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Podcast Reflections: Behind the Scenes of Season One
Season One was a ton of fun and my first foray into a podcast series.
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Matt Wittlief
Podcast Reflections: How We Got Started
Some insights on our origin and glimpses of what is coming next.
Nov 14
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Matt Wittlief
11: The Birth of Parliament
Universities, law, and the limits of kings: how the 13th century reshaped English power.
Nov 13
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Matt Wittlief
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10: The Angevins and the Magna Carta
Empire and law: Henry II’s restless crown and the long road to Magna Carta.
Nov 12
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Matt Wittlief
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9: Italy, Jerusalem, and The Crusades
Forged faith, rising swords: how papal reform, Norman power, and holy war built the architecture of medieval Christendom.
Nov 8
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Matt Wittlief
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8: William the Conqueror, Norman Rule of England and The Anarchy
From conquest to chaos: how Norman order unraveled into The Anarchy.
Nov 7
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Matt Wittlief
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7. Succession Crisis
One crown, four claimants: the storm of 1066 and the end of Anglo-Saxon England.
Nov 6
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Matt Wittlief
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6: Vikings and the King of the English
The hammer and the quill: Alfred, the Vikings, and the making of English kingship.
Nov 3
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Matt Wittlief
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5: Across the Channel to France
Two worlds, one crossroads: Islam ascends, Rome falls, and the Franks build something new.
Nov 2
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Matt Wittlief
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4: The Arrival of the Anglo-Saxons
The island remade: from Roman ruin to early England.
Nov 1
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Matt Wittlief
38:56
October 2025
3: The Fall of the Western Empire and Britain Alone
From Diocletian’s reset to 410: Rome lets go and Britain stands on its own.
Oct 28
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Matt Wittlief
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2: Invasion & Empire
Julius Caesar, the Fall of the Roman Republic, and Roman Britain
Oct 26
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Matt Wittlief
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