141 – King Aldfrith and St. Wilfrid
The British History Podcast
Jamie Jeffers
4.6 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2014
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Ok, when we left off, Bishop Wilfrid was jilted out of the Archbishopric of Canterbury, and instead Abbot Beorhtwald became Archbishop Beorhtwald. So Wilfrid readjusted and made an attempt to reunify the Bishopric of York and then head it up. But King Aldfrith didn’t agree and, presumably because the Wilfrid wouldn’t let it drop, he […]
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, this episode might sound a little different and it's because I'm on the road. |
| 0:03.8 | My Nanadie did surgery so I flew out here so I could be with her. |
| 0:07.7 | So Nanad, why don't you tackle the intro? |
| 0:09.9 | Oh, I've got to read that. |
| 0:13.1 | Yeah, hello. |
| 0:14.8 | Welcome to the British History Podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | My name is Molly. |
| 0:19.0 | And this is episode 141. |
| 0:21.6 | King Aldfred and Saint Wilfred. |
| 0:24.4 | Now as you know, this show is free and independent due to member support. |
| 0:28.1 | And as thanks for helping keep the community going, I offer members only content such |
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| 0:40.9 | And thank you very much to Oliver, Christopher and Nanadie for contributing already. |
| 0:46.4 | Alright, I don't think I need to tell you who the main characters are. |
| 0:49.9 | You can just have a look at what the title of the episode is. |
| 0:52.9 | So let's get right into it. |
| 0:54.8 | And when we last left off, Bishop Wilfred was jilted out of the Archbishopric of Canterbury. |
| 1:00.4 | And instead, Abbott Beartwald, the abbott of Rikolver, had become Archbishop Beartwald. |
| 1:08.0 | So that did not sit entirely well with Wilfred. |
| 1:10.8 | However, he just readjusted and made an attempt to reunify the Bishopric of York with |
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