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Today we’re going to talk about Druids, who they were, and where our information comes from.
52 – DRUIDS! (Bonus Episode)
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51 – Dark Ages Feasting
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This is a combination episode covering everything to do with feasting in Anglo Saxon Britain!
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50 – The Denbighshire Hill Forts
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Today we have something pretty exciting. Listener Simon put me in contact with Erin Robinson and Fiona Gale, who are currently working on archaeological sites in Denbighshire north Wales, and they were kind enough to agree to speak to me via Skype. So today we are taking a break from our middle ages cultural discussion, and instead we have an interview on the Heather and Hillforts project… a project which focuses on a number of iron age hill forts.
I can’t tell you how fortunate we are to be able to talk with Erin and Fiona regarding their project in Denbighshire. The hillforts they’re working on are still somewhat mysterious and unknown. We are still learning a great deal about them and, with luck, we will be learning even more over the coming years. This is really a great opportunity for us.
If you’d like to learn more, or you like to find how to get involved, you can go to the websites I’ve listed below:
http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/heatherandhillforts
https://twitter.com/HeatherHillfort
And if you are in North Wales and see someone off-roading over one of these historic sites, please report them to the police. These are tremendously important sites and we need to do all we can to preserve them. After all, the damage these vehicles are doing can never be undone.
49 – Dark Age Economics
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This is a combination episode covering matters of economies and travel in the Dark Ages.
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.