A Popular History of Ireland, Book 02

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A Popular History of Ireland, Book 04

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 05

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Saga of Erik the Red (Reeves Translation)

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 09

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 12

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The Eirik the Red's Saga

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 11

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The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred

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Northmen: The Viking Saga AD 793-1241

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Popular History of Ireland, Book 08

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Mysteries of the Far North: The Secret History of the Vikings in Greenland and North America

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The Story of Ancient Irish Civilisation

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Normans in European History

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Early Kings of Norway

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Short History of Scotland

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Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts

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The Riot Act

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A Short History of England

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Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2

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The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 1

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The History of London

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The Byzantine Empire

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Great Pirate Stories

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William the Conqueror: The British King Who Changed History Forever

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A Short History of the United States

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Theodoric the Goth

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Mary Queen of Scots

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Germania

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Early Days Of Old Oregon

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Captain William Kidd And Others Of The Buccaneers

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The Korean War: A History

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JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters

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The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements

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The Secret History of the World

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The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men

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The Book of Five Rings

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All the Sinners Bleed: A Novel

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Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World

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Demon Copperhead: A Novel

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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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Mary Magdalene: Women, the Church, and the Great Deception

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Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

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Small Mercies: A Novel

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The First Complete, Unexpurgated Text

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The Overstory

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Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation

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Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

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Razorblade Tears: A Novel

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The Endurance

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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

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The Restaurant: A History of Eating Out

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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think

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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

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Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune

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Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

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The Story of Art Without Men

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Vlad the Impaler Pt. 1: Wallachia (Romania): Born between 1428-1431, Vlad the Impaler was abandoned by his father as a boy and betrayed by everyone he trusted. He channeled his resentment into an unquenchable lust for power and violence—eventually becoming the ruler of Wallachia.

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Ireland and the Viking World: Episode 3 is a whistle stop tour through the Viking World visiting places from Baghdad to Newfoundland explaining how the Vikings connected these far flung places to Ireland. In this episode we also see the first Africans arrive in Ireland in the 9th c...

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The Picts

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Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors: The Viking-era states of Denmark, Sweden and Norway emerged from several North Germanic tribes in Scandinavia.  These tribes also included the Geats who were prominently featured in Beowulf.  In this episode,

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Viking Legend: Ragnar Lothbrok: Ragnor Lothbrook is a legendary Viking figure who straddled the line between myth & reality. Dan is joined by historian & author Justin Pollarddiscuss what evidence there is for the existence of Ragnar Lothbrok, his adventures & his legacy.

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Episode 1 - Rollo and the Viking Age: They were the great success story of the Middle Ages, a footloose band of individual adventurers who appeared out of nowhere to blaze across the face of Dark Age Europe. In the course of two centuries the Normans launched a series of extraordinary conquests, transforming Anglo-Saxon England into Great Britain, setting up a powerful Crusader state in Antioch, and turning Palermo into the dazzling cultural and economic capital of the western Mediterranean. Their story, however, begins rather humbly in the fierce Viking Age, when a group of Scandinavian raiders came crashing into Charlemagne's empire. Join Lars Brownworth as he follows the ferocious warrior Rollo, the first Norman, who began life as a simple raider and ended it as a great lord of the West.

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297 Claudio Saunt, Indian Removal Act of 1830: The history of Native American land dispossession is as old as the story of colonization. European colonists came to the Americas, and the Caribbean, wanting land for farms and settlement so they found ways to acquire lands from indigenous peoples by...

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The History of the Knights Templar in Ireland: You've probably heard of the Knights but did you know they had a long history in Ireland lasting nearly two centuries? In this podcast I interview Maeve Callan, an expert on the history of the Templars in Ireland. Maeve details this intriguing s...

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Episode 37: Seafarers, Poets and Traveling Minstrels: Old English poets were ‘word weavers’ who often created new words to comply with the strict requirements of Germanic poetry. In this episode, we explore the role of the traveling minstrel in Anglo-Saxon culture.

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Episode 5 - William the Conqueror: The young Duke William seemed destined not to survive his childhood. Orphaned before he was ten, he became a plaything of powerful nobles as one by one his guardians were killed off. Normandy descended into chaos as central authority disappeared and ambitious knights began to carve out their own independent kingdoms. The king of France, looking to exploit the situation, invaded the Duchy seizing castles and encouraging a general revolt. But against all these odds, William somehow triumphed, defying both king and nobility and stamping his authority over his Duchy as few others would. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the early career of Normandy's most famous Duke.

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Episode 154: English Equality: By the mid-1500s, scholars were becoming more confident in ability of English to express sophisticated ideas and concepts associated with classical learning. Writers began to use English beside Latin and Greek in many scholarly works during this period...

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Episode 6 - The Two Harolds: England on the eve of the Conquest was torn between the old King Edward the Confessor and the powerful house of Godwin. With no clear heir apparent chosen, a predatory Normandy and the terrifying Harald Hardrada of Norway waited for their chance to seize the throne, while Harold of England tried desperately to keep the peace. As the year 1065 drew to it's close a royal death started a chain of events that would drastically alter the political landscape. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the most famous date in English history and the three would-be kings who struggled for the crown.

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The Danish Resistance: Rune Edberg talks to James about the Danish resistance and division during the Second World War.

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The Viking Age: Fury of the Northmen: Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the story of the start of the Viking Age, from the attack at Lindisfarne to the creation of the Danelaw.----more---- Our story starts with the attack on the Lindisfarne monastery in 793AD. The monastery is famous for...

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The Conquest of Ulster - The Norman Invasion of Ireland XVII (1177-85).: This episode covers a frenetic period of activity. The show starts in 1181 when Hugh de Lacy is suspected of treason by Kking Henry II. The Normans in Ireland wait with bated breath to see what future holds for their most powerful Lord. From there we t...

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Iceland's Titanic: The SS Godafoss: On 10 November 1944, the Icelandic steam merchant ship SS Godafoss was hit by a German U-boat torpedo. She sank in 7 minutes, killing everybody on board. For this episode, James was joined by legendary Icelandic director, producer and presenter, Jón Ár...

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Stalin's Danish Mystery: In the spring of 1945, the Allies liberated territory from Axis occupation. Whilst the British advanced into most of Denmark, Stalin’s Soviet forces occupied the small island of Bornholm. They remained there for 11 months, but then withdrew with little...

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Jacques Privat: Mysteries of the Far North: Presents evidence of early Norse settlement in Greenland and North America • Explores in depth how Greenland and its surroundings were inhabited for nearly 5 centuries by two Nordic colonies, Vestri-bygd and Eystri-bygd • Shares extensive evidence...

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(1176-77) The Norman Invasion XIV – New Blood: The last show on the Norman Invasion ended in somewhat dramatic circumstances with the death of Strongbow, the leader of the Norman Invasion. As you can imagine the fall out from this was immense. The episode begins with a group of Normans lead by Raym...

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The Duyfken: Maritime Australia 2

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The Glencoe Massacre: A beautiful landscape with a dark past.

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Kris Drever on Orkney: The guitarist, singer and songwriter Kris Drever was born and brought up on Orkney, the archipelago off the Northern coast of Scotland which is steeped in history. The walk starts in the main town of Kirkwall with its huge sandstone cathedral commemo...

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(1174) The Norman Invasion XI: A tour of Ireland in 1174: The year is 1174, much of Ireland is reeling from 5 years of warfare since the Norman Invasion began in earnest in 1169. The island is gripped by sweeping change and chaos. This podcast is an enthralling journey through this land ravaged by conflict....

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S2.26 Malcolm IV: After the successful reign of David ended in 1153 with Scotland in possession of most of northern England, Scotland was at the peak of its medieval powers. Unfortunately, the new king was a 12 year-old boy faced with numerous regional threats and an...

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S2.23 Edgar: The death of Malcolm III in 1093 led to something of a succession crisis in Scotland and by 1097, Malcolm's brother (Donalbain) and one of his sons (Duncan II) had not done a very good job of ruling the country. Next up was Edgar, backed by the En...

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(1022-1072) The Man Who would be King: Episode 14 sees Gaelic Ireland struggle to deal with the crisis and chaos that followed the death of the high king Maelseachnaill Mac Domnaill. In a highly uncertain world where war was frequent and life had little value as several kings battled to con...

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(1173-75) The Norman Invasion XII - Revolt and Reprisal: In 1173 Strongbow returned to Ireland after fighting in Normandy for his king Henry II. Within months he faced one of the biggest crises since the invasion had begun as Gaelic resistance to the Invasion surged. Not only was his castle at Kilkenny destr...

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Whisky wars and the Lord of Sipan: Max Pearson presents a collection of this week’s Witness History episodes

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(1172-1174) The Norman Invasion X. The return to war.: At Easter 1172 Henry II left Ireland, having spent six months on the island. Before departing he conferred the Kingdom of Meath onto the Norman baron Hugh de Lacy. However Meath already a king, in fact it had several. Through most of the 12th century n...

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The Vikings' Discovery of America: Sophie (age 7) and Ellie (age 5) tell the history of the Vikings' discovery of the Americas – hundreds of years before Columbus.----more---- A thousand years ago the Vikings were fierce fighters and brave explorers. They had already discovered and settle...