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The British History Podcast

264 – The Lost Rebellion

The British History Podcast

Jamie Jeffers

Society & Culture, Courses, Documentary, Education, History

4.66.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the year 909 we get an odd entry from the Chronicle. “This year St. Oswald’s body was removed from Bardney into Mercia.” It’s an weird entry that caps a very strange section of the Chronicle. In the seven year period from 902 to 909 we’ve got three blank years, two star gazing entries, one […]

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0:00.0

Alright, so we're in, was the parliament room with about 40 people and so the for those of you who are playing the drinking game

0:06.8

That's about how many drinks are gonna need to take because

0:13.6

Let's do after three so one two three

0:20.2

And this is episode 264 the lost rebellion

0:24.5

I'm back. Thank you for being patient as we are away to London and then off air

0:30.0

Thanks to the inevitable flu that always follows London trips but illicit side

0:34.0

We had a great time and my in-laws absolutely loved it

0:37.5

In fact, I think my new father-in-law is still shaking off the hangover thanks to all the drinks people are buying them at the meetup

0:44.3

so well done team

0:47.1

In the year 909 we get an odd entry from the Chronicle

0:52.0

Quote

0:53.0

This year sink Oswald's body was removed from Bardney into Mercia and quote

0:58.9

It's a weird entry and it caps a very strange section of the Chronicle in the seven-year period from 902 to 909

1:07.1

We've got three blank years two stargazing entries one entry about Chester getting refurbished in 907 and then

1:15.8

Finally that discussion about what happened to the bones of St. Oswald in 909 and even for the Chronicle

1:22.8

That's pretty sparse

1:24.8

Now in the last episode you heard about that so-called refurbishment of Chester in 907 and you might have expected the Chronicle to call it the Battle of Chester

1:34.3

Since we know from other sources that this was a moment of real Mercy and triumph over the Danes

1:39.6

Thanks in part to some help from their little B friends

1:43.2

But for the Chronicle all of that was cut and it was just a minor tale of construction

1:49.3

It's odd well that other entry the one in 909 about the bones

1:54.9

Well, that's similar again the Chronicle only says quote this year

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