War And Conquest

871-78: The Great Army forces Alfred the Great into hiding in the swamps forcing him to claw his kingdom back from the Vikings Song: Martyr by August Burns Red- Found in Faraway Pl...

865-71 AD: The Sons of Ragnar land in East Anglia with the largest Viking army ever assembled with the intent to conquer all of the Anglo Saxon KingdomsSong: Heathen by Currents- L...

790-1066: For one reason or another large waves of Scandinavian raiders explode from their icy homes on to an unsuspecting Europe Song: Twenty Five by The Devil Wears Prada- Color ...

700-800 AD: I throw my hands up at this abysmally sourced period in history and decide to have some fun with this one Song: Blindness by Insolvency- Illusional Gates www.warandconq...

Episode for this week isn't done so enjoy some OTR highlights while I finish the real show [email protected]://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUOD...

597-700 AD: Pope Gregory sends the first Roman Missionaries to the British Isles since the collapse of Roman authority to reestablish the faith Song: Twilight of the Thunder God- ...

410-500 AD: After the collapse of Roman rule, the inhabitants of the Britannic Isles have to try to put their lives back together in the face of lawlessness, famine and pagan raide...

Somehow, Neil Returned...

The books and sources used to create this past season Watch this episode with video on YouTube [email protected]://www.youtube.com/channel/UC...

1571: The largest clash of oared vessels in the history of the Mediterranean since Antiquity. The Holy League of Venice, The Papal States and The Hapsburgs vs the Ottoman Navy Song...

Sepetember 1565: Thousands litter the battlefield on both sides as the the game of chicken between the Knights and Ottomans draws to a bloody conclusion Song: Martyrs by August Bu...

I sit down with author and historian Brue Ware Allen, author of The Great Siege of Malta, for discussion about Malta and getting published in the historical books industry...