The Dark Ages | The British History Podcast
Jamie Jeffers
Show overview
The Dark Ages | The British History Podcast has been publishing since 2012, and across the 14 years since has built a catalogue of 438 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 240 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence, with the show now in its 10th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 25 min and 37 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language History show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Jamie Jeffers.
From the publisher
A Chronological History of Britain
Latest Episodes
View all 438 episodes506 – Chapter Eleven: The Machine
505 – The Battle of Tinchebray
504 – At Anslem’s Bec and Call
503 – The Holy Ghosting
502 – The Cage Match of Bayeux
An Offa Interview with Rory Naismith
501 – Bishop Serlo’s Pop Up Hair Salon
499 – William of Mortain and How Some People Never Have Enough Wealth
498 – Power and Predictability
497 – That’s Me In The Spot. Light.
S10 Ep 496496 – That’s Me In The Corner
For the first time since William the Conqueror, there was going to be a primatial council at Westminster Abbey.   This was a HUGE deal.   Like… enormous.  Anselm had been trying to hold a major reform council for years, but King Rufus had refused.  Reform, as you may remember, wasn’t something that the red king was […] The post 496 – That’s Me In The Corner first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 495495 – Power Struggles: Part Two
Ok, let’s return to 1101 and 1102, because Henry’s fight with Anselm, and fight between Henry and the Pope (and the fight between Anselm and the Pope) were …amazingly….only half of the story. The post 495 – Power Struggles: Part Two first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 494494 – Power Struggles: Part One
In early February of 1102 Queen Matilda was giving birth. The post 494 – Power Struggles: Part One first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 493493 – The Price of Peace
The Treaty penned at Alton had avoided outright war, but it wasn’t truly official. It needed to be finalized at Winchester. The post 493 – The Price of Peace first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 492492 – The War for Perception
In 1668, John Dryden became England’s very first Poet Laureate.  But he had a rival.  No, not just a rival.  A nemesis. This man’s name was Thomas Shadwell, and I can’t overstate how much Dryden hated him. The post 492 – The War for Perception first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 491491 – All Hats On Deck
Duke Robert Curthose was back in Normandy, having reclaimed the Duchy unopposed… and now he was looking to assert his claim on England. The post 491 – All Hats On Deck first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 490490 – Messengers from France
King Henry’s first Christmas Court in the closing days of 1100 had felt…off. The post 490 – Messengers from France first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 489489 – From Normandy With Love
Ok, let’s face it, last year was a lot. Rampant corruption, threats of war, tyrannical leaders, actual war, a greedy feckless aristocracy, rulers weaponizing the legal system, rulers completely disregarding the legal system, rulers making grandiose promises they had no interest in actually delivering on, international intrigue, at least one incredibly suspicious death, and finally […] The post 489 – From Normandy With Love first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 488Bonus Episode: The Authoritarians
By popular request, we’re releasing the full member’s episode on The Authoritarians. The post Bonus Episode: The Authoritarians first appeared on The British History Podcast.
S10 Ep 487487 – Stealing a Wife From God
Edith, the daughter of King Malcolm Canmore, has appeared from time to time in our story and (by this point) she was about 20 years old… and many of those years had been weird ones. The post 487 – Stealing a Wife From God first appeared on The British History Podcast.