Medieval Europe is a largely forgotten yet incredibly dynamic time period in world history. The sheer number of players on the scene is staggering. We begin our story in 991, halfway through the period known as the Middle Ages in Western Civilization, a time when the Dark Ages start to show the sparks and flickers of enlightenment. In 991 - as the Vikings rage across northern Europe as well as Sicily and Anatolia, as horse riders descend from the plateaus and steppes of central Asia, as the Holy Roman Empire begins another round of vast political expansion and religious conversions, as the Cordoba Caliphate loses its long-held footing in Iberia - a fairly large band of Vikings renew their marauding ways along the southern coast of England and one nobleman gathers his fellow Saxons for an unexpected showdown in a small village in Essex just one mile from the coast of the North Sea. In this episode, we set the stage for a subtle yet resounding battle that will change the course of not only England's history but also the entire Western World's.
Host/Writer/Researcher: Jonathon LaRosa
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