The History of England
By David Crowther
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Podcast Description
A concise history of England in a weekly podcast. We follow English history all the way from the Anglo Saxon invasions at the start of the 6th Century.
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61a Bannockburn by Zack Twamley | -- | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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61 The minority of Henry III | -- | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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60 The Regency of William the Marshal | -- | 5/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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59 Magna Carta and the Death of a Tyrant | -- | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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58 Tyranny and Death | -- | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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57 The Excommunicate | -- | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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56 The History of Medieval Europe Part 2 | -- | 3/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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55 The History of Medieval Europe Part 1 | -- | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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54 Fighting Back - A Bit | -- | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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53 Torn Apart - the Loss of an Empire | -- | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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52a Eleanor of Aquitaine by Melisende | -- | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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52 John Softsword | -- | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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51 The Fouler Presence of John? | -- | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50 Defence of the Empire | -- | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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49 Travel Chaos | -- | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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48 Richard and the Third Crusade | -- | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean47 The Fall of Jerusalem | -- | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean46 Richard and the Road to Outremer | -- | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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45 Richard I - Packing up | -- | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clean44 Introducing Richard I | To most contemporaries, Richard I was a hero. Since then his reputation has suffered badly, until even Winston Churchill describes him as the worst of our Richards - which given the other two is going some. So we look at how history has treated the guy, h | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43a Aelfthryth by Melisende of Outremer | -- | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43 The Greatest of all Monarchs | -- | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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42 English Justice and the Invasion of Ireland | -- | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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41 Murder in the Cathedral | -- | 11/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40 Bishop Trouble | -- | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39 Ruling the Angevin Empire | -- | 10/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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38 Born of the Devil - the Angevins | -- | 10/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37 12th Century Life - Village, Town and Trade | -- | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36 Magnates and Churchmen | -- | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35 12th Century Life - A Knight's Tale | -- | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34 Anarchy III - Resolution | -- | 9/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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33 Anarchy II - Matilda's Big Chance | -- | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32 When Christ and his Saints Slept | -- | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31a Anglo Saxon Questions - Church Conversion and Economy | -- | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31 Henry I - Normandy and the Succession | -- | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30 Henry I - Barons, Warfare and Wales | -- | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 England in the reign of Henry I | -- | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28 The Lion of Justice | -- | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 Hateful to his People and Odious to God | -- | 7/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26 William Rufus, Normandy and the First Crusade | -- | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25 Death of a Conqueror | -- | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24a The Anglo Saxon view of the outside world | -- | 6/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 Revolt of the Earls | -- | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 William the Conqueror and the subjugation of England | -- | 6/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22a Questions about Marriage, Law, Trade and Language | -- | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 1066 and Goodbye to all That | -- | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 The Normans - a race unbridled | -- | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century | -- | 5/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19 Edward the Confessor | -- | 5/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 The End of the Danish Dynasty, Edward the Confessor and the Rise of the Great men | -- | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17 Cnut the Conqueror | -- | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut | -- | 4/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 Aetheled the Unready and the Rising Tide | -- | 3/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 Another and last Golden Age | -- | 3/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 The last King in Jorvik | -- | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 His Years though few were full of Glory | -- | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 English Conquest | -- | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 Unshakeable Pillar of the Western People | -- | 2/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 Reconstruction and defence | -- | 2/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 Alfred the Great and the fight for survival | -- | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 Pirates from the North - The Vikings | -- | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 Egbert - and almost England | -- | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5a The Heptarchy: Anglo Saxon England to 800: A supplementary episode | -- | 1/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 Offa and a Golden Age of Anglo Saxon England | -- | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 Wars and Laws | -- | 1/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2: The West Saxon Bretwalda | -- | 1/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1 Arrival of the House of Wessex | -- | 12/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 68 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
This is a SUPERIOR piece of work.
I listen to history podcasts on a daily basis to pass the time on my bicycle rides. I have worked my way through many of the offerings at the itunes site, but David's History of England is one of the best researched and logically presented compilations that is out there, regardless of subject matter. He interweaves several aspects of culture, economy and daily life into the contemporary renderings of each historical chapter that has the effect of giving the listener a more complete understanding of the events as they transpire. His style, as well as the quality of his observation, reminds me a good deal of Barbara Tuckman's works, but his occasional use of causal wit and understated commentary add a wonderful spice to his performances. He is of a quality that I hope upon his completion of this narrative, he undertakes another historical subject matter. He is altogether interesting, informative and entertaining - unfortunately very few of these podcasters can combine those attributes with proportion or skill to the degree that this gentleman seems to do so effortlessly.
Great Podcasts
I recommended these podcasts to my daughter in lieu of reading 7 pages of text on the History of England to support her reading of Beowulf for her High School English class. Sadly, the enjoyment I receive from listening to these podcasts was not fully appreciated and as such, she went with the 7 pages of text.
These are great Podcasts and I look forward every week to listening.
This podcast is great!
Now I know who William the Conqueror really was. Great contextual rendering and depth in a straight forward fashion
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