1.18 - 10 English Conquest

The History of England

David Crowther

Europe, Queen, England, Medieval, Politics, Royal, History, Parliament, English, King, Modern, Early Modern, Monarchy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The story of a brother and a sister - Æthelflæd and Edward, and their bid to reclaim the lands of the Danelaw, the north and east of England being settled by the Danes. Northumbria had it's own problems with migration of Norse from Ireland.

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1:17.0	Episode 10, English Reconquest.
1:25.0	Last time we got to the end of Alfred, which brings us to the 10th century, which is surely one of the most forgotten
1:35.3	periods of English history that I confess I'm not sure how you measure these things.
1:40.4	But it's odd, because this is the time when England is finally formed.
1:45.0	And another thing, why is it that Edward the Elder, the King we're going to talk about today, doesn't even warrant a number? He quite clearly should be Edward the first.
1:55.8	So what's that all about then? I have sought answers. There are effectively none, though
2:01.3	there are plenty of theories around.
2:04.9	But before we launch into all the monarchs and all the death and destruction, blood and sweat
2:08.6	and all that, why don't we just settle back and think a bit about what's been going on in all the conquered lands,
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