The British History Podcast

220 – Alfred and Guthrum: Magic, Madness, Heaven, Sin

<p>It’s the year 876 and historians Dudo and Flodoard tell us that a fleet of Vikings slammed into the Frankish city of Rouen and nearly leveled it to the ground. In response to this attack, King Louis the Stammerer, brother of Judith, launched a campaign to oust them… but he never saw this completed because […]</p>
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