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This is a combination episode covering matters of economies and travel in the Dark Ages.
49 – Dark Age Economics
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48 – Dark Age Diets Combo Episode
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This is a combination episode focusing upon the food and drinks that the Anglo Saxons enjoyed.
47 – Was there an Anglo Saxon Invasion of Britain?
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Ok, so last week I left you on a bit of a cliffhanger. We talked about the invasion stories and I alluded to how some people don’t believe that there was an invasion, but I didn’t really go into a serious analysis of the evidence as it relates to it.
But worry not, this entire episode is going to consist of nerdy analysis as well as a story about a miracle that doesn’t seem particularly miraculous. So lets get into it!
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46 – Hengist and Horsa
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So to start with I’m going to try to compile the various accounts and stories we have of the Anglo Saxon invasion into a single narrative. As you might recall from prior episodes, this means that I’ll be drawing from some rather unreliable sources. But I think that telling the story in a single cohesive fashion will be useful. After that, I’ll break it down and we can discuss evidence supporting or contradicting the story.
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45 – Britain: The Last Outpost
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So today we’re going to do a forest view of what we’ll be talking about over the next few months. And then, after this episode, we’ll be getting down into the trees. I figure this is the best way for you to have a firm grasp of what is going on and what I’m talking about, since this is a pretty murky area of history.
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44 – Sources of Confusion
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Ok… the dark ages. This is going to be a hell of a project, so let’s talk about what we know, what we don’t and why. I want you to be able to trust the stories I’m telling you, and so it’s required that I let you know how unreliable damn near every source we have from this period is. Lately there’s been a rash of people complaining about how this podcast includes speculation. Well, if it bothered you in days of Romano-Britannia, you’re going to lose your minds over what we have coming. So lets talk about our ignorance!
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43 – Le Mort d’Arthur (Bonus Episode)
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Today we’re going to have a reading of Le Mort d’Arthur by Thomas Mallory, Book 1 Chapters 1 through 4. You can get a free Kindle copy of Le Mort de Arthur to read along with at Amazon.com.
Friend of the show, James Cartwright, was kind enough to do the reading for us. You can reach him at [email protected].
Additionally, if you like the music that we included in the background, credit goes to Kevin MacLeod.
42 – Wait, Where Are We? A summary of the history of Britain so far.
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Today we are going to be recapping the story thus far.
(History of Britain, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Welsh History, English History)
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41 – Chapter Two: The Birth of Britain
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Next week we will start our second season. So here’s a promo of what to expect! I hope you’re looking forward to it as much as I am. :)
40 – Scotcast Part Six
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Here we have the sixth and final episode of the Scotcast. This will bring us up to 410, where we are in the main podcast, and we will be able to continue forward into the dark ages!
(History of Britain, History of Scotland, Celtic History, Roman History)
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