes (584)

1. 1.0 - 1 Anglo Saxons England 500-1066 Dec. 24, 2010
2. 1.1 Change and Calamity Jan. 1, 2011
3. 1.2 Adventus Saxonum Jan. 2, 2011
4. 1.3 Building a New World Jan. 3, 2011
5. 1.4 Founding Kingdoms Jan. 7, 2011
6. 1.5 The Life and Times of Penda I Jan. 8, 2011
7. 1.6 The Life and Times of Penda II Jan. 9, 2011
8. 1.7 Conversion Jan. 10, 2011
9. 1.8 Revival Jan. 11, 2011
10. 1.9 - 2: The Rise of Mercia Jan. 12, 2011
11. 1.10 - 3 The Mercian Supremacy Jan. 13, 2011
12. 1.11 - 4 Greater Wessex Jan. 14, 2011
13. 1.12 - 5a Pirates from the North Jan. 15, 2011
14. 1.13- 5 The Noble Wolf Jan. 16, 2011
15. 1.14 - 6 The Great Heathen Army Jan. 17, 2011
16. 1.15 - 7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival Jan. 18, 2011
17. 1.16 - 8 Reconstruction and defence Jan. 19, 2011
18. 1.17 - 9 Pillar of the Western People Jan. 20, 2011
19. 1.18 - 10 English Conquest Jan. 21, 2011
20. 1.19 - 11 His Years were full of Glory Jan. 22, 2011
21. 1.20 - 12 The last King in Jorvik March 12, 2011
22. 1.21 - 13 Another and last Golden Age March 15, 2011
23. 1.22 - 14 Aethelred the Unready and the Rising Tide March 27, 2011
24. 1.23 - 15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery April 9, 2011
25. 1.24 - 16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut April 22, 2011
26. 1.25 - 17 Cnut the Conqueror April 28, 2011
27. 1.26 - 18 Edward and the Rise of the Great men May 8, 2011
28. 1.27 - 19 Edward the Confessor May 15, 2011
29. 1.28 - 20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century May 19, 2011
30. 1.29 - 21 The Normans - a race unbridled May 22, 2011
31. 1.30 - 22 1066 and Goodbye to all That June 5, 2011
32. 22a Questions about Marriage, Law, Trade and Language June 5, 2011
33. 2.1 - 23 The Normans and Angevins 1066 - 1217 June 11, 2011
34. 24 Revolt of the Earls June 19, 2011
35. 24a The Anglo Saxon view of the outside world June 26, 2011
36. 25 Death of a Conqueror July 3, 2011
37. 26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade July 11, 2011
38. 27 Hateful to his People and Odious to God July 18, 2011
39. 28 The Lion of Justice July 24, 2011
40. 29 England in the reign of Henry I July 31, 2011
41. 30 Henry I - Barons, Warfare and Wales Aug. 7, 2011
42. 31 Henry I - Normandy and the Succession Aug. 14, 2011
43. 31a Anglo Saxon Questions - Church Conversion and Economy Aug. 28, 2011
44. 32 When Christ and his Saints Slept Sept. 4, 2011
45. 33 Anarchy II - Matilda's Big Chance Sept. 11, 2011
46. 34 Anarchy III - Resolution Sept. 18, 2011
47. 35 12th Century Life - A Knight's Tale Sept. 25, 2011
48. 36 Magnates and Churchmen Oct. 1, 2011
49. 37 12th Century Life - Village, Town and Trade Oct. 9, 2011
50. 38 Born of the Devil - the Angevins Oct. 16, 2011
51. 39 Ruling the Angevin Empire Oct. 30, 2011
52. 40 Bishop Trouble Nov. 6, 2011
53. 41 Murder in the Cathedral Nov. 10, 2011
54. 42 English Justice and the Invasion of Ireland Nov. 19, 2011
55. 43 The Greatest of all Monarchs Dec. 12, 2011
56. 43a Aelfthryth by Melisende of Outremer Dec. 12, 2011
57. 44 The Lionheart Dec. 17, 2011
58. 45 Packing the Bags Dec. 17, 2011
59. 46 Richard and the Road to Outremer Jan. 8, 2012
60. 47 The Fall of Jerusalem Jan. 15, 2012
61. 48 Richard and the Third Crusade Jan. 15, 2012
62. 49 Travel Chaos Jan. 22, 2012
63. 50 Defence of the Empire Feb. 4, 2012
64. 51 The Fouler Presence of John? Feb. 11, 2012
65. 52 John Softsword Feb. 18, 2012
66. 52a Eleanor of Aquitaine by Melisende Feb. 26, 2012
67. 53 Torn Apart - the Loss of an Empire March 11, 2012
68. 54 Fighting Back - A Bit March 17, 2012
69. 55 The History of Medieval Europe Part 1 March 25, 2012
70. 56 The History of Medieval Europe Part 2 March 31, 2012
71. 57 The Excommunicate April 6, 2012
72. 58 Tyranny and Death April 21, 2012
73. 59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant May 5, 2012
74. 3.1 - 60 The Plantagenets 1217 - 1399 May 7, 2012
75. 61 The minority of Henry III May 19, 2012
76. 61a Bannockburn by Zack Twamley May 19, 2012
77. 62 The Minority Abroad June 2, 2012
78. 63 The Last Great Justiciar June 23, 2012
79. 64 The Personal Rule of Henry III - Part 1 June 27, 2012
80. 65 Why was Henry III so unpopular? July 7, 2012
81. 66 The Road to Revolution July 15, 2012
82. 67 13th Century Life - Peasants Aug. 5, 2012
83. 68 13 C Life - Peasants fighting back...and Towns Aug. 5, 2012
84. 69 13th C Life - Merchants and Magnates Sept. 2, 2012
85. 70 13 C Lords, Knights and Gentry Sept. 8, 2012
86. 71 Enter the Leopard Sept. 15, 2012
87. 72 The Empire Strikes Back Sept. 22, 2012
88. 72a Result of the Silver Penny Prize Draw Sept. 30, 2012
89. 73 Return of the Jedi Oct. 6, 2012
90. 74 The Wheel of Fortune Oct. 13, 2012
91. 75 Nemesis Oct. 13, 2012
92. 76 The Personal Rule of Henry III Part 2 Oct. 21, 2012
93. 77 Reconstruction Nov. 10, 2012
94. 78 The Crisis in Wales Nov. 17, 2012
95. 79 Conqueror and Statesman Nov. 24, 2012
96. 80 In which we Dawdle Dec. 2, 2012
97. 81 The Great Cause Dec. 22, 2012
98. 82 The Sucker Punch Dec. 30, 2012
99. 83 Crisis Jan. 12, 2013
100. 84 War, Tournaments and Victory Jan. 19, 2013
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