Harold Godwinson: The Last Anglo-Saxon King

Tudors Dynasty

RedTop Media / Rebecca Larson

History

4.4 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we journey back in time—long before the Tudors—to the final days of the Anglo-Saxon era and the dawn of the medieval age with William the Conqueror's invasion. Who were these men, and how did they shape the course of history?

Paula's Website: https://www.threadstothepast.com/

Book shop mentioned: https://www.eastgrinsteadbookshop.co.uk/

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Host: Rebecca Larson

Guest: Paula Lofting

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0:00.0	The Tudors Dynasty podcast.
0:03.3	Hello and welcome back to the show.
0:05.4	I'm your host, Rebecca Larson, and today I'm very pleased to welcome to the show for the very first time, Paula Lofting.
0:11.6	Welcome, Paula.
0:13.4	Hi.
0:14.0	Hi. It's good to be here.
0:15.7	I'm so excited to talk.
0:16.8	I'm very excited.
0:17.7	Yeah, I'm excited to have you because today we're discussing a topic that I am very intrigued by, but don't know very much about it. And you have a book that is out or coming out soon called Searching for the Last Anglo-Saxon King, Harold Godwinson. Is it available now?
0:36.1	It changed. Yeah. Oh, it might not be in America, though. I think in
0:40.3	America, it's coming out at the end of April, maybe. I haven't checked recently, because they
0:46.3	always change the dates, but it's out in the UK and most other places, I think. I know somebody
0:53.2	who's got it from Italy, so. Oh, wonderful. Well, in the show notes, I think. I know somebody who's got it from Italy.
0:55.3	Oh, wonderful.
0:56.6	Well, in the show notes, I'll include links where people can find the book as well.
1:01.6	I really, I want to talk about Harold Godwinson because he is so overshadowed by other people of that time period.
1:08.3	And this is about bringing him to life a little bit.
1:11.3	Why don't you give us a little idea of who he was and maybe where he came from?
1:17.3	Yeah, so he was the son of Earl Gobwin, who was the son of a man, a feign called Wolfnav.
1:26.5	And Wolfnav was a very interesting character he was known for
1:30.6	burning the boats the king's boats in a fit of temper when he had an argument with um his uh with one of
1:41.4	the other guys who was the commanding the fleet and he got exiled.
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