The History Chap Podcast

7: The Birth of England


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Alfred The Great had dreamed of a united Anglo-Saxon country - England.

But he never achieved it in his lifetime.
It was left for his descendants to carry out his work towards that goal.

And "Project England" had to apply the brakes on more than one occasion.

Finally, under Alfred's grandson, Aethelstan, England becomes a united country.

This is the story of how Aethelstan achieved this remarkable feat and how his successors nearly ruined everything...


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