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“If once you have paid him the Dane-geld, You never get rid of the Dane.”Rudyard KiplingThe winter of 406-407 was bitterly cold across Europe. The Rhine froze over, enabling hordes of Vandals, Alans - I love the fact that there was a tribe of Alans - and Suebi to make their way across the river, and into the Roman empire. They were violent with hunger, from the cold and greedy for what they had admired for so long on the other side.The response from Rome was slow, weak and inadequate.In Britain, Rome had already lost the north and west to warlords. The Roman armies in Britain, who, at best, had been paid with debased money, feared these Germanic tribes would cross into Britain next, so, led by Constantine III, who declared himself “Western Roman Emperor”, they made their way across the Channel and into Gaul, leaving ‘Britannia' to fend for itself. We do not really know if it was Rome that gave up Britain, or Britain that gave up Rome, but, either way, the Dark Ages had well and truly begun.Gold , silver and bronze coins had been widespread under the Romans. They were used to pay taxes, and often re-minted to pay the army and the civil service. But after Constantine III's departure, few coins were either minted or imported. Judging by the numerous hoards found from the period, many people buried their money - presumably to keep it safe in this unruly new environment of no military protection and merciless invasion from Angles, Saxons and other tribes from the continent. With the lack of new supply, existing coins were re-used. Clipping - cutting off the edges to steal metal - became widespread. The previously vigorous late Roman monetary system crumbled. It was not for another 200 years that minting properly started up again.The Anglo-Saxon invaders initially used gold more for adornment rather than as currency. Though there are examples of earlier Anglo-Saxon coins, King Eadbald of Kent was the first Anglo-Saxon whose name we actually know to mint coins. This was around 625AD - small, gold coins called scillingas (shillings), modelled on coins from France. Numismatists now call them thrymsas.As the century progressed, these coins grew increasingly pale, until there was very little gold in them at all. From about 675, small, thick, silver coins known as sceattas came into use in all the countries around the North Sea, and the gold shilling was superseded by the silver penning, or penny. As money, gold fell out of use almost altogether, though silver had something of a boom.It is thought the word ‘penny', like the German ‘pfennig' derives from the pans into which the molten metal for making them was poured. ‘Pfanne' is the German for ‘pan'. Another theory is that it derives somehow from the denarius, as the symbol for the penny used to be the d. Likely a bit of both.The Mercian King Offa, he of dyke fame, who reigned for almost 40 years from 757 to 796, must be one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings, certainly the greatest of the 8th century. As well as his dyke, which protected his kingdom from Welsh invaders, and provided a barrier by which he could collect duties, he is credited for the widespread adoption of the silver penny and pound as a unit of account (though the pound was in use before his reign, he still gets the credit). His coins, with portraits and intricate designs, were as accomplished as anywhere in Europe at the time. His system, though probably imported from Charlemagne and the Franks, for reasons which will become clear, almost certainly dates back to the Romans. 12 silver pence equalled a scilling. 20 scillingas, or 240 pennies (12 x 20), equalled a pound weight of silver. Thus did the pound we still use today get its name - it was, simply, a pound weight of sterling silver.The Latin word for a "pound" is libra and the pound sign, £, is a stylized writing of the letter L. The d meanwhile used for pence comes from the Latin denarius. The roots of the British system of money are Roman.Offa's system remained standard until at least the 16th century and, in many ways, until decimalization in 1971. You had to add up each unit of currency separately in this format: £3.9.4, which would be spoken "three pounds, nine shillings and four pence," or "three-pounds, nine and four." To add, you would calculate each unit separately, then convert pence to shillings, leaving leftover pence in the right column. Then convert the shillings to pounds (with leftover shillings in the middle column). And then add up the total pounds. It sounds complicated when you explain it, especially to those oriented in metric, but, like all traditional measures, it is quite intuitive in practice.On this note, have you seen my lecture about weights and measures? It's superb! Offa's systems were gradually consolidated over the subsequent centuries, especially as the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain began to merge. In the 860s, for example, the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex formed an alliance by which coinage of a common design could circulate through both of their lands.The Viking invaders found coinage systems far more sophisticated than their own, and the Danegeld, the protection money with which they were bought off, was paid in silver pennies. I had always thought the “geld” in Danegeld meant “gold” but in fact it means yield, and the Viking invaders demanded this tribute wherever in Europe they ravaged.Buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times? I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.The Danegeld system was quite efficient - on both sides. For the invaders, they were often paid more than they could raise by looting, without having to fight. For the locals, the ravaging was avoided, although, as Rudyard Kipling noted in his poem on the subject, “if once you have paid him the Dane-geld, You never get rid of the Dane.”The Danegeld probably also motivated improvements to Anglo-Saxon coinage. To pay his own soldiers, to build forts and ships, and to pay Danegeld, Alfred the Great increased the number of mints in his realm to at least 8. His successor Athelstan had 30 and, to keep order, passed a law in 928 stating that England should have just one currency. Ever since, there has been just one. This was many centuries before standardisation in France, Germany, or Italy.When William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066, he succeeded where his Viking ancestors had failed for over 270 years, in that he managed to conquer all of England. It meant he took control of English coinage, which was far superior to that of his homeland. William's coins, struck back in Normandy, are remarkable for how poor they are, compared to their English counterparts.He had at least seven types of English pennies struck with his name on, enabling him to achieve the rebrand that was so important to him. No longer was he William the B*****d, as he was then known. Now he was William the Conqueror. He let the world know through his coins. It worked: that is how we still know him today.It is a little ironic that the pound should be so named for its silver. Because, from the time of Isaac Newton and the founding of the Bank of England, silver had very little to do with the pound. Only gold.That story is told here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

“If once you have paid him the Dane-geld, You never get rid of the Dane.”Rudyard KiplingThe winter of 406-407 was bitterly cold across Europe. The Rhine froze over, enabling hordes of Vandals, Alans - I love the fact that there was a tribe of Alans - and Suebi to make their way across the river, and into the Roman empire. They were violent with hunger, from the cold and greedy for what they had admired for so long on the other side.The response from Rome was slow, weak and inadequate.In Britain, Rome had already lost the north and west to warlords. The Roman armies in Britain, who, at best, had been paid with debased money, feared these Germanic tribes would cross into Britain next, so, led by Constantine III, who declared himself “Western Roman Emperor”, they made their way across the Channel and into Gaul, leaving ‘Britannia' to fend for itself. We do not really know if it was Rome that gave up Britain, or Britain that gave up Rome, but, either way, the Dark Ages had well and truly begun.Gold , silver and bronze coins had been widespread under the Romans. They were used to pay taxes, and often re-minted to pay the army and the civil service. But after Constantine III's departure, few coins were either minted or imported. Judging by the numerous hoards found from the period, many people buried their money - presumably to keep it safe in this unruly new environment of no military protection and merciless invasion from Angles, Saxons and other tribes from the continent. With the lack of new supply, existing coins were re-used. Clipping - cutting off the edges to steal metal - became widespread. The previously vigorous late Roman monetary system crumbled. It was not for another 200 years that minting properly started up again.The Anglo-Saxon invaders initially used gold more for adornment rather than as currency. Though there are examples of earlier Anglo-Saxon coins, King Eadbald of Kent was the first Anglo-Saxon whose name we actually know to mint coins. This was around 625AD - small, gold coins called scillingas (shillings), modelled on coins from France. Numismatists now call them thrymsas.As the century progressed, these coins grew increasingly pale, until there was very little gold in them at all. From about 675, small, thick, silver coins known as sceattas came into use in all the countries around the North Sea, and the gold shilling was superseded by the silver penning, or penny. As money, gold fell out of use almost altogether, though silver had something of a boom.It is thought the word ‘penny', like the German ‘pfennig' derives from the pans into which the molten metal for making them was poured. ‘Pfanne' is the German for ‘pan'. Another theory is that it derives somehow from the denarius, as the symbol for the penny used to be the d. Likely a bit of both.The Mercian King Offa, he of dyke fame, who reigned for almost 40 years from 757 to 796, must be one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings, certainly the greatest of the 8th century. As well as his dyke, which protected his kingdom from Welsh invaders, and provided a barrier by which he could collect duties, he is credited for the widespread adoption of the silver penny and pound as a unit of account (though the pound was in use before his reign, he still gets the credit). His coins, with portraits and intricate designs, were as accomplished as anywhere in Europe at the time. His system, though probably imported from Charlemagne and the Franks, for reasons which will become clear, almost certainly dates back to the Romans. 12 silver pence equalled a scilling. 20 scillingas, or 240 pennies (12 x 20), equalled a pound weight of silver. Thus did the pound we still use today get its name - it was, simply, a pound weight of sterling silver.The Latin word for a "pound" is libra and the pound sign, £, is a stylized writing of the letter L. The d meanwhile used for pence comes from the Latin denarius. The roots of the British system of money are Roman.Offa's system remained standard until at least the 16th century and, in many ways, until decimalization in 1971. You had to add up each unit of currency separately in this format: £3.9.4, which would be spoken "three pounds, nine shillings and four pence," or "three-pounds, nine and four." To add, you would calculate each unit separately, then convert pence to shillings, leaving leftover pence in the right column. Then convert the shillings to pounds (with leftover shillings in the middle column). And then add up the total pounds. It sounds complicated when you explain it, especially to those oriented in metric, but, like all traditional measures, it is quite intuitive in practice.On this note, have you seen my lecture about weights and measures? It's superb! Offa's systems were gradually consolidated over the subsequent centuries, especially as the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain began to merge. In the 860s, for example, the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex formed an alliance by which coinage of a common design could circulate through both of their lands.The Viking invaders found coinage systems far more sophisticated than their own, and the Danegeld, the protection money with which they were bought off, was paid in silver pennies. I had always thought the “geld” in Danegeld meant “gold” but in fact it means yield, and the Viking invaders demanded this tribute wherever in Europe they ravaged.Buying gold to protect yourself in these uncertain times? I recommend The Pure Gold Company. Pricing is competitive, quality of service is high. They deliver to the UK, US, Canada and Europe or you can store your gold with them. More here.The Danegeld system was quite efficient - on both sides. For the invaders, they were often paid more than they could raise by looting, without having to fight. For the locals, the ravaging was avoided, although, as Rudyard Kipling noted in his poem on the subject, “if once you have paid him the Dane-geld, You never get rid of the Dane.”The Danegeld probably also motivated improvements to Anglo-Saxon coinage. To pay his own soldiers, to build forts and ships, and to pay Danegeld, Alfred the Great increased the number of mints in his realm to at least 8. His successor Athelstan had 30 and, to keep order, passed a law in 928 stating that England should have just one currency. Ever since, there has been just one. This was many centuries before standardisation in France, Germany, or Italy.When William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in 1066, he succeeded where his Viking ancestors had failed for over 270 years, in that he managed to conquer all of England. It meant he took control of English coinage, which was far superior to that of his homeland. William's coins, struck back in Normandy, are remarkable for how poor they are, compared to their English counterparts.He had at least seven types of English pennies struck with his name on, enabling him to achieve the rebrand that was so important to him. No longer was he William the B*****d, as he was then known. Now he was William the Conqueror. He let the world know through his coins. It worked: that is how we still know him today.It is a little ironic that the pound should be so named for its silver. Because, from the time of Isaac Newton and the founding of the Bank of England, silver had very little to do with the pound. Only gold.That story is told here: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theflyingfrisby.com/subscribe

How frustrated would you feel if you were the first King of a united England, but practically no one knows who you were? This week we will be trying to do our part to address this injustice by talking about the life and times of King Athelstan. A man who took the chances that were presented to him in order to create a brand new country.With a good quota of vikings, many a fortunate death along the way and some of the most difficult to pronounce names we have come across in a while, join us to learn about this important Wessex monarch.Now if only we could figure out where we left him....Guest Host: Ollie Green Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Battle of Brunanburh took place in 937, and is often referred to as the battle that made England. But there are a LOT of questions about that battle, including how it played out and where it took place. Research: “Battle of Brunanburh.” The Anglo Saxons. https://www.theanglosaxons.com/battle-of-brunanburh-poem/ Anderson, Anne. “Battle of Brunanburh: The Site Argument.” Liverpool Daily Post. Sept. 18, 1937. https://www.newspapers.com/image/891771637/?match=1&terms=brunanburh Blakemore, Erin. “England Was Born on This Battlefield. Why can't historians find it?” National Geographic. May 24, 2023. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/battle-of-brunanburh-england-anglo-saxon-victory?loggedin=true&rnd=1725286067852 Bolton, W. F. “‘Variation' in The Battle of Brunanburh.” The Review of English Studies, vol. 19, no. 76, 1968, pp. 363–72. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/512805 Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Athelstan". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Athelstan Castelow, Ellen. “Battle of Brunanburh 937AD.” Historic UK. Nov. 25, 2014. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Battle-of-Brunanburh/ Cavill, P. (2022). The Battle of Brunanburh: The Yorkshire Hypothesis. English Studies, 104(1), 19–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2022.2154045 Cavill, Paul. “Vikings: Fear and Faith in Anglo-Saxon England.” Harper Collins. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/-sczsteve/Cavill_2001.pdf “The Danes in Lancashire, or the Battle of Brunanburh, and the Probable Locality of the Conflict.” Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advisor. Jan. 17, 1857. https://www.newspapers.com/image/392902369/?match=1&terms=brunanburh Halloran, Kevin. “The Brunanburh Campaign: A Reappraisal.” The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 84, no. 218, 2005, pp. 133–48. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25529849 Hardwick, Charles. “Where was the Batt;e of Brunanburh fought?” The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser. July 12, 1856. https://www.newspapers.com/image/392945292/?match=1&terms=brunanburh Livingston, Michael. “Never Greater Slaughter: Brunaburh and the Birth of England.” Osprey. 2021. Loxton, Alice. “What happened at the Battle of Brunanburh?” History Hit. Oct. 25, 2019. https://www.historyhit.com/what-happened-at-the-battle-of-brunanburh/ McDonald, J.E. “Stockport and the Battle of Brunanburh.” Wimslow and Alderley and Knutsford Advertiser. Sept. 22, 1933. https://www.newspapers.com/image/887178425/?match=1&terms=brunanburh Neilson, Geo. “Brunanburh and Burnswork.” The Scottish Historical Review, vol. 7, no. 25, 1909, pp. 37–55. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25518148 Sartore, Melissa. “Who was the first king of England? The answer is … complicated.” National Geographic. May 2, 2023. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/first-king-of-england-aethelstan?loggedin=true&rnd=1725286069300 Whitelock, Dorothy. "Alfred". Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Aug. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-king-of-Wessex WIRRAL ARCHAEOLOGY. “The search for the Battle of Brunanburh, is over.” Liverpool University Press Blog. October 21, 2019. https://liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2019/10/22/the-search-for-the-battle-of-brunanburh-is-over/ “Wirral Archaeology and the Search for the Battle of Brunanburh.” Wirral Archaeology. https://www.wirralarchaeology.org/pages/wirral-archaeology-and-the-search-for-the-battle-of-brunanburh/ “Walton-Le-Dale in the Olden Time.” The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser. June 20, 1863. https://www.newspapers.com/image/392939927/?match=1&terms=brunanburh Wood, M. (2013). Searching for Brunanburh: The Yorkshire Context of the ‘Great War' of 937. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 85(1), 138–159. https://doi.org/10.1179/0084427613Z.00000000021 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Off-road trails inject new life into Mercer County tourism…Applications are open for the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program…and hike with a pack goat on the Greenbrier River Trail…on today's daily304.   #1 – From METRO NEWS – Mercer County leaders recently celebrated the 13th anniversary of the Pocahontas Trail System of the Hatfield-McCoy Trails. The Pocahontas trails have helped muster in a slow rebirth in the western part of Mercer County after years of decline in the coal industry. “Typically we'd have folks open up a cabin here or a cabin there or expand their existing business. Now, we're starting to see some larger investments like resorts which are four to six million dollar investments. Those are great for our area creating jobs and other opportunities for our local communities,” said Chris Zeto with the Hatfield-McCoy Trails. A ride from Bluefield to Bramwell on U.S. Route 52 will confirm the assertion. Every mile or two reveals signs catering to trail riders with lodging, ATV repairs, dealerships, restaurants or other services oriented directly to off-road enthusiasts. To get your permit or learn more, visit trailsheaven.com. Read more: https://wvmetronews.com/2024/05/27/trail-system-continues-to-draw-visitors-and-investment-to-southern-w-va/   #2 – From WESTVIRGINIA.GOV –  The West Virginia Department of Economic Development and West Virginia Office of Energy announce the release of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) program for local governments and nonprofits to implement energy efficiency retrofits. WVOE plans to offer 35 energy efficiency retrofit grants of up to $37,000 for local governments and 14 energy efficiency retrofit grants of up to $25,000 for rural communities serving nonprofits that improve energy efficiency and reduce energy expenses. Applications are due by June 14, 2024, and can be found at energywv.org/eecbg. Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/wv-department-of-economic-development-and-wv-office-of-energy-announce-applications-are-open-for-the-energy-efficiency-and-conservation-block-grant-program/   #3 – From THE REAL WV – Meet Aaron Coleman, the man who traverses the Greenbrier River Trail with his three American Alpine pack goats, Ragnar, Athelstan, and Floki.  Coleman is the founder of The Greenbrier Goat, a pack-goat touring company for cyclists and day hikers. He aspires to open up the majesty and wonder of the Greenbrier River Trail to all people, helping to make the trail and a day camping excursion experience accessible to those with physical disabilities. Coleman works closely with the Forest Service, the West Virginia Department of Tourism, and the Small Business Development Center. The Department of Tourism linked Coleman with Cranberry Adventures, whom he cites as his “in-state mentor,” as they also use animals to help people explore Appalachian forest trails.  “We could give a chance for a group of people with less mobility, younger or older, a destination on the river trail that they could strive for that's accessible, and they could roll into the goat powered base camp and have a safe haven, first aid, cold water, and just a place to have shelter. And meet a pack goat,” he said. You can find The Greenbrier Goat on Facebook. Read more: https://therealwv.com/2024/05/17/pack-goating-up-the-river-trail-with-the-greenbrier-goat/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, was a great king who united what was once a collection of petty Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into one vast English domains. Having brought together rival polities with a history of fractious relations into a unified whole, Athelstan needed to centralise government if he was going to keep the crown on his head and hold England together. Anglo-Saxon rulers had often consulted their senior nobles and clergy in councils. With Athelstan's rule came the emergence of a national form of this council, the Witan, an early precursor to Parliament, and one of the first forms of English government.In this episode of Gone Medieval - the final part of our mini-series on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England - Matt Lewis talks to Dr. Levi Roach about the Witan, and whether it can be considered to be the first form of English governance. This episode was edited by Ella Blaxill and produced by Rob Weinberg.Enjoy unlimited access to award-winning original documentaries that are released weekly and AD-FREE podcasts. Get a subscription for £1 per month for 3 months with code MEDIEVAL - sign up here.You can take part in our listener survey here.

El siglo IX contempló a la cristiandad latina asediada en todos sus frentes por las Segundas Invasiones. Desde el Sur los piratas sarracenos atacaban la mismísima Roma; en el Este los magiares recorrían a su antojo el continente; por último, llegados del Norte, noruegos y daneses sometían a un continuo saqueo las costas francas y británicas. Fueron estos últimos quienes pusieron la mirada sobre una Gran Bretaña dividida en multitud de reinos que se enfrentaban entre sí por la hegemonía en la isla. Allí llegarían para expoliar aldeas, monasterios, iglesias, granjas, ciudades y fortalezas; pero no sólo buscaron el saqueo, sino que también optaron por la conquista y la colonización, haciendo caer ante su empuje a las monarquías de Northumbria, East Anglia y Mercia. Sólo uno de los antiguos 7 reinos anglosajones de la Isla consiguió sobrevivir: Wessex. El reino de los sajones occidentales había conseguido expandir sus fronteras hasta convertirse en la potencia hegemónica de la región, pero nada iba a frenar a los vikingos. Los aguerridos daneses, crecidos tras hacerse con Northumbria, East Anglia y Mercia pretendían también conquistar Wessex; seguramente lo habrían conseguido de no ser por las reformas emprendidas por el rey Alfredo el Grande; un rey que nadie pudo sospechar que llegase a ostentar la corona y, menos aún, salvase al reino de la destrucción. Pero no solo salvo a Wessex, sino que cimentó el poder de los sajones occidentales, haciéndose intitular rey de los anglosajones, sentando un claro precedente y dejando las estructuras necesarias para que en la siguiente centuria su nieto, Athelstan, pudiera gobernar directamente todas las tierras que un día formaron la Heptarquía Anglosajona, reuniendo bajo su persona a todos los pueblos que San Beda el Venerable definió como ingleses. Alfredo no sólo se preocupó por defender al reino mediante el uso de las armas, considerando las incursiones vikingas como un castigo divino se preocupó por convertirse en un rey sabio que trataba de mejorar el estado espiritual y cultural de su reino. Si te gusta el contenido puedes dejar un me gusta y un comentario, así ayudáis al crecimiento del programa. También nos podéis apoyar a través de la pestaña «Apoyar» con una suscripción mensual o través de Bizum. ¡Muchísimas gracias! BIZUM: +34 614 23 58 90 Síguenos en: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElScriptorium TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elscriptorium Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scriptoriumpodcast Telegram: https://t.me/ElScriptorium Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elscriptorium/ Contacto: scriptoriumpodcast@protonmail.com Bibliografía: - Shipley Duckett, E. (1956). Alfred the Great. The King and his England. University of Chicago Press. - Guenther Discenza, N. y Szarmach, P. (2014). A Companion to Alfred the Great. Brill. - Anlezark, D. (2017). Alfred the Great. Amsterdam University Press. - Abels, R. (2013). Alfred the Great. War, kingship and culture in anglo-saxon England. Routledge. - Rodríguez de la Peña, M.A. (2008). Los Reyes Sabios: Cultura y poder en la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media. Actas. Música: - "Danza Inglesa Siglo XIII" - Artefactum - "Ancient Stone" - Crypt of Insomnia - "In the Last Way" - Crypt of Insomnia - "Aethelfrith of Northumbria" - David Chas - "Lord, I Cry Unto Thee" - A. Arhangelskiy (Dr. Emiliyan Stankov) - "Saltarello" - Jordi Savall - "Eric the Brave" - Petite Viking - "Tierra de cinco reinos" - Jaime Heras - "In the Last Way" - Crypt of Insomnia - "CSM 34, El Icono Perdido" - Eduardo Paniagua - "Viking Formation" - Crypt of Insomnia - "Y de pronto...el invierno" - Jaime Heras - "Benedictus" - Zero Project - "Musikalisch-türckischer Eulenspiegel, 39. Sonatina à 5" - Simplicissimus Ensemble - "Musikalisch-türckischer Eulenspiegel, 41. Sarabanda à 5" - Simplicissimus Ensemble - "Ancient Stone" - Crypt of Insomnia - "Tierra de cinco reinos" - Jaime Heras - "Benedictus" - Zero Project - "The crusader's return" - Zero Project - "En un tiempo cogí flores" - Jaime Heras - "Saltarello I Siglo XIV" - Artefactum Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

If there was a huge asteroid hurtling toward Earth threatening to destroy life as we know it and you could see one more show before you die, what would it be? It can be anything you want - a show you've seen before, one that you wish you'd seen, or something you've made up entirely. What would be YOUR Last Show on Earth? This is the podcast in which we ask a special guest the big, BIG question that nobody ever needed or bothered to ask. Our guest this episode is George BlagdenGeorge Blagden is an English actor who has enjoyed a successful career in theatre, film who also enjoys a nice sideline in voiceovers and audiobooks.He is married to fellow actor Laura Pitt-Pulford and they have a young son called Arlo. He is best known for his role as Louis XIV in the French-produced television series drama Versailles as Grantaire in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables and Athelstan in the television series Vikings. He has narrated many audiobooks including the Penguin Classics audiobook version of Homer's The Odyssey and an immersive audiovisual tour for the Circus Maximus in Rome written by Margaret George for the BARDEUM mobile app. (We don't know what this is either). Theatre credits include Tartuffe, Into the Woods and the role of PJ in the 2018 revival of Stephen Sondheim's musical comedy, Company, at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End.(Disclaimer - Due to the nature of the George's Last Show choice this episode does feature some very fruity language...apologies. If you are easily offended by the F word, please send your complaints to us and they will be duly ignored).Links:George's Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_BlagdenClips of George in Versailles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncAdzmaYgUwTrailer for the 2018 production of Company https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-vAv1VZuMgHosted by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerMusic written by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerMusic performed by John Owen-Jones, Alistair Brammer and John QuirkRecorded & edited by John Owen-Jones and Alistair BrammerA 2023 John Owen-Jones Associates Productionwww.johnowenjones.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

En el Siglo X, en la Isla de Gran Bretaña, divida en diversos reinos y sometida a los ataques de los nórdicos asentados en Irlanda y la Danelaw, el reino de Wessex se alzaba como el Estado más poderoso de los anglosajones. La centuria anterior, Alfredo el Grande ya demostró ser el único reino capaz de enfrentarse victorioso a los vikingos, llegando a intitularse como rey de los anglosajones. Su hijo, Eduardo el Viejo, logrará dominar de iure el vecino reino de Mercia y aumentar el poder de la corona de los sajones occidentales. Sin embargo, será el nieto de Alfredo, Athelstan, quien en la primera mitad del siglo logre la hegemonía sobre todos los pueblos que Beda el Venerable definió como ingleses, intitulándose por ello rey de los ingleses. Por ello, muchos lo han considerado el primer rey de Inglaterra, aunque lo más correcto es llamarlo primer rey de los ingleses. Si te gusta nuestro contenido podéis dejarnos un me gusta y un comentario, así nos ayudáis a seguir creciendo. También nos podéis apoyar a través de la pestaña «Apoyar» con una suscripción mensual. ¡Muchísimas gracias! Síguenos en: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElScriptorium TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elscriptorium?is_from_webapp=1&;sender_device=pc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scriptoriumpodcast Telegram: https://t.me/ElScriptorium Contacto: scriptoriumpodcast@protonmail.com Bibliografía: - Rosamund, S. (2011). Æthelstan: the dirst king of England. Yale University Press. - Hill, P.n (2004). The age of Athelstan: Britain’s forgotten history. Stroud: Tempus. - Roach, L. (2013). Kingship and consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978: Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages. Cambridge Universiry Press. - Rodríguez de la Peña, M.A. (2008). Los Reyes Sabios: Cultura y poder en la Antigüedad Tardía y la Alta Edad Media. Actas. Música: - “Danza Inglesa Siglo XIII” – Artefactum - “The Heptarchy” – David Chas - “Sutton Hoo” – David Chas - “The Mercian Hegemony” – David Chas - “Aethelstan, king of the English” – David Chas - “Alone on the edge of the dark” – Reip - “Fighting for York” – David Chas - “Concerto No. 4 in F minor, Op. 8, RV 297, Invierno” – Vivaldi (Esther García) - “Battle of Brunanburh” – David Chas - “Albinoni Adagio for orchesta” – Madi Composer - “Rising of the Wessex Wyvern” – David Chas - “The Vitruvian March” – Roger Subirana - “Handel Messia, 1 Symphony” – Musica in Armonia - “Ominous Classical Orchestal Waltz” – Cem Music Project - “Saltarello I Siglo XIV” – Artefactum Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Politips host Ed Castel deep dives into the remarkable reign of Aethelstan, the man recognised as the first King of England as well as the Anglo-Saxons themselves. Many key questions are answered: Who were the Anglo-Saxons? What were the seven kingdoms and how did the deal with Viking invasions? How are sources found? The reign of Athelstan: his rise and consolidation of power, his historic coronation, becoming ‘King of the whole of Britain', the Battle of Brunanburh and the birth of English national identity, his foreign and domestic policy, and his legacy Twitter - @kingsqueenspod Instagram - @kingsqueenspodcast Facebook - The Kings and Queens Podcast Email - thekingsandqueenspodcast@gmail.com For Politips https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/poli-tips Instagram and Twitter - @politipspodcast

Por:William Regal. A prática da Maçonaria, uma organização fraterna envolta em história e tradição, é anterior até mesmo à Bíblia Sagrada. É uma surpresa para muitos, então, que a Bíblia desempenhe um papel significativo nos rituais e cerimônias maçons. Isso levanta uma questão intrigante: por que uma instituição como a Maçonaria, que possivelmente existia antes do advento da Bíblia, a incorporaria a seus ritos? Raízes Históricas da Maçonaria O primeiro passo para entender isso envolve mergulhar nas raízes históricas da Maçonaria. A mais antiga menção registrada da Maçonaria está no manuscrito Halliwell, também conhecido como Poema Regius. O manuscrito, que se acredita ter sido escrito entre 1390 e 1425, menciona explicitamente a Maçonaria, muito depois da época de Cristo e da escrita da Bíblia. Outros documentos históricos, como o Manuscrito de Matthew Cooke, sugerem a existência da Maçonaria antes mesmo de a Bíblia ser escrita, ligando a organização a personagens bíblicos. Uma referência notável no Manuscrito Cooke traça as origens da Maçonaria até a sétima geração depois de Adão, um personagem da narrativa da criação do Gênesis. De acordo com este manuscrito, o filho mais velho de Lamech, Jabal, descrito como o primeiro a descobrir a geometria e a alvenaria, é considerado o primeiro maçom. A jornada histórica da Maçonaria continua com Euclides, o famoso matemático grego que viveu por volta de 350 a 250 antes do nascimento de Cristo e da redação do Novo Testamento. A Maçonaria então chegou à Inglaterra sob o reinado do rei Athelstan de 924 a 939 d.C. Mas a pergunta permanece: por que a Bíblia foi integrada à Maçonaria? A Maçonaria é menos sobre religião e mais sobre ensinamentos morais e éticos. A Bíblia, com suas ricas narrativas e lições de moral, fornece uma fonte universalmente reconhecida de tais ensinos. Durante os tempos do rei Athelstan e da escrita do Poema Regius, a religião era parte integrante da vida cotidiana. Todos os aspectos da vida eram influenciados por ensinamentos e cerimônias religiosas, tornando as lições de moral da Bíblia bem conhecidas e amplamente compreendidas. Essas lições morais da Bíblia foram ensinadas por séculos e alcançaram um status universal. Eles estão enraizados na história humana e são algo com o qual podemos nos conectar, independentemente de nossas crenças individuais. Portanto, o uso da Bíblia Sagrada na Maçonaria não visa promover o cristianismo ou salvar almas, mas transmitir lições de moralidade para promover melhores interações entre si e com toda a humanidade. Embora a Maçonaria esteja aberta a pessoas de todas as religiões, ela ainda pode usar a Bíblia Sagrada como guia ou modelo para ensinar essas lições morais. Esses ensinamentos, profundamente enraizados em nossa consciência coletiva, fazem parte de nossa história humana compartilhada. A universalidade dos ensinamentos morais da Bíblia permite que uma organização como a Maçonaria, que pode incorporar muitas religiões diferentes, possa usá-la com eficácia. A ênfase não está nos aspectos religiosos da Bíblia Sagrada, mas em seus ensinamentos morais que são verdadeiramente universais e estão enraizados na história humana há séculos, senão milênios. Em conclusão, a integração da Bíblia Sagrada na Maçonaria aponta para um foco em valores morais universais ao invés de doutrina religiosa. Essa perspectiva histórica não apenas fornece uma compreensão de por que a Bíblia Sagrada está presente na Maçonaria, mas também ressalta o apelo universal das lições de moral que transcendem as fronteiras religiosas. Apesar das lacunas na narrativa histórica, essa perspectiva oferece uma resposta convincente ao motivo pelo qual uma organização anterior à Bíblia viria a integrá-la tão profundamente em suas cerimônias e rituais. OBSERVAÇÃO Observe que este relato, embora baseado em documentos históricos e interpretações pessoais, não é de forma alguma exaustivo ou definitivo. A rica história da Maçonaria é complexa e multifacetada, e uma exploração mais aprofundada de sua relação com textos religiosos como a Bíblia pode produzir várias perspectivas e interpretações. Na verdade, a confluência da história, religião e moralidade dentro da Maçonaria convida a uma multiplicidade de pontos de vista. Os documentos e manuscritos históricos mencionados anteriormente, como os manuscritos de Halliwell e Cooke, embora inestimáveis, não oferecem um quadro completo das origens da Maçonaria ou de sua intricada relação com a Bíblia. Esses relatos, no entanto, fornecem informações valiosas e nos ajudam a tecer uma narrativa que dá sentido ao intrincado vínculo entre a Maçonaria e a Bíblia. Também é crucial entender que a presença da Bíblia na Maçonaria não a torna uma instituição religiosa, nem se esforça para propagar quaisquer crenças ou ideologias religiosas específicas. Em vez disso, usa os ensinamentos morais da Bíblia como uma ferramenta para imbuir seus membros com um senso de moralidade e responsabilidade ética. Esses ensinamentos, atemporais e universais, ressoam com indivíduos de diferentes religiões e origens culturais, tornando-os ideais para uma organização inclusiva como a Maçonaria. Além disso, a inclusão da Bíblia Sagrada na Maçonaria serve para destacar a aceitação de múltiplas fés pela organização. A Maçonaria, ao usar a Bíblia, permite a seus membros a liberdade de interpretar seus ensinamentos à luz de suas próprias inclinações religiosas ou filosóficas. Este aspecto da Maçonaria reflete seu compromisso com a tolerância religiosa e seu reconhecimento dos princípios morais compartilhados que sustentam várias fés. Incorporar a Bíblia Sagrada na Maçonaria não é afirmar um ponto de vista religioso singular, mas sim aproveitar os temas universais da moralidade presentes na Bíblia. Essa abordagem aumenta a universalidade da Maçonaria, permitindo que ela supere as divisões religiosas e culturais enquanto enfatiza os valores morais e éticos comuns. De certa forma, a integração da Bíblia Sagrada pode ser vista como o reconhecimento da Maçonaria da experiência humana compartilhada e a busca universal pela compreensão moral. Simboliza o compromisso da organização em promover um ambiente de respeito mútuo, tolerância e responsabilidade moral compartilhada. A história da relação da Maçonaria com a Bíblia, embora complexa e não totalmente compreendida, lança luz sobre o foco da organização nos princípios morais universais sobre o dogma religioso. É uma prova do apelo duradouro dos ensinamentos morais da Bíblia, seu amplo reconhecimento em diferentes culturas e religiões e sua capacidade de promover a compreensão e o respeito mútuos entre indivíduos de diversas origens. Pensamentos finais A presença da Bíblia Sagrada na Maçonaria ressalta o foco da organização na moralidade, sua aceitação da tolerância religiosa e seu compromisso de promover um senso de responsabilidade moral compartilhada entre seus membros. A história dessa relação, embora intrincada e multifacetada, oferece uma visão convincente do apelo universal da Maçonaria e sua relevância duradoura em um mundo diverso e plural. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/malhete-podcast/message

It is the 4th of May, 2023, two days before the coronation of King Charles III and the world's favourite spy has his work cut out for him… Bond is sent at the last minute to thwart an attempt to disrupt the Coronation by the wealthy, eccentric and self-styled Athelstan of Wessex, who is on a deadly mission of his own to teach the UK a lesson. Can Bond dismantle his shady plans and defeat his privately hired team of mercenaries?So begins the latest official James Bond 007 continuation novel, from Ian Fleming Publications.British author Roland Hulme and I have both released Youtube reviews of this latest 007 adventure. Mine is very brief with some footage of the coronation celebrations in Hyde Park. Roland's is a much deeper dive, where he shares his unique insights as a professional novelist. I ask him to further explain some of his points here. Please do check out his social media accounts, and Amazon profile:Roland Hulme on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rolandhulme/ Roland Hulme on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/rolandhulmeRoland Hulme on Amazon: Check out the "Knuckleheads Motorcycle Club" books. ***Message me anytime on Instagram, or e-mail: AlbionNeverDies@gmail.comCheck out my https://www.youtube.com/britishcultureCheck out my Red Bubble shopSomething that really is new is my newsletter. Several subscribers have their postcards and other little 'thank you's in the post, just randomly drawn from the list!Subscribe to my newsletter: https://youtube.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b3afdae99897eebbf8ca022c8&id=5165536616Support the show

The coronation of Charles III marks the end of an era. Although Charles will take an oath to follow God's law in the pattern of Athelstan, that is not the direction set anymore to this post Christian country. We take a moment to appreciate what God did for England over 1,000 years. This program includes: 1. The World View in 5 Minutes with Adam McManus (The Apostle of Greenland, Vermont promotes euthanasia tourism, 120,000 Peruvians march for life) 2. Generations with Kevin Swanson

The coronation of Charles III marks the end of an era. Although Charles will take an oath to follow God's law in the pattern of Athelstan, that is not the direction set anymore to this post Christian country. We take a moment to appreciate what God did for England over 1,000 years.--This program includes---1. The World View in 5 Minutes with Adam McManus -The Apostle of Greenland, Vermont promotes euthanasia tourism, 120,000 Peruvians march for life---2. Generations with Kevin Swanson

925-939 AD: After securing the throne from his grasping half brothers, King Athelstan goes on the offensive capturing Northumbira and starting a chain of dominos that would lead to the largest battle on Britian since classical timesSong:Night Crossing by Bleed From Within- Fracturewww.warandconquest.com warandconquestpcast@gmail.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUOD52RBg1BBm_zndE-DdA https://www.patreon.com/warandconquest https://www.facebook.com/warandconquestpcast https://www.instagram.com/warandconquestpcast/ https://twitter.com/warandconquest1 Venmo: @Warand Conquest https://www.twitch.tv/theproslayer7

Vikings: Season 3, Episode 2 "The Wanderer" Lagertha and Athelstan help to establish the Viking settlement in Wessex. Harbard, a mysterious wanderer, arrives in Kattegat, realising the forewarned dreams of Aslaug, Siggy and Helga.     Scorecard:  9.5/10    Feedback : blackgirlcouch@gmail.com (audio/written) Twitter: BlackGirl_Couch   Tumblr: slowlandrogynousmiracle  

Vikings: Season 2, Episode 6 "Unforgiven" King Horik returns to Kattegat with a surprising proposition for Ragnar. Lagertha runs into a less than enthusiastic homecoming from her new husband. Athelstan, struggling with his own inner demons, becomes confidant to King Ecbert.   Scorecard: 10/10      Feedback : blackgirlcouch@gmail.com (audio MP4 or written) Twitter: BlackGirl_Couch   Tumblr: slowlandrogynousmiracle  

Vikings: Season 2, Episode 5 "Answers in Blood" Lagertha and Ragnar unite once again and together fight to win Kattegat back from Jarl Borg. Aslaug must face the truth of her prophecies. Athelstan struggles to define his faith. Bjorn must once again make a choice. Scorecard:  9.7/10      Feedback : blackgirlcouch@gmail.com (audio MP4 or written) Twitter: BlackGirl_Couch   Tumblr: slowlandrogynousmiracle  

Por Patrick C. Carr O rei inglês do século X Athelstan tem sido referido como o "Rei Desconhecido", apesar de sua importância para a história inglesa pré-normanda, e na estima afetuosa que ele é mantido pelos maçons, onde seu nome é escrito sem a ligadura Æ. Mas de qualquer maneira, e apesar da familiaridade de seu nome, somos levados em muitas direções diferentes sobre quem ele era e qual é a sua importância para a Fraternidade. Embora Athelstan tenha recebido muito reconhecimento em todo o Rito de York da Maçonaria, muitos maçons não sabem praticamente nada sobre seu legado ou quem ele realmente era. Ele raramente, ou nunca mencionado no sistema da Loja Azul, mas seu legado é reservado para os órgãos anexos do Rito de York da Maçonaria. Um monte de desconhecimentos Os historiadores também são confrontados com muitas incertezas sobre Aethelstan. Sabemos quando ascendeu ao trono (em 924), e que sua ascensão foi contestada, adiando sua coroação até 925, mas não sabemos quando nasceu. A identidade e o status da mãe de Aethlstan são incertos e sua infância permanece em grande parte em branco; ele nunca parece ter se casado e provavelmente não deixou descendência. Após sua morte em 939, Aethelstan foi enterrado... em uma abadia em Wiltshire. Que Aethelstan conquistou a Nortúmbria, levou os governantes de outras partes da Grã-Bretanha a jurar lealdade a ele e derrotou duas vezes aqueles que ousaram se rebelar contra esses juramentos que podemos afirmar com confiança. Athelstan era geralmente reconhecido como o rei dos anglos e saxões, mas ele regularmente tomava o título de rei da Inglaterra, o primeiro uso desse título na história do Império Britânico. Athelstan significa literalmente pedra nobre, muito parecido com o trono em Kingston sobre o qual ele foi coroado e ungido com óleo sagrado em 924. Mesmo no século XIV, seu nome ainda era invocado quando a terra foi concedida: Esta terra e este galho eu te dou, Tão livre quanto Athelstan me deu, E eu espero que você seja um irmão amoroso. Athelstan herdou um reino grande e bem aumentado de seu pai. Ele parecia decidido a aumentar o reino que havia herdado. Ele esteve envolvido em vários grandes conflitos militares. Ele foi bem sucedido em derrotar o rei de York e seu aliado, o rei de Dublin. Ele capturou York com sucesso, mas foi atacado pelo norte em 937. Sua vitória bem-sucedida em Brunanburgh selou seu reino e criou uma paz longa e duradoura. Muitos anos após o conflito, a luta de Athelstan ainda era conhecida como a "grande guerra", muito parecida com a da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Sua família estava bem conectada, especialmente por meio de casamentos com o Reino da França e o Reino da Alemanha, bem como com a Província de Aquitane. Através dessas várias conexões, ele foi capaz de construir muitas conexões fortes e garantir que suas reformas e mudanças fossem implementadas. Ele criou uma moeda para o reino e renovou muitas das cidades. Ele também convocou muitas assembléias nacionais de bispos e senhores e impôs controles rígidos sobre compra e venda, além de criar um código uniforme de leis. É aqui que nossos ensinamentos maçônicos começam a se combinar para criar as lendas que apresentamos em nossos rituais. No século X, a política do reino anglo-saxão havia assumido uma forma duradoura. Para que o monarca garantisse a estabilidade, era necessário que ele agisse de maneira formal e deliberada. Ele reuniu um conselho de homens religiosos e sábios. Deste encontro viria o surgimento de uma monarquia centralizada que geraria o nascimento do serviço público, um judiciário e um parlamento representativo. O governo de Athelstan foi notado devido ao seu desejo de melhorar as reformas legais de seu avô, Eduardo, o Grande. Ele era conhecido como um colecionador de relíquias religiosas e gastou tempo e recursos na fundação de igrejas em todo o reino. Sua casa também era o centro do aprendizado de inglês durante todo o seu governo e a educação era uma das principais prioridades em sua cor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/malhete-podcast/message

Content warning - while we're not getting graphically gorey, this is an intense topic that still resonates with the challenges we face today in a society ruled by supremacy. Pay attention to your body and your needs, and if it's too much, pause or turn it off. Natalie + Naomi share how prosecuting witches was a marketing technique by the Protestant church to gain followers. You'll also hear about: What is - a witch, witchcraft, paganism, Wicca, a heretic, the Great Witch Hunts? The witch wound and the sisterhood wound  The link between the Great Witch Hunt and the Black Death  ♥♥♥ Join The Earth Speak Collective Membership! 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Andrew Stallings, Founder & President of the Athleo group dives into his journey to stating the group, representing athletes outside of the big 4 sports, and how those athletes are continuing to grow and evolve! For a limited time during 2022, use the code “LIFO” for 15% off one-time packs on sujajuice.com. Follow us on Instagram @lifeinthefrontoffice for sneak peaks of upcoming episodes and throwbacks to great content from past episodes! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lifeinthefrontoffice/message

Vikings: Season 1, Episode 8 "Sacrifice" The traditional pilgrimage to Uppsalla brings a torrent of emotions for Ragnar, Lagertha, and Athelstan; Athelstan discovers just how strong his Christian faith still is.     Scorecard: 8/10      Feedback : blackgirlcouch@gmail.com (audio MP4 or written) Twitter: BlackGirl_Couch   Tumblr: slowlandrogynousmiracle  

Despite the fundamental reality that the US exists thanks to a rebellion against the power of the British Crown in the 1700's, for the last century, the two dominant English-speaking powers have enjoyed a relatively positive geopolitical relationship. Whereas the US is younger, Britain has settled into the role of junior partner, as the daughter nation outstrips the parent in economic, military and cultural reach. And yet despite the commonalities between these two Anglo-Atlantic polities, there are also profound differences rooted in history. Chief among them, Britain, particularly England, has vastly more history than the US. The oldest church still in use in England, St. Martin's, dates to the last quarter of the 6th century AD, whereas the oldest building still in use in the continental US dates to 1610 AD, Santa Fe, NM's Palace of the Governors.   In this podcast episode, Razib discusses the history and culture of England with Ed West, author of the Wrong Side of History, an eminently writerly Substack that is ideal for a connoisseur of all things ancient (or at least medieval) and English. West, the author of many books on English history, expands on the importance of figures like Alfred the Great, Athelstan, the forgotten first true king of all England, and the Magna Carta, the document that set the template for later English political history, and possibly set the course toward the liberal democracy that dominates the world today. West also argues that Britain today has lost much of its distinctiveness as it becomes swallowed by America's cultural and political currents. He also contends that Britain is now importing subcontinental Hindu-Muslim rivalries into the British political system, as Hindus and Sikhs vote Conservative, while Muslims are aligned with Labour.

Lasting 900 years, the ‘Dark Ages' were between the 5th and 14th centuries, falling between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. Today's guest overturns preconceptions of the ‘Dark Ages' as a shadowy and brutal era, showing them to be a richly exciting and formative period in the history of Britain.For more than 40 years, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past, which have brought history alive for a generation. Michael joins Dan on the podcast for the 40th anniversary of his ‘In Search of the Dark Ages' - an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity.Alongside portraits of Boadicea, King Arthur, Alfred the Great, Athelstan, and William the Conqueror, the story of England is expanded further to include new voices on fascinating characters such as Penda of Mercia, Aethelflaed Lady of the Mercians, Hadrian the African, Eadgyth of England, and Wynflaed.If you'd like to learn more, we have hundreds of history documentaries, ad-free podcasts and audiobooks at History Hit - subscribe today! To download the History Hit app please go to the Android or Apple store. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we are travelling back to the ninth century to witness one of the major turning points in English history. Winston Churchill regularly tops ‘the greatest Briton of all time' charts, but his own vote for this accolade apparently went to the man we are going to discuss today. Alfred 'the Great' is the only English monarch to enjoy such an admiring epithet, his brother Athelstan is remembered as ‘the Unready' (although this meant poorly advised rather than unprepared), William I is either ‘the conqueror' or ‘the bastard' depending on your point of view – no other monarch's reputation has survived with a rosy glow. Our time travel today in the company of the world-renowned historian Michael Wood reveals exactly why Alfred is so well thought of. He takes us back to 878, a pivotal year in our history when, against all the odds, the Viking invaders were defeated, pushed out of Alfred's kingdom of Wessex and the geopolitics were set for the following centuries. Michael Wood's In Search of the Dark Ages: a History of Anglo-Saxon England 40th anniversary edition, is newly published by BBC Books. As ever, for more about this episode, head over to our website: www.tttpodcast.com Show notes Scene One: March 23rd Easter at Athelney, after Alfred's desperate guerrilla war in the Somerset marshes. Scene Two: 9th May, the Battle of Edington, Alfred defeats the Viking forces against all odds. Scene Three: 26th June Treaty at Wedmore which changed the course of the Viking wars and resulted in their leader, Guthrum converting to Christianity with Alfred as his godfather. Memento: Alfred's little commonplace book that he carried around with him, and perhaps had with him in the marshes. People/Social Presenter: Violet Moller Guest: Michael Wood Production: Maria Nolan Podcast partner: Ace Cultural Tours Follow us on Twitter: @tttpodcast_ Or on Facebook See where 878 fits on our Timeline

The boys are finally back from there hiatus and talking about one of history's great virgins, Athelstan If are listening on Spotify, please follow the show here. If you love the episode and the show, please leave us a 5 star rating and don't be afraid to leave a comment....Also the best way to grow the show is by word-of-mouth, so if you enjoy our episodes please share them with your friends, family, high school classmates you haven't seen in 5 years, the psychopaths on Reddit, and Addison Rae.  Connect with us here: Email: romewasntburnt@gmail.com Instagram: @romewasntburnt

We speak to the historian and broadcaster Tom Holland about his podcast The Rest Is History and their Twitter World Cup of Monarchs poll, discussing who were the greatest kings and queens of England and comparing our respective results. In particular, we spoke to Tom about Athelstan and Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians (both of whom Tom has written about) and why they are so important in English history. We also find out where Tom stands on the great question of Edgar the Peaceable, plus manage to sneak in a bit of Dunstan!You can follow Tom on Twitter where he is @holland_tom or his podcast @theresthistory See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ketika kita menyebut kata Freemason, otomatis bayangan yang pertama kali terlintas di pikiran kita adalah sebuah perkumpulan orang-orang berkuasa, yang menyimpan banyak cerita konspirasi. Tak heran, perkumpulan ini memang sering dijuluki sebagai organisasi persaudaraan paling tua di dunia. Ya, sesuai namanya, Freemason adalah perkumpulan tukang batu dan pembangun katedral yang berevolusi karena ideologi yang dipopulerkan oleh raja Inggris bernama Athelstan pada abad ke-10. Pada masa itu, dengan menjadi anggota Freemason, berarti seseorang telah menjadi orang terpandang. Karena itulah, Freemason sering beranggotakan ilmuwan dan negarawan Banyak rumor menjelaskan, bahwa Freemason sering disebut sebagai komplotan pemuja setan. Bahkan, sampai ada rumor yang menyebutkan mereka memiliki agenda politik untuk menggiring masyarakat dunia melawan ajaran agama. Menariknya lagi, banyak cerita yang mengatakan bahwa mereka memiliki campur tangan di banyak negara, termasuk juga Indonesia. benarkah demikian?

Why the Anglo-Saxons MatterAcclaimed historian and broadcaster Michael Wood tells fascinating tales from our early history: Augustine of Canterbury and the coming of Christianity, Theodore of Tarsus, the golden age of Northumbria, the Lady of the Mercians, Alfred, Athelstan, and the Norman Conquest; stories of men and women, kings and peasants, of the beginning of English literature and art, and the origins of England. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joseph Parker New Zealand professional boxer of Samoan heritage. A champion and a Viking warrior talks with Clive Standen and Amy Bailey on Moms vs. Fighters, Spit Buckets, and Training Like a Warrior.

Oliver Cromwell. Queen Victoria. George V. All contenders for the title of England's greatest monarch, a poll for which took place on a twitter over the last week. We know that Athelstan went on to win, but in this episode Tom and Dominic run through the sovereigns who fell at the first hurdle. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I dagens avsnitt bland annat: Regeringen vill införa vaccinpass från 1 december, iraniern Peyman Kia som jobbat på Säpo och Kontoret för särskild inhämtning häktas misstänkt för grovt spioneri, kung Athelstan av England vinner omröstning om Storbritanniens bäste monark genom tiderna, Bulletins medgrundare Paulina Neuding säljer sina aktier i företaget för 1 kr samt Kyle Rittenhouse frias på samtliga åtalspunkter https://radio.bubb.la/sondag-21-november-2021/ Länkar som diskuterades i dagens sändning: Regeringen föreslår införa vaccinpass för vuxna för inomhusevenemang med fler än 100 personer från och med den 1 december, Folkhälsomyndighetens generaldirektör Karin Tegmark Wisell förklarar att den låga smittspridningen skulle riskeras ifall man slår sig till ro, oppositionen är positiv till beslutet men Moderaterna kommenterar att de gärna sett att beslutet även skulle gälla för restauranger Över 500 JO-anmälningar inkommer mot Folkhälsomyndigheten och regeringen under fredagsmorgonen efter beslutet att införa vaccinpass, anmälare kallar införandet grundlagsstridigt, brott mot mänskliga rättigheter samt ett övergrepp mot hela befolkningen Österrike inför vaccinationskrav från och med februari 2022 och upp till 20 dagars nedstängning av landet från och med måndag efter rekordstort antal covid-19-fall, förbundskansler Alexander Schallenberg kommenterar att konsensus tidigare varit att lagkrav inte behövs men att man måste förhålla sig till verkligheten Gibraltar ställer in alla offentliga julevenemang och avråder bestämt befolkningen från privata sammankomster närmaste fyra veckorna efter exponentiell ökning av covid-19-fall, området vars vuxna befolkning varit fullvaccinerad sedan mars och som har munskyddstvång i butiker och kollektivtrafik administrerar för tillfället boostersprutor till 40+ och vaccinerar ned till fem års ålder Sammandrabbningar mellan cirka 200 nedstängningskritiska demonstranter och kravallpolis med vattenkanoner i Haag under fredagen, Nederländerna har trots låga dödstal beslutat om tre veckors nedstängning med begränsade öppettider för restauranger och butiker samt social distansering då antalet sjukdomsfall nått ny högstanivå Ovaccinerade ledamöter av Lettlands riksdag och kommunfullmäktigen fråntas tillträde och rösträtt, deltagande i beslutande organ på distans medges inte heller, förbudet planerat gälla till juli 2022 41-årige iraniern Peyman Kia som jobbat i nio år på Säpo och Kontoret för särskild inhämtning hos Must häktas tillsammans med sin lillebror, båda misstänkta för grovt spioneri, brotten utförda mellan mars 2011 och september 2021 Kung Athelstan av England vinner omröstning om Storbritanniens bäste monark genom tiderna, regerade 925–939 och enade landet genom att slå ihop konungadömena Mercia och Wessex samt fördriva vikingarna ur Northumbria, bekämpade även invasionsförsök från Skottland och Dublin i slaget vid Brunanburh, Elisabet I på andraplats, enligt omröstning med 84 000 röster anordnad av podcasten The Rest Is History Bulletins medgrundare och tidigare chefredaktör Paulina Neuding säljer sina aktier i företaget för 1 SEK till opinionschefen Dan Korn, kommenterar att hon därmed till sist avslutar sitt ägande och önskar tidningens anställda all lycka och arbetsro, ägde enligt aktieboken över 18% av aktierna Kyle Rittenhouse frias på samtliga punkter, åtalades för bland annat mord för att ha försvarat sig mot angripande Black Lives Matter-demonstranter under upplopp i Wisconsin 2020, domaren Bruce Schroeder kommenterar att alla åtgärder kommer vidtas för att skydda juryn, guvernör Tony Evers manar till lugn och meddelar att 500 nationalgardister är på plats

Andrew Pierce talks to Ingrid Seward, Royal biographer and Editor-in-Chief of Majesty Magazine on why Meghan's political interventions have caused ripples in America, and speaks to leader of the Yorkshire Party, Bob Buxton, on why the cancellation of HS2 is a ‘catastrophe' for the region. Plus, Dominic Sandbrook from The Rest is History on why Athelstan beat Elizabeth and Henry VIII in a vote for the best English monarch of all time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AthelstanAthelstan is arguably England's greatest monarch and here best-selling and award- winning author Tom Holland tells the truly amazing story of how Athelstan built on the foundations of his grandfather and mother to become the first King of a united England. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Follow the link to watch the video of this podcast and the to view the rest of my channel https://youtu.be/2hU1qaurZyM This story takes us from the formation of England to the Harrying of the  North. With the help of a Saint and the giving of a gift, Athelstan will bring the lands of East Riding in to the control of the 'English'.  Over a century later and William the Conqueror, seemingly unstoppable,  continues to cement his rule in England leaving areas of the north  unable to sustain a rebellion...or life itself. That is until he ravages  the land of St John...I hope you enjoy it :)

durée : 00:04:24 - Livre en poche - par : Jacqueline Pétroz - Londres, l'hiver 1381 est rude. La peur s'installe : des prostituées sont écorchées par un assassin. Le frère Athelstan enquête aux cotés du Sheriff Cranston. À Westminster, des moines sont empoisonnés. Paul Doherty avec "L'écorcheur de Londres" confronte son fin limier à une énigme sanglante.

In which betrayal is the name of the game, Bjorn makes a go at love, and a new friendship emerges between Athelstan and Eckbert. It's all here as we re-watch Vikings: Season 2

In which Ragnar regains control, Lagertha gets stuck with all the terrible decisions, and Athelstan has a crisis of faith. It's all here as we re-watch Vikings: Season 2.

This a story showing one of the many events that took place during the long and arduous task of forging the Kingdom of England, which was by no means an obvious conclusion at times. Athelstan, with a little help from a large army and a saint not short on miracles, uses his political skill to bring the land north of the Humber under West Saxon rule. 

In the year 937, the idea of Englishness came close to being wiped off the face of the Earth as four armies faced off against the shield wall of the Anglo-Saxon king Athelstan in a brutal battle which left thousands dead. Author and historian Guy Walters talks to author Michael Livingston about why the Battle of Brunanburh was so pivotal for the English - and why the battle arouses such strong passions today that Livingstone had death threats after suggesting a location where it may have taken place. (Photo: Richard Cutts)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Uncork your vial of oil! This week, Maggie and V break down three slash ships where one side is a foreign invader--Marcus/Esca, Ragnar/Athelstan, and of course Joe/Nicky. Apparently, the only enemies-to-lovers ships that Maggie and V like existed in far-off centuries? Maggie discusses the ethics of shipping when the Two White Guys pairing is canonically master/slave, while V questions how in the world Joe and Nicky got together. It all culminates in discussing fandom’s internalized biases and the only battle more ancient than the three our pairings fought in: the Top Wars.

In which Earl Haraldson plays his cards, Athelstan plays babysitter, and Beth and Jordan ride the roller coaster that is each fast-paced episode. It's all here as we re-watch Vikings: Season 1.

In which Ragnar returns home after his successful raid, Athelstan copes with his new surroundings, and we introduce a segment where Jordan makes predictions about what comes next. It's all here as we re-watch Vikings: Season 1.

Welcome to Chattegat, where we chat about Kattegat and beyond! Raise your curved Horns and chat with us about everything from Vikings on the History Channel. In today’s episode, we talk Vikings season 3, episode 6 - Born AgainRaise your horns as we Toast to Athelstan! Skål!Old Norse Word of the Day: Vindagua / Window - wind eyeLearn about the concept of FateListen in as we Introduce the Gods Villi & VeCharacter Highlight: Earl KalfJoin the group discussion on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1222974777895829/Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @chattagatpodcast Send us an email to chattegatpodcast@gmail.comYou can support us on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/chattegatIntro and Outro music by: DunholmpiperYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DunholmpiperInstagram: @dunholmpiperSupport the show (https://ko-fi.com/chattegat)

Link to Video Link to PodcastHello Listeners. Join Paul and Calum on the next instalment of The Birth of The English Nation!This show features:Æthelstan or Athelstan (/ˈæθəlstæn/; Old English: Æþelstan[a] or Æðelstān;[b] Old Norse: Aðalsteinn meaning "noble stone"; c. 894 – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939 when he died.[c] He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings. He never married and had no children. He was succeeded by his half-brother, EdmundAlso Calum and Paul talk about the Battle of Brunanburh:The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King of Scotland, and Owain, King of Strathclyde. The battle is often cited as the point of origin for English nationalism: historians such as Michael Livingston argue that "the men who fought and died on that field forged a political map of the future that remains [in modernity], arguably making the Battle of Brunanburh one of the most significant battles in the long history not just of England, but of the whole of the British Isles."[1]

A banda de guerra de Ragnar volta em triunfo para Kattegat, onde o Earl imediatamente confisca as riquezas saqueadas, exceto por uma peça por homem. Ragnar escolhe o Athelstan perturbado e volta para casa. A fé do monge e seu voto de castidade perplexo Ragnar, mas ele, no entanto, reúne informações úteis sobre o reino de Nortúmbria. Com base nessa nova visão, o Earl Haraldson autoriza outra invasão na Inglaterra. Agora, acompanhada por Lagertha e o irmão do Earl, Knut, Ragnar re-embarca após a pressa, deixando Athelstan à mente da fazenda e das crianças. À medida que os vikings põem o pé no solo inglês, eles são atendidos pelo xerife local e um punhado de homens de armas, que convidam os "comerciantes" recém-desembarcados a conhecer o Rei Aelle. Ragnar concorda, mas a desconfiança de seus outros guerreiros incita uma batalha na qual os Nortúmbrios são abatidos... Gostou do episódio? ajude com sua opinião no Instagram: @Seriesempodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/series-em-podcast/support

Depois de reunir voluntários, Ragnar, Rollo e Floki embarcam em uma invasão não autorizada a oeste. Lagertha se opõe violentamente à recusa de Ragnar em levá-la. O Earl Haraldson tem o ferreiro que forjou a âncora de Ragnar morto. No mar, a tripulação está presa em uma tempestade, o que um maníaco Floki interpreta como Thor provando o seu navio. Em terra, os monges vêem o sinal sinistro de uma nuvem em forma de dragão. Após uma viagem tensa, os homens de Ragnar pousam na costa da Inglaterra, perto do mosteiro de Lindisfarne, que eles procedem a saquear . Eles matam a maioria dos monges e capturam o resto para retomar como escravos, incluindo o jovem Athelstan, que Ragnar protege da morte nas mãos de Rollo. Gostou do episódio? ajude com sua opinião no Instagram: @Seriesempodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/series-em-podcast/support

Athelstan was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to 939 when he died. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the greatest Anglo-Saxon kings. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charlie Place and Nancy Bilyeau (The Joanna Stafford Trilogy; The Blue; Dreamland) discuss the lifestyle of Dissolution-era nuns, using a website's 'contact me' form to great success, there being more relics than there were items, using your family's name in your work, and the grand amusement parks and luxury hotels of New York's past. Some podcast apps do not show description links properly unless the listener subscribes to the podcast. If you can't click the links below and don't wish to subscribe, copy and paste the following address into your browser to access the episode's page on my blog: http://wormhole.carnelianvalley.com/podcast/episode-06-nancy-bilyeau/ Nancy will be discussing Dreamland at the Astoria Bookshop (31-29 31st Street, Astoria NY) on Thursday 16th January, 19:00-20:00 Dartford Museum's website Elizabeth Vigee Le Brun, the artist who painted Marie Antoinette Question Index 00:50 You've been on the staff of various magazines – did you always hope to write novels? 04:23 Where do you head to, sources-wise, when you're first thinking about a book? 17:48 How much work was it to get around the issue of Reformation? 23:13 Was there a particular reason you wanted to focus on Catherine Howard rather than Henry's other wives? 27:20 Is Joanna based on anyone in particular? 29:56 The Athelstan crown – is it real object or inspired by anything? 33:18 The part about the nun's having to host a Lord for a feast – was this something that happen in convents at that time? 39:18 What was the position of women artists in the 1700s? 42:02 How much of the idea about shades and discovering what other factions were doing is based on fact? 44:13 So Genevieve's grandfather's surname is Billiou… 49:00 (Introducing Dreamland) 55:09 What can you tell us about The Ghost of Madison Avenue? 58:56 Do you have a favourite time period to write in out of the three you've used so far? Purchase Links The Crown: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Book Depository Barnes & Noble The Chalice: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Book Depository Barnes & Noble The Tapestry: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Book Depository Barnes & Noble The Blue: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Book Depository Barnes & Noble Dreamland: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada Waterstones Hive Book Depository Barnes & Noble The Ghost Of Madison Avenue: Amazon UK Amazon US Amazon Canada I am an Amazon Associate and earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. Photograph used with permission from the publisher. Credit: Joshua Kessler.

In this episode, Egil and Thorolf arrive in King Athelstan's England. The good news - Athelstan really likes the Skallagrimssons. The bad news - Anglo-Saxon England is about to go to war with King Olaf and his massive army of Scots, Danes, Irish-Norwegians, and Welsh. We'll get a front row seat as Egil and Thorolf command Athelstan's Viking troops in the Battle of Wen Heath! If you're not familiar with the Battle of Wen Heath, then perhaps you know this incredibly significant engagement as the Battle of Brunanburh! That's right, Egil and Thorolf will both play a significant role in the battle that would seal England's fate. Are both Egil and Thorolf battle-savvy enough to survive the onslaught of King Olaf's forces? There's only one way to find out. Along the way, we talk about the major figures of the Battle of Brunanburh and the saga author's fictionalized stand-ins. You'll hear all about King Olaf Guthfithson of Dublin, King Constantine II of Scotland, King Owain of Strathclyde, the earls of Northumbria, Godric and the swift-footed Alfgeir, and the earls of Britain, Hring and Adils. We also touch on the origins of Alfred the Great's famous epithet and the life of his dynamic daughter, Æthelflæd (see the picture from Matthew Paris' Additamentorum episode below). Click here for an excellent biography of Æthelflæd by the boys at Rex Factor. Finally, we announce the identity of the very special guests we invited to join us for a Saga Brief on the Battle of Brunanburh. That's right, we've got a special episode coming for you soon with some guests we think you'll all love. And thanks to Danheim, a Nordic folk/Viking inspired music project, for letting us use his music. Check the credits below for links to the songs. If you're interested in hearing more from Danheim, visit his webpage or Youtube channel. Music Credits: Intro Music - "Prelude and Action" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Summary Music - "Wild Cherry Rag" by The Victor Orchestra Preview Music - "Hringrás" by Danheim Poetry Music - Poem 1 from "Vanheimr" and Poem 2 from "Hringrás" by Danheim Outro Music - "Stormfront" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Selections from music by Kevin MacLeod licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  

In our penultimate live show we came to Manchester for the Battle of the Saxons where Alfred the Great took on his grandson, Athelstan, to see which of these two Saxon kings truly deserves the epithet 'great'.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! And what could be more festive than talk of pious Christians finally overcoming their pagan occupiers by clever use of marrying enemy Earls, raising a kick-arse nephew and stealing a corpse in the name of patriotism.  Featuring: Æthelflæd Tom Holland  Historian. New biography of Athelstan out now! Herodotus translator. Dinosaur lover. Hedgehog conservator. A 'leading English cricketer' - The Times  Iszi Lawrence is a presenter of BBC's Making History and The British Museum Membercast.  and on twitter:  NEWS: A new series of BBC Radio 4 Making History Presented by Iszi and Tom Holland will be out in the New year listen on BBC Sounds and here  Please do check out more of iszi's podcasts on  and support the show by donating to paypal here:  

Monday Meltdown is Our Weekly Chat with Each Other. Ask Me Anything. Inspiring thoughts for the Loser community. Your thoughts and comments. Our Meltdowns. (Rant, Vent, Yell, Swear!) On this weeks episode: We hear a story from Mike (South Carolina) about losing binary religion and a Loser Tip from Megan (Georgia) about dealing with religious questions. You know like, "Where do you go to church?". JOIN THE MONDAY MELTDOWN SHOW ASK ME ANYTHING | PHONE CALLS AND COMMENTS | SHARE YOUR MELTDOWN Call: 206-395-5608 Email: zacg@LosingOurReligion.org Tweet & Follow: @ZacGandara SUPPORT THE PODCAST Rate & Review Become a Producer DONATE SHOP THROUGH OUR Amazon Portal  JOIN US Join the CounterCulture Society - Get Emails & Deals! Website Connect with us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook This podcast is produced by select producers and created by the CounterCulture Society™.

II parte do podcast sobre mundo nórdico, este episódio é mais dedicado à historiografia dos vikings: funerais, sacrifícios, série 'Vikings', viagem à Vinlândia e Portugal, terminando com o Ragnarok. Temas: 1:45 - Porque Sobreviveram os deuses? 7:20 - Funerais Vikings 15:33 - Sacrifícios 20:11 - A Magia e A Vidente 26:41 - A Águia Sangrenta 28:16 - Athelstan, o monge apóstata 29:21 - A Veracidade da série 'Vikings' 31:44 - O Impacto da série 33:03 - A Viagem Viking 48:32 - RAGNAROK

Athelstan was a dynamic and effective ruler, in war, law, and diplomacy. As a war leader he established at least nominal overlordship of all Britain; his marriage alliances included the greatest of European rulers; and he increased the age of legal responsibility from 12 to 16. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Helen Castor is joined by Professor Ted Vallance from the University of Roehampton and Dr Alex Woolf from the University of St Andrews. On the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Dr Tom Charlton heads to St Paul's to learn how preparatory work by Sir Christopher Wren and the storage of printers manuscripts fuelled the inferno. Afterwards, the building lay in ruins and accusations flew freely - many suspecting the destruction of the historic church was the work of Catholics. After an outbreak of the plague and war with the Dutch, these were difficult times for Charles II and the restored monarchy. Tom Holland visits Glasgow where archaeologists are working on the newly discovered ruins of what they believe to be a twelfth century bishop's palace. The find is shedding more light on the history of the kingdom of Strathclyde, which stretched from the Clyde into modern Cumbria and played a part in fighting Athelstan's attempts to bring all of Britain under his rule in the tenth century. The English king of Wessex and Mercia won the battle against the Scottish kingdoms but was only successful in creating what we now know as England. Alex Woolf explains how long it took for Scotland to become a political entity. Also, Al Murray nominates Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery for the Making History plinth and Tiffany Watt Smith unpacks the history of anger. Producer: Nick Patrick A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

The Total Tutor Neil Haley will interview Alexander Ludwig Who Played Cato of the Hunger Games. HISTORY'S HIT DRAMA SERIES ‘VIKINGS' RETURNS FOR SEASON FOUR ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 10 PM ET/PT HISTORY'S HIT DRAMA SERIES ‘VIKINGS' RETURNS FOR SEASON FOUR ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 AT 10 PM ET/PT New York, NY – December 17, 2015 – HISTORY's hit drama series “Vikings” returns for a gripping fourth season led by Travis Fimmel, star of the upcoming filmWarcraft, on Thursday, February 18 at 10 p.m. ET. The network has added four episodes to its initial 16 episode order. Beginning February 18, a new episode will air every Thursday for ten weeks with the remaining episodes to air later in the year. Season three culminated with the extraordinary battle in Paris, where Ragnar (Fimmel) seized victory from the jaws of defeat – but still returns to Kattegat dangerously ill. Thoughts of his death galvanize the forces who seek to succeed him as king, including his wife Queen Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland) and his oldest son, Bjorn (Alexander Ludwig). Meanwhile, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick) continues power struggles with her calculating, former second in command, Kalf (Ben Robson); Rollo (Clive Standen) betrays his Vikings heritage by remaining in Frankia and Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård) is seized for his brutal actions to the Christian priest Athelstan.        

Malcolm has to wait a long time to become king and when Constantine II finally abdicates in 943, there's a lot going on. The death of the Saxon king Athelstan has left a power vacuum in Northumbria and Malcolm is very much at the centre of events, making new alliances and facing off against the legendary Viking Erik the Bloodaxe. Will Malcolm come out on top or will the Vikings once again prove the undoing of a Scottish king?If you find yourself losing track of who is who and where is where, have a look at our handy glossary for the episode:https://rexfactor.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/malcolm-i-podcast-glossary/

After a succession of short and unsuccessful reigns, Constantine II's reign would be crucial in the formation of the Scottish nation. Coming to the throne in 900, his intray included a country still divided by internal strife, facing invasion from the Viking grandsons of Ivar the Boneless while to the south the new country of England was growing under Edward the Elder and then, most ominously, Athelstan. Could Constantine succeed where others had failed?

Just two guys talking about the History Channel's Vikings. This week we talk about the latest episode. Lagertha and Athelstan help to set up the Viking settlement; a mysterious wanderer turns up.

In AD 937 took place 'the Great Battle' of early medieval Britain, a time when the political and cultural map of the isles was forming, which lasts till today. The King of Wessex, Athelstan, grandson of King Alfred the Great, was forced to confront an alliance of Scots, Vikings and northern Britons in his attempt to become King of all Britain www.historyeurope.net See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Semi-Final B sees a fascinating mix of characters: the pious, all-conquering Saxon and first king of all England, Athelstan; the relentless, zealous, French-conquering hero of Agincourt, Henry V, and the vibrant splendour of a Tudor golden age in Elizabeth I. Only one can go through to the Grand Final, so make sure you vote for your favourite in the link below:Survey Link

So the play-offs finally begin. There are three rounds and in the opening round we have three groups of six, which for Group A consists of Alfred the Great, Athelstan, Henry I, Edward IV, Henry VIII & Charles II. In this episode, we look at all the monarchs together, factor by factor, and debate who should come out on top. But who goes through will be determined by voting, so once you've listened to the episode, click on the link below and vote for your THREE favourites:Group A Survey LinkThe survey will close on 31 March 2014 so make sure you vote before then to have your say. If you have any problems with the survey, email rexfactorpodcast@hotmail.com

Welcome to the premiere episode of the Vikings Podcast! I’ve put together a brief episode to introduce the actors and the characters they play. There are a few sound clips from the show and the show format is discussed. Vikings premieres on 03 March 2013 on The History Channel USA & Canada. Find the podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vikings-podcast/id611038251?mt=2 Vikings Synopsis: The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors' Listen to the episode now Cast of Characters: Character Actor Ragnar Lothbrock ... Travis Fimmel Lagertha ... Katheryn Winnick Rollo ... Clive Standen Earl Haraldson ... Gabriel Byrne Siggy ... Jessalyn Gilsig Floki ... Gustaf Skarsgård Athelstan ... George Blagden Bjorn Lothbrock ... Nathan O’Toole Leif ... Dairmaid Murtagh Svein ... David Pearse Ancient Seer ... John Kavanagh You can also follow a few of the Vikings cast members on Twitter: George Blagden: is @gblagden Katheryn Winnick: is @katherynwinnick Clive Standen: @clivestanden Travis Fimmel fan account: @Team_Travis Vikings offcial account: @HistoryVikings Send in your comments and feedback by calling the listener voicemail line at 720.722.1066 or send an email to feedback@thevikingspodcast.com Download the MP3 and listen to it on your favorite MP3 player. Subscribe to the feed so you never miss a single episode. Direct Download (MP3) | Subscribe in iTunes | Miro | RSS

We're back from our summer break and to kick us off we have King Athelstan, the first true king of all England (if not Britain). He was a powerful warrior, a prolific law-maker and he even managed to find the time to dally in foreign affairs and create some genuine scandal (though not by having foreign affairs). Is he a shoe-in for the Rex Factor or will this be the toughest challenge yet for the Saxon king?

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the reign of King Athelstan.Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, came to the throne of Wessex in 925. A few years later he unified the kingdoms of England, and a decade after that defeated the Scots and styled himself King of all Britain. As well as being a brilliant military commander, Athelstan was a legal reformer whose new laws forever changed the way crime was dealt with in England. Unlike his predecessors, he pursued a foreign policy, seeking alliances with powerful rulers abroad. And unusually for an Anglo-Saxon king, we know what he looked like: he's the earliest English monarch whose portrait survives.With:Sarah FootRegius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, OxfordJohn HinesProfessor of Archaeology at Cardiff UniversityRichard GamesonProfessor of the History of the Book at Durham UniversityProducer: Thomas Morris.

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the reign of King Athelstan.Athelstan, the grandson of Alfred the Great, came to the throne of Wessex in 925. A few years later he unified the kingdoms of England, and a decade after that defeated the Scots and styled himself King of all Britain. As well as being a brilliant military commander, Athelstan was a legal reformer whose new laws forever changed the way crime was dealt with in England. Unlike his predecessors, he pursued a foreign policy, seeking alliances with powerful rulers abroad. And unusually for an Anglo-Saxon king, we know what he looked like: he's the earliest English monarch whose portrait survives.With:Sarah FootRegius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Christ Church, OxfordJohn HinesProfessor of Archaeology at Cardiff UniversityRichard GamesonProfessor of the History of the Book at Durham UniversityProducer: Thomas Morris.

"Planet of the Dead" is an episode of the television series that was on and on 11 April 2009. It is the first of four special episodes to be broadcast throughout 2009 and early 2010, which serve as lead actor 's denouement as the . He is joined in the episode by actress , who plays one-off to the Doctor . The episode was co-written by and : the first writing partnership since the show's revival in 2005. The episode depicts Christina fleeing the police from a museum robbery by boarding a bus that accidentally travels from to the desert planet of San Helios, trapping her, the Doctor, and several passengers on board a damaged bus. After the bus driver dies trying to return to Earth, the , headed by () and scientific advisor (), attempt to return the bus to Earth while preventing a race of metallic aliens from posing a threat to Earth. At the end of the episode, one of the passengers delivers a warning to the Doctor which the remaining three specials. "Planet of the Dead" is the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in , after a positive reaction to the visual quality of spin-off series and the financial viability of HDTV convinced the production team to switch formats. To ensure that the desert scenes looked as realistic as possible, the production team filmed in for three days, sending several props—most notably, a 1980 double-decker bus—to the for filming. After the bus was unintentionally damaged in Dubai by a shipping container, Davies rewrote the script to explain the damage in the narrative. Reaction to the episode was mixed: the audience gave the episode an of 88—considered excellent—but critics gave average reviews to the episode. The consensus among critics was that it was enjoyable as a whole but that it was only an average script. The main point of praise was Evans' performance alongside Dumezweni in scenes set on Earth, which countered their criticism of the events on San Helios as being relatively boring. // if (window.showTocToggle) { var tocShowText = "show"; var tocHideText = "hide"; showTocToggle(); } // Plot The episode begins with a young thrill-seeking burglar, Lady Christina de Souza (Ryan), stealing a gold chalice once belonging to King from a museum. She then narrowly evades the police by riding on a on which the Doctor (Tennant) is also travelling, shortly before the bus suddenly passes through a and arrives on the desert planet of San Helios. The Doctor and the other passengers find that the wormhole is still present, but deduce that the bus had protected them like a after the bus driver is killed trying to cross back on foot, evaporating to a skeleton instantly. Seeing the driver's skeleton coming out on the other side of the portal, the police call in , commanded by (Dumezweni) and aided by scientific advisor (Evans), to close the wormhole. Trapped on a heavily damaged bus, the other passengers introduce themselves: Angela (Victoria Alcock) is a middle-aged mother travelling home to her family; Lou (Reginald Tsiboe) and Carmen () are an elderly couple who win £10 each time they play the due to Carmen's low-level psychic abilities; Barclay () was travelling to a friend's house to ask her on a date; and Nathan () was travelling home to watch television. The Doctor and Christina decide to scout the planet, spotting an approaching storm, while Nathan and Barclay try to fix the bus. As they travel, the Doctor learns of Christina's troubled history, and appreciates her callousness and aptitude to the alien situation. The Doctor and Christina encounter the Tritovore, an anthropomorphic fly species, who take them to their wrecked spaceship. The Tritovore explain that they were making a routine goods collection from the planet but crashed in an unfamiliar environment; a year previously, the planet housed a hundred billion inhabitants and a thriving ecosystem. The Tritovore send out a probe to investigate the cause, and discover a large swarm of metallic -like aliens who routinely create wormholes and destroy ecospheres as their . To rescue the Tritovore and the bus passengers, Christina uses her burglary skills to retrieve a crystal which powers the spaceship (together with the pedestal it is located on), unintentionally awakening a stingray that kills the two Tritovore. The Doctor attaches parts of the pedestal to the bus and uses the chalice of Athelstan as an interface to the technology. This allows the bus to fly through the wormhole, with the stingrays in hot pursuit. Taylor quickly closes the wormhole but not before three of the stingrays pass through it. After UNIT has shot down the stingrays and the passengers have been debriefed, Christina asks the Doctor to let her travel with him; he rejects her because he does not want to lose another companion. The characters part ways. The Doctor recommends that UNIT hire Barclay and Nathan, Christina is arrested by the police for the theft and Carmen has a premonition that visibly unnerves the Doctor: You be careful, because your song is ending, sir. It is returning, it is returning through the dark. And then Doctor... oh, but then... he will knock four times. —Carmen, "Planet of the Dead" As a final act of kindness, the Doctor uses his to release Christina from her handcuffs. The pair part on good terms as she flies away in the bus as the Doctor enters his and dematerialises. Production Writing and casting Ryan and Tennant reviewing the script before filming in Butetown on 28 January 2009. Russell T Davies co-wrote the episode with , the first writing partnership for the show since its 2005 revival. "Planet of the Dead" was a departure from Roberts' usual stories—Roberts had previously only written pseudo-historical stories—and instead consisted of "wild" science fiction elements from his literary career and teenage imagination. The episode had no clear concept—such as and in "" or and a in ""—and instead was a deliberate "clash [of concepts] with many disparate elements". Roberts explained he was cautious to ensure that each element had to "feel precise and defined ... like we meant that", citing the serial as an example where such control was not enforced. The episode includes a common feature of Davies' writing in that there is no clear antagonist: the Tritovore are eventually sympathetic to the protagonists and the stingrays are only following their biological imperative. Unlike the Christmas specials, the theme of Easter was not emphasised in the story; the episode only contained a "fleeting mention" of the holiday instead of "robot bunnies carrying baskets full of deadly egg bombs". The episode's tone word—"joyous"—was influenced by Davies' realisation that "every story since "" [had] a bittersweet quality" and subsequent desire to avoid the recurring theme. The starting point for the story was Roberts' first novel . Davies liked the image of a on a desert planet and rewrote it to contain a bus. Davies nevertheless emphasised it was not an "adaptation as such" because tangential elements were constantly being conceived and added. portrays Lady Christina de Souza, the daughter of a recently impoverished aristocrat and . Christina is a "typical" Doctor Who companion, Davies electing to draw parallels from the rather than new series companion . Roberts described her as an "" who is "upper class and glam, suited and booted, and extremely intelligent" which the Doctor could relate to because they both rejected their heritages. The episode's director James Strong described the character as reverting to a traditional romantic-based companionship—rather than the platonic companionship of () in the —while still being a unique companion: It's back to basics: she's probably more of a traditional, romantic kind of kind of heroine, if you like. [...] It echoes to me of Rose, in that there may be a good old fashioned romantic connection between them. She's young, she's beautiful, she's sexy, but whereas Rose was a very ordinary, normal girl, Lady Christina is a lady, she comes from a very privileged, very elite background. She's different to any of the companions we've ever had in that she doesn't particularly want to get caught up with the Doctor. She's got her own thing going on, so she's very much a match for the Doctor and very much an equal. Often in an adventure the Doctor will take control and everyone will do what he says. She's very much in control – the two of them are in a sparring way, battling against each other to get through this adventure. —, Digital Spy interview. Comedian plays Professor Malcolm Taylor, a UNIT scientist devoted to his predecessor, the Doctor. Davies created Evans' character to serve as a for 's pragmatic character , who previously appeared in the episode "". Roberts noted after writing the episode that Evans' character had unintentionally become a "loving" caricature of Doctor Who fandom. The episode was influenced by several works: Davies described "Planet of the Dead" as "a great big adventure, a little bit , a little bit , a little bit ."; the relationship between the Doctor and Christina was influenced by 1960s films such as and , which included and "being witty and sophisticated together, and then running for their lives"; and the Tritovore were influenced by 1950s and 1970s science fiction such as and Davies' habit of including aliens that were recognisable to the audience as animals from Earth, such as the . Carmen's warning evoked memories of the 's warning to the Doctor and Donna in the fourth series episode "". Tennant explained the prophecy meant that the Doctor's "card [had become] marked" and the three specials would thus be darker—characterising "Planet of the Dead" as the "last time the Doctor gets to have any fun"—and that the subject of the prophecy was not the obvious answer: David TennantReally, from this moment on, the Doctor's card is marked. Because when we come back in "The Waters of Mars", it's all become a little bit darker.And as we know, David, he really does knock four times.TennantYeah, absolutely, and if you think you've figured out what that means, you're wrong!GardnerBut when you do figure it out, it's a sad day. —David Tennant and Julie Gardner, , "Planet of the Dead" Filming The two major filming locations of the episode: the desert of was used for scenes on the "planet of the dead"; and the Queen's Gate Tunnel in , was used for the majority of Earth-bound scenes. Pre-production on the four specials started on 20 November 2008—four days before scheduled—because the episode's overseas filming in Dubai required the extra planning time. Two weeks later, the production team was on a for the special and the final draft of the script was completed. The production team examined overseas locations to film the episode because they wanted the scenery to feel "real" and thought that they would be unable to film on a Welsh beach in winter. After examining countries such as and , the production team decided to film in Dubai because the area was more amicable to the filming industry and viable filming locations were nearer to urban areas than other locations. Production began on 19 January in Wales. The special was the first Doctor Who episode to be filmed in resolution. The move to HD had previously been resisted for two major reasons: when the show was revived in 2005, high-definition television was not adopted by an adequate portion of the audience to be financially viable; and special effects were considerably more expensive to create in high-definition than in standard-definition. "Planet of the Dead" was used to switch to HD because of the show's reduced schedule in 2009 and because the filming crew had become experienced with the equipment while they were filming . Filming began at the , which doubled for the history museum depicted in the episode's first scene. To portray the tunnel the bus travelled into, the of the in was closed for four nights to accommodate filming. The last major piece of filming in Wales took place in the closed Mir (formerly Alphasteel) in , which doubled almost unaltered for the Tritovore spaceship. Filming took place at the peak of the , where the sub-zero temperatures slowed filming and had a visible effect on the cast. To accommodate for the adverse conditions, Davies included a line in the script that specified that the Tritovore spaceship cooled as external temperatures increase. The 200 bus—so named after the episode's landmark—in dock at Dubai City Port, after a container was accidentally dropped on it. Filming in Dubai took place in mid-February 2009. Two weeks previously, one of the two 1980 double-decker buses bought for filming had been substantially damaged when a crane accidentally dropped a container in Dubai City Port.After an emergency discussion by the production team, they agreed that the damage was unintentionally artistic and decided to include the damaged bus in the episode; instead of shipping the spare bus from Cardiff—which would have delayed the already hurried filming schedule—the production team decided to partially reconstruct the bus in Dubai, damage the spare bus in Cardiff to match the bus in Dubai, and rewrite part of the script to accommodate and mention the damage to the bus. James Strong recalled the reaction of the production team to the damage to the bus in an issue of : One morning in the first week of February, I was leaving my flat when Julie Gardner phoned. She said, "there's been a little accident with the bus [...] it's a disaster; the bus is fucked." When I got into the office, I was handed a photograph—and my initial reaction was absolute horror. We called an emergency meeting. Russell came in [...] and we discussed our options. We had bought an identical London bus to film on in Cardiff, so could we send that out to Dubai? We could have got it out in time if it'd left Cardiff, literally, the next day, but we'd have had to find a third bus, an exact replica, to film on in Cardiff a week later. It had taken us a month to find the one we had. It was even mooted that we'd have to forget Dubai and opt for a beach in the UK. But Russell's response was "Okay, let's embrace it. Let's say that the bus was damaged on its way to the alien planet. [...] He wove it into the narrative. We're not trying to hide the damage at all. In fact, we show it off, enhancing it with special effects, smoke and sparks. It works rather marvellously. That London bus, damaged and smoking, in the middle of the desert—yeah, it looks incredible, especially in gorgeous hi-def. —James Strong, issue 407. A notable use of lens flares being used in the episode for artistic effect. Strong sought to maximise—rather than minimise—effects such as these because it disguised the fact it was filmed in a studio and allowed the viewer to more easily; this specific shot was highlighted by Strong and Tennant as an example of how it was correctly utilised. The damaged bus was not the only problem to filming in Dubai: the first of the three days was afflicted by a which left most of the footage shot unusable. The production team then struggled to complete three days of filming in two days; the last day was compared to "filming ". To complete the episode's filming, interior scenes in the bus were filmed in a studio in Wales. To disguise the fact they were using a —a 360-degree background image—, Strong utilised often-avoided techniques such as muddied windows and ; the latter also served to create a warmer environment for the viewer. After filming ended, editing and post-processing took place until two days before transmission, leaving the BBC to resort to using an unfinished copy to market the episode. 200th story "Planet of the Dead" was advertised as Doctor Who's 200th story. Writer Russell T Davies admitted that the designation was arbitrary and debatable, based upon how fans counted the unfinished serial , the season-long fourteen-part serial , and the third series finale consisting of "", "" and "". Davies personally disagreed about counting The Trial of a Time Lord as one serial—arguing that it "felt like four stories" to him—and grouping "Utopia" with its following episodes, but agreed that it was only an opinion which did not override any others. Gareth Roberts inserted a reference to the landmark—specifically, the bus number is 200—and Davies emailed the show's publicity team to advertise the special as such. 's editor aknowledged the controversy in the magazine's 407th issue, which ran a reader survey of all 200 stories. €Broadcast and reception Overnight figures estimated that the special was watched by 8.41 million people, a 39.6% share of the audience. An additional 184,000 watched the programme on BBC HD, the channel's highest rating so far. The initial showing had an of 88: considered excellent. A BBC One repeat, two days later, gained an overnight figure of 1.8 million viewers. The special was therefore the second most watched programme of the day, being beaten by the premiere of the new series of . The final viewing figure for the initial broadcast was 9.54 million viewers on BBC One and 200,000 viewers on BBC HD, making it the fifth most watched programme of the week and the most watched programme ever aired on BBC HD. Including repeats in the following week and viewings on the , 13.89 million viewers watched the episode in total. The episode received average critical reviews. Simon Brew of science fiction blog Den of Geek said the episode was "by turns ambitious and predictable" but "still quite entertaining". The first part of the review mentioned an objection from his wife that the bus trapped in the sand "[looked] really fake", despite the episode being actually filmed in Dubai, and then mentioned Brew's appreciation of the concept of people stranded in the desert and concluded that "made a fair fist of it". Brew positively reviewed Michelle Ryan's performance—comparing her performance to be on par to her role in rather than her role as in —and Lee Evans' performance as Malcolm Taylor, calling him the highlight of the episode because of his dialogue. He closed his review by saying that ""Planet of the Dead" was passable enough": he thought it "never really gelled" for him; but he thought it was overall entertaining and was excited for the remaining three specials as a result of Carmen's prophecy. of "mostly loved "Planet Of The Dead"", commenting that it was a standard Russell T Davies script that had the "elements of a cracking good story": POTD was pretty much everything you've come to expect from Russell T. Davies' Who: crazy adventures, slightly cartoony characters, clever dialogue, moments of sheer silly fun, a childlike solemnity, a miraculous save, bombastic music, and one woman who's held up as being the most special person ever. It didn't hurt that POTD had all the elements of a cracking good story: The Doctor and friends trapped on an alien planet, on the other side of the universe, with no easy way to get home. Alien creatures who might be hostile. A deadly swarm coming to tear our heroes apart. And UNIT on the other side of the wormhole, trying to come to grips with this almost unimaginable threat. —,  She compared it to two previous episodes, "" and "", both of which she enjoyed. She criticised three aspects of the episode: Lady Christina, who was the "first RTD heroine who actually filled [her] with revulsion", leaving her hoping that the character would be killed off-screen, Malcolm's reluctance to close the wormhole and the implausibility of only three stingrays travelling through it. She thought that the episode was "a pretty solid adventure with a cool set of monsters". Ben Rawson-Jones of entertainment website gave the episode two stars out of five. He characterised the episode as being "as hollow as a big chocolate Easter egg" because it was "lacking in the enthralling drama and compelling characterisation that has been the lynchpin of the Russell T Davies era". His main criticism was towards Ryan's character, describing the romantic tension between Christina and the Doctor as "feeling forced" and arguing that Ryan was "utterly unconvincing" as Christina. Conversely, he was appreciative of Strong's direction and the UNIT subplot. Specifically, he approved of Evans' performance, noting that "the fact that Malcolm names a unit of measurement after himself is both inspired and hilarious". His review ended by describing the episode as "lifeless for much of the hour" and expressing his hope that the ambiguous entity from Carmen's premonition would "hurry up". Orlando Parfitt of gave the episode a 7.1 (Good) rating out of ten. Parfitt called it a "straightforward story" that did not elevate to the level of excitement typically seen in Doctor Who until the episode's climax, instead describing the majority of the story as being "taken up with Tennant and Ryan standing in the desert, swapping flirtatious banter in between proclaiming how dire their situation in between", and criticised the writing of the part of the episode where the bus was on San Helios, claiming that plot devices such as the Tritovore or Taylor being held at gunpoint and ordered to close the wormhole as "feel[ing] forced and unnaturally shoe-horned into the script". His praise of the episode went to Ryan and Evans: although he thought of Christina as a "shameless ripoff", he said that the character "still proves a sexy and wise-cracking counterpart to the Doctor"; and Evans' acting alongside Dumezweni highlighted his "undeniably great comic acting" as opposed to his "love-it-or-hate-it" . The last paragraph of his review focused on the climax, which he thought was "a cracker [that] just-about makes up for the previously plodding plot", and described the entire episode as having "enough enjoyable moments" to entertain fans before the transmission of "The Waters of Mars". DVD and Blu-Ray release "Planet of the Dead" will be released on DVD on 15 June 2009, and on Blu-Ray on 29 June 2009.