Category: Featured

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Ok, I know at the end of that last episode I kinda sorta promised you a fight. And we are definitely going to have one.

But we are pausing real quick to cover some SERIOUSLY good gossip…and possibly a murder?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

All of those promises Rufus made to be a better man had finally convinced God.  After about two months of being bedridden, the King finally recovered from his mysterious illness. 

And now that the Divine had delivered its side of the bargain… well, there was really no point to any of those promises anymore. So Rufus immediately set about invalidating all his penitential acts.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Rufus was once again the only brother in England.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

We don’t really know precisely what Henry got up to once he fled Mont Saint Michel. What few records we have are incomplete and some contradictory.  But from those records we /are/ able to glean some details… and when we take the accounts in total, what immediately becomes clear is that, just because Henry was in exile, it didn’t mean he had accepted his defeat. He had plans and he set them in motion. 

His first plan was to have sex.   Like… lots and lots of sex.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

After Robert kicked Henry out of Rouen, the Duke tried to restabilize his position in Normandy.

And his first move was to make an alliance with Robert of Belleme.