Chapter Eight: Twilight of the Anglo Saxons

This Chapter covers the eventful period from about 940 to 1066.

Cnut, AEthelred Unred, Edward the Confessor, Godwin. They’re all in here.

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  Chapter Eight – Twilight of the Anglo Saxons

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  302 – King Eadred

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  303 – Eric Bloodaxe

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  304 – A Kingdom Divided

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  305 – A Very Special BHP Valentine’s Day Episode

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  306 – King Eadwig

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  307 – Cleaning House

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  308 – A Thirst for Reform

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  309 – Size Doesn’t Matter (until it does)

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  310 – Political Theater

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  311 – Team Edward

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  312 – King Edward

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  313 – How to Make a Martyr

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  314 – Æthelred: Are You Ready?

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  315 – The Cracks in the Foundation

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  316 – The Old Guard

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  317 – A Culture of Corruption

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  318 – Chaos is a Ladder

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  320 – Our Wooden Wall

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  321 – Course Corrections

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  322 – We’re Absolutely Forked

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  PSA: Are We Dead?

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  323 – Brotherhood of the Wolf

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  324 – Law and Lawlessness

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  325 – From Bad to Worse

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  326 – The Year 1000

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  327 – Sail Away Sail Away Sail Away

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  328 – The St Brice’s Day Massacre

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  329 – Forkbeard

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  330 – The Purge

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  331 – Thoughts and Prayers

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  332 – The Jomsvikings

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  Teig O’Kane and the Corpse

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  333 – The Conquest of England

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  334 – No Cnut November

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  335 – Acts of Spasmodic Violence

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  336 – The End Is The Beginning Is The End

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  337 – The Rise of King Edmund Ironside

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  338 – The Fall of King Edmund Ironsides

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  339 – Cnut the Conqueror

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  340 – A Bit of a Cnut

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  341 – King Cnut of England

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  342 – King Cnut of Denmark and England

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  344 – Cnut’s Mad Lads

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  Bonus Episode: Slavery

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  345 – Building Blocks

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  346 – Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Drakkars

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  347 – Aggressive Diplomacy

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  348 – Ruling Hard or Hardly Ruling

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  349 – AElfgifu’s Tale

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  350 – A Tough Cnut to Crack

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  351 – Collapse

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  352 – Chaos

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  353 – Mother of the Year

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  354 – The West, after Cnut

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  355 – Double, Double Toil and Trouble

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  356 – Macbeth

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  357 – Walter Map’s Courtly Trifles

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  358 – King Harthacnut

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  The Witch of Fife

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  359 – Play Autocrat Games; Win Autocrat Prizes

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  360 – The Long Game

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  361 – W A Poet

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  362 – Meet the Godwins

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  363 – Treason!

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  364 – Reconciliation

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  365 – The Red Cliffs of Dover

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  366 – Move, or You Will Be Moved: Part 1

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  367 – Move, or You Will Be Moved Part 2

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  368 – Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 3

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  369 – Move or You Will Be Moved: Part 4

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  Bonus Episode from the Archive: The Poet’s Curse

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  370 – Breaking Bread

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  371 – Naked Ambition

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  372 – Hostile Takeover

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  373 – The First King

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  374 – Be Careful What You Wish For

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  375 – Life and Death Politics. But Mostly Death.

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  376 – Lost Years and Lost Lands

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  377 – The King of Wales

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  378 – Everybody is killing everybody else and no one is talking about it

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  379 – Everybody Is Killing Everybody Else And Nobody Is Talking About It: Part 2

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  380 – Everybody Is Killing Everybody Else And Nobody Is Talking About It: Part 3

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  381 – Weekend at William’s

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  382 – Bros Before Thrones

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  2021 Halloween Special

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  383 – The Death of King Edward

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  384 – King Harold Godwinson

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  385 – The Audacity of Boats

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  386 – God’s Messenger

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  387 – The Douche is Cast

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  388 – The Stupid Before The Storm

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  389 – The Tyrant and the Muddy Crossing

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  390 – Stamford Bridge

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  391 – The Battle of Hastings