Welcome to the British History Podcast. My name is Jamie and this is Episode 183, Rodinar's

Siege of Paris.

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Okay, so I got an email this week asking as we're going to be talking about Rodinar,

and I'd be nice about the history channel's Vikings. This isn't the first email I've

received asking for this. Apparently, a lot of you are very attached to that show and

my thought on it is this. I watched the superhero television show Arrow and I know it's not

good. I know the melodramatic writing can be cringe-worthy and I know that many of my

friends make fun of me for watching it, but I watch it anyway because sometimes you

just happen to like something that you know is crap. Liking Arrow doesn't make me a

bad person, but it also doesn't make Arrow high-concept art. And you aren't a bad person

for liking Vikings, but it also doesn't make Vikings historically sound. We're even

written well. Seriously, that show has some of the worst mustache twirling I've ever seen,

and I watch Arrow on purpose. So there you go. No, I'm not going to be nice about Vikings,

but you don't have to feel bad about it if you watch it anyway. You do you.

Alright, onto history, the 845 Siege of Paris. This is a big event for medieval Western

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