Anglo Saxon England Podcast

About Anglo Saxon England Podcast

Series 1 is a concise social and political history of England from the 5th to 11th centuries. Series 2 is a social history how society and lordship worked during and directly after the migration period. It then looks at how that culture evolved, as the impact of economic development and the Viking invasions wrought changes in lordship and political structures. It looks also at the landscape - how it affected peoples' lives, how the Anglo Saxons shaped it in turn - and some of the marks ordinary people left for us to see today. And lastly, it considers whether the Norman conquest effected deep change or merely accelerated processes already underway. Sister series of The History of England podcast, with which is shares the contents of Series 1. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

David Crowther

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Sept 2015

Latest episode

25 Sept 2024

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Sept 2024

   3.4 Cerdic the Founder of England by Paul Harper

   Alfred the Great believed that the House of Wessex stretched back to the earliest days of Anglo Saxon England, to the early 6th century, and that the founder was a warrior - Cerdic. But Alfred was a master of propaganda, and was concerned to position Wessex as the most prestigous of all the kingdoms. So did Cerdic actually exist, or just another foundation story? Paul Harper set out to discover the truth. Find out more from Paul's book "Cerdic Mysterious Dark Age King Who Founded England" (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/CERDIC-Mysterious-Dark-Age-king-who-founded-England-Hardback/p/49849) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   14 Aug 2024

   3.3 Seasons

   How people in Anglo Saxon England viewed the seasons that meant so much to their health, happiness and survival. From the iron-bound Winter, to the freedom and bounty of summer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   3 Jul 2024

   3.2 The Fens - Home to Monsters and Hermits

   Marie Hilder talks about the 'English Holy Land' during the time of the Anglo Saxons - the landscape, monasteries and hermits -and the tale of Hereward the Wake. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

315 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

75 ratings

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