The British History Podcast
Summary: The BHP is a chronological retelling of the history of Britain with a particular focus upon the lives of the people. You won’t find a dry recounting of dates and battles here, but instead you’ll learn about who these people were and how their desires, fears, and flaws shaped the scope of this island at the edge of the world. And some of those desires are downright scandalous. Click subscribe to view all the episodes.
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134 – The Power of Northumbria
This episode covers the years 670 to 685. The main characters are: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria - son of Oswiu, former hostage of the Mercians, and generally tough dude. King Wulfhere of Mercia - son of Penda, veteran warrior, and leader of a growing southern Hegemony. Queen AEthelthryth of Northumbria - Queen of Ecgfrith's, unhappy wife, and aspiring nun. Bishop Wilfrid - The most powerful man in the Northern Clergy Support the Show
This episode covers the years 670 to 685. The main characters are: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria - son of Oswiu, former hostage of the Mercians, and generally tough dude. King Wulfhere of Mercia - son of Penda, veteran warrior, and leader of a growing southern Hegemony. Queen AEthelthryth of Northumbria - Queen of Ecgfrith's, unhappy wife, and aspiring nun. Bishop Wilfrid - The most powerful man in the Northern Clergy
This one will focus on what you've learned during the Scotcast episodes! Good luck!
This one will focus on what you've learned during the Scotcast episodes! Good luck!
133 – Scotcast: Part Ten
We're covering all that mess between Northumbria and Scotland today. It should be a fun one! Degsastan, Bridei, Columba... they're all in there. I hope you enjoy it!
To start with, we have nine praise poems that tell us of a mighty king of Rheged named Urien, who reigned in the 580’s and 590’s. Urien was no slouch and from the records, it appears that his kingdom stretched all the way to the Solway and he was also given the title of “Defender of Aeon” or Ayrshire… so we’re talking about a king who controlled an enormous stretch of land that included territories on both sides of the Wall. Support the Show
Thanks again everyone, and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Bonus Episode – Anglo Saxon Childhoods
Thank you so much for being patient while I've been AWOL and handling a family emergency. You're the best! And I hope you enjoy this little extra. :)
Bonus Episode – The Anglo Saxon Ale Experiment
This one focuses on the time from Penda to Wulfhere. Good luck!
This one focuses on the time from Penda to Wulfhere. Good luck!
This episode will cover the years 506 to 584 and will focus primarily upon: King Brude (also known as King Bridie), the King the the Northern Picts … also referred to as King of Fortriu and St. Columba, the man credited with converting the Northern Picts… and lesser known monster expert. Alright… lets get to it. And today we’re going to talk about the last of the three Kings of Pictland whom the Pictish Chronicle has anything to say beyond how long they ruled. But before we begin, I want to make it clear that to a certain extent we are reading tea leaves and we only have a few sources to draw from. I’m going to do my best to stitch them all together for you but by and large this information is coming from scattered references in the Pictish Chronicle, Bede’s work, the Irish Annals and the Life of St. Columba. This really it. So we’re going to do the best we can and see what we can learn. Now as you recall from the last episode, we ended with the reign of the second of the three major Pictish kings… Nechtan the great…. And then, in 506, King Nechtan son of Erp died, and was succeeded by Drust Guthinmoch who reigned for 30 years. Then he was succeeded by Galanan who ruled for 12 years… and we know nothing about those two kings… but we do know that after Galanan died things went sideways.
