Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Medieval History

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  1. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    44:18Fitted plate armour, layered protection, and breathingNotable Point
  2. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    46:22Ceremonial armour as status and intimidationNotable Point
  3. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    52:02Jadwiga of Poland in armourNotable Point
  4. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:56Danegeld and the incentive to returnNotable Point
  5. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:21:20Testing claims that Harold's army sailed south in 1066Notable Point
  6. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:40Why modern borders distort medieval BritainNotable Point
  7. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:05:27Factional appeals behind English wars in IrelandNotable Point
  8. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:06:46Feudal service and the question of unpaid troopsQ&A
  9. Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...
    44:55Medieval road building was local, not absentNotable Point
  10. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:23:17Hardrada wins at Stamford Bridge before William landsQ&A
  11. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:30:36Where could Hardrada blunt William's cavalry?Q&A
  12. George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...
    3:18Dating George and reading medieval chronology cautiouslyNotable Point
  13. George of Antioch: The Scilian Admiral of Admirals who out foxed the Byzantines...
    20:11Conflicting dates and a medieval research trailNotable Point
  14. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:15:47Moving Britain west redirects medieval expansion and lengthens the air warQ&A
  15. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    11:57Håkon IV and Scapa Flow's medieval settingNotable Point
  16. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    3:33:28A blacksmith's role in treating a medieval arrow woundChapter
  17. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    2:54:14Were Greco-Roman societies ahead of Renaissance Europe?Q&A
  18. A Book or Two to Review (26): How to Survive in Medieval England
    8:46Why Toni Mount's book earns a recommendationChapter
  19. A Book or Two to Review (22): Roman Conquests - Britain
    17:29History does not move in a straight lineNotable Point
  20. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:19:43Edward I's daughters as dynastic actorsChapter
  21. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:23:02How uncertain birth dates affect Edward I's family chronologyNotable Point
  22. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    1:00:36Edward of Woodstock, the Black PrinceQ&A
  23. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    0:27Edward I's daughters and the 1290 succession documentChapter
  24. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    4:57Matilda, primogeniture, and female inheritanceNotable Point
  25. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    6:25Eleanor's Aragon match and Edward I's confidenceNotable Point
  26. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    7:23Philippa of Clarence and the disputed succession of 1399Notable Point
  27. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    12:21Why the book's apparatus mattersChapter
  28. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    13:46The daughters' marriages, lifespans, and burial placesChapter
  29. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    17:47Informal power when women are absent from the witness listNotable Point
  30. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    23:24Forgeries, rewritten records, and vanished documentsNotable Point
  31. A Book or Two to Review (15): Daughters of Edward I
    24:30Queens as wartime regentsNotable Point
  32. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    3:10:58Teaching at Oxford predates its oldest collegesNotable Point
  33. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    0:28The Warennes as a middle-rank power familyChapter
  34. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    2:22William de Warenne's death and noble networksNotable Point
  35. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    6:45John de Warenne's wardship and royal serviceNotable Point
  36. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    9:48The Feast of the Swans and a generation of knightsNotable Point
  37. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    12:18Robert Bruce, John Comyn, and the Scottish crownNotable Point
  38. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    12:18Warenne, Gaveston, and baronial reformNotable Point
  39. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    14:53Gaveston's Irish exile and a bargain over taxationNotable Point
  40. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    15:56What the barons wanted reformedNotable Point
  41. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    17:28Patronage and tournament politics restore GavestonNotable Point
  42. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    18:48An armed Parliament creates the OrdainersNotable Point
  43. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    20:26The Ordinances and the Scarborough crisisNotable Point
  44. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    20:26Warenne's Scottish service and royal rewardsNotable Point
  45. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    22:09Lancaster's five-earldom power baseNotable Point
  46. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    22:44The forty-one Ordinances limit Edward IINotable Point
  47. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    27:05Alice de Lacy's abduction and private warNotable Point
  48. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    27:05Why Warenne stayed away from BannockburnNotable Point
  49. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    30:19Six defenders at Conisbrough CastleNotable Point
  50. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    30:57Warenne asks the crown to save his Welsh estatesNotable Point
  51. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    33:34The 1319 settlement strips Warenne's estatesNotable Point
  52. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    34:30Why the book works as family historyChapter
  53. A Book or Two to Review (10): Defenders of the Norman Crown
    34:30The Despenser crisis rebuilds a baronial coalitionNotable Point
  54. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    0:25Mark Morris's Castle and unfinished BeaumarisChapter
  55. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    2:05Caernarfon as castle and fortified townNotable Point
  56. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    3:52Bodiam as a public-history hookNotable Point
  57. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    5:41Bodiam's owner and late medieval societyNotable Point
  58. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    7:12Bodiam versus royal conquest castlesChapter
  59. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    8:48Late medieval castles resist one design ruleNotable Point
  60. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    9:53Bodiam's windows, walls, and drainable moatNotable Point
  61. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    12:38Bodiam's bridge, island, and barbican approachNotable Point
  62. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    13:24Gunpowder and machicolations at Bodiam's gatehouseNotable Point
  63. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    14:34The drawbridge problem and Bodiam's weak rear gateNotable Point
  64. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    16:16Bodiam's moat, ponds, and landscape of displayNotable Point
  65. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    17:01From castle sieges to pitched battlesChapter
  66. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    18:28Bodiam's defenses scaled to raidsNotable Point
  67. A Book or Two to Review (9): Castle - A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain
    20:14Castle defenses as a scaled security systemNotable Point
  68. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    0:14Castles as combined powerChapter
  69. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    4:43Why castle context mattersNotable Point
  70. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    7:46Royal castles matched royal threatsNotable Point
  71. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    11:35Master James and the castle machineNotable Point
  72. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    14:46Garrisons as the weak pointNotable Point
  73. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    21:46Castles after gunpowderNotable Point
  74. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    25:44Welsh coalitions and rebellion politicsChapter
  75. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    29:37Ports, markets, and local stabilityChapter
  76. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    32:59Castle finance reshaped royal governmentNotable Point
  77. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    35:26Batch building and site-specific designNotable Point
  78. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    39:46Building castles without modern machineryNotable Point
  79. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Summary - Long Patrol P14/14
    44:32Five questions for reading any castleNotable Point
  80. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    1:21Visitor interpretation that respects the castleNotable Point
  81. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    3:03Beaumaris as a concentric castleChapter
  82. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    6:20Royal residence and war machineNotable Point
  83. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    11:39Dock, town wall, and the Menai StraitChapter
  84. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    16:33Few defenders against manyNotable Point
  85. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    17:25Rebellion, workforce, and costChapter
  86. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    24:55Scottish wars leave Beaumaris unfinishedNotable Point
  87. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    26:31From Glyndŵr's revolt to the Civil WarChapter
  88. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    29:06Why the ruins remain easy to readNotable Point
  89. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    30:29Layered defense and strategic locationNotable Point
  90. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    33:46Castle, palace, and deterrent symbolNotable Point
  91. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Beaumaris Castle - Long Patrol P13/14
    36:39Firing positions and ward scaleNotable Point
  92. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    0:07Harlech in Edward I's castle systemChapter
  93. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    2:47Concentric additions and Caerphilly's water defencesNotable Point
  94. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    3:22Trade, town walls and the decline of private fortressesNotable Point
  95. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    5:17Town-wall towers and Canterbury's 1940 reuseNotable Point
  96. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    5:47Stokesay and the boundary between castle and houseNotable Point
  97. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    11:23Harlech's lost maritime edgeChapter
  98. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    14:09Branwen's legend and the cost of building on rockNotable Point
  99. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    14:49Otto de Grandson's professional advance guardNotable Point
  100. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    17:00Building defensible walls in 1283Chapter
  101. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    17:46Agnes de Bonvillars and the garrison's loyaltyNotable Point
  102. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    19:04Harlech's workforce and construction budgetNotable Point
  103. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    20:29Fortification spending and strategic valueNotable Point
  104. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    22:52Crossbowmen, support trades and the constableNotable Point
  105. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    23:21Harlech's 1294 siege and Irish sea supplyNotable Point
  106. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    24:48Welsh troops and Irish supply networksNotable Point
  107. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    26:38Succession, warrior princes and royal reputationChapter
  108. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    31:25A coastal chain supplied by seaNotable Point
  109. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    33:55Architecture as psychological warfareNotable Point
  110. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    34:58Gatehouse, moat, and the landward approachNotable Point
  111. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    35:50Geography, structure, and garrisonNotable Point
  112. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Harlech Castle - Long Patrol P12/14
    38:39Reconstructing whitewashed maritime HarlechNotable Point
  113. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    1:36Conwy's maritime castle planChapter
  114. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    3:39Attack geometry at the gateNotable Point
  115. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    5:15Welsh site, Edwardian rebuildChapter
  116. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    7:59Managing the royal building programChapter
  117. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    9:05Seasonal labor through Chester and the seaNotable Point
  118. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    9:55Constable, garrison, and town militiaNotable Point
  119. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    10:54Sea supply breaks the 1294-95 siegeChapter
  120. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    12:29Royal repairs followed by neglectNotable Point
  121. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    13:49The 1401 workmen's ruseChapter
  122. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    17:43River crossing, mountain route, and sea supplyChapter
  123. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    18:59Carving a castle from the coastal ridgeNotable Point
  124. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    19:44Paint, royal status, and fire concealmentNotable Point
  125. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    21:46Twenty-one-meter towers and putlog holesNotable Point
  126. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    22:41The western barbican's layered killing zoneChapter
  127. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    23:55Crossbow professionals and longbow militiaNotable Point
  128. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Conwy Castle - Long Patrol P11/14
    25:29Reading Conwy as a preserved maritime landmarkNotable Point
  129. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    0:42Caernarfon's cafe proposal and conservation prioritiesNotable Point
  130. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    4:38A castle visit for different interests and access needsNotable Point
  131. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    11:29Norman conquest and Welsh recovery at CaernarfonChapter
  132. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    13:42Caernarfon's Byzantine comparison and defencesNotable Point
  133. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    16:03Reading Caernarfon's plan and building sequenceChapter
  134. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    19:09A fortified town for political integrationNotable Point
  135. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    20:19Town, castle, and sea supplyNotable Point
  136. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    22:38Menai geography and the 1282-83 warChapter
  137. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    24:31Testing the claimed burial of Magnus MaximusNotable Point
  138. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    26:47Roman memory as a claim to royal authorityNotable Point
  139. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    29:31Construction logistics for a royal townChapter
  140. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    30:37Royal visits and the Prince of WalesNotable Point
  141. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    31:49The first accounts end before the castle is completeNotable Point
  142. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    32:27The 1294 capture and rebuildChapter
  143. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    34:30Master masons and construction continuityChapter
  144. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    36:20A costly castle still left unfinishedNotable Point
  145. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    37:48Paintings reveal Caernarfon's restorationNotable Point
  146. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    39:19Layered galleries and concealed defendersNotable Point
  147. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    41:06A northern seat of English governmentNotable Point
  148. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    42:15The unfinished King's Gate killing zoneNotable Point
  149. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    44:17Welsh pride and a Roman foundation storyNotable Point
  150. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    46:33Why Caernarfon escaped slighting after the civil warsChapter
  151. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    48:53Measuring Gwynedd's resistance in proportionNotable Point
  152. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Caernarfon Castle - Long Patrol P10/14
    52:45Edward I recruited veterans from both sidesNotable Point
  153. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    1:05Denbigh in Edward I's second castle waveChapter
  154. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    4:38Castle and town as one lordshipChapter
  155. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    6:56Deterrence gives way to direct controlNotable Point
  156. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    7:49The triple-towered gatehouseNotable Point
  157. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    10:14Settlement, labor, and burgess defenseChapter
  158. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    14:10Mortimer repairs and Glyndŵr's revoltChapter
  159. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    16:19Wars of the Roses reshape DenbighChapter
  160. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    18:12Robert Dudley's church and local influenceNotable Point
  161. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Denbigh Castle - Long Patrol P9/14
    22:52Rhuddlan makes Denbigh maritimeNotable Point
  162. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    0:16Aberystwyth as town and castleChapter
  163. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    2:36The early castle and Gwenllian's family allianceChapter
  164. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    5:36Mixed identities on the Norman-Welsh frontierNotable Point
  165. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    6:06Dynastic murder and the 1143 burningNotable Point
  166. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    7:24Edward I's rebuilding before and after 1282Chapter
  167. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    8:27The 1294-95 revolt and fortified boroughNotable Point
  168. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    9:08The Black Prince's 1343 report of disrepairNotable Point
  169. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    9:08Disrepair, Glyndŵr, and the royal mintChapter
  170. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    9:40Glyndŵr's French treaty and the 1408 recaptureNotable Point
  171. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    10:28Welsh alliances and the English king's hostilityNotable Point
  172. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    12:20Gate towers and attack geometryNotable Point
  173. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    13:11Castle and garrison as strategic controlNotable Point
  174. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Aberystwyth Castle - Long Patrol P8/14
    14:31Natural harbour and defensive geographyNotable Point
  175. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    0:29Horrible Histories as a castle gatewayChapter
  176. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    2:28Warkworth, Henry II, and northern warNotable Point
  177. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    3:00Bertram de Bothal and Warkworth's hermitageNotable Point
  178. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    4:02Warkworth's stone walls and Harry HotspurNotable Point
  179. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    5:18York Castle, crusade finance, and massacreNotable Point
  180. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    6:39Richard I's death, mercy, and revengeNotable Point
  181. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    7:51Rochester Castle and Magna Carta warfareNotable Point
  182. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    9:27King John and the fate of Arthur of BrittanyNotable Point
  183. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    9:39Lady Blanche and Rochester's battlement legendNotable Point
  184. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    10:26Beeston's wells, treasure, and Civil War scarcityChapter
  185. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    12:17Bedford Castle's siege machinery and logisticsChapter
  186. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    13:30Bedford's surrender and Henry III's punishmentNotable Point
  187. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    14:02Bedford's late papal letter and Falkes's survivalNotable Point
  188. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    15:32Berkeley Castle and Edward II's fallNotable Point
  189. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    17:14Queenship under a weak martial kingNotable Point
  190. A Book or Two to Review (8): Horrible Histories - Crackin' Castles
    18:06Edward II's anniversary scream legendNotable Point
  191. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    0:14Builth at the River Wye crossingChapter
  192. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    1:58Marcher and Welsh claims before Edward IChapter
  193. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    3:19Edward I's cheap unfinished rebuildChapter
  194. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    4:25The unfinished castle proves defensibleNotable Point
  195. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    4:56Mortimer, Isabella, and Edward IIIChapter
  196. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    6:23Alice de Lacy and coerced lordshipChapter
  197. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    7:48The Black Prince's garrison rightChapter
  198. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    8:47Builth returns to the Tudor crownChapter
  199. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    9:33Fire and stone robbing erase the castleNotable Point
  200. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Builth Castle - Long Patrol P7/14
    10:10A defensive castle at the edge of controlNotable Point
  201. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    0:15Rhuddlan and conquest by civil engineeringChapter
  202. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    1:37Rhuddlan's river position and routes to FlintNotable Point
  203. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    4:58Thomas Pennant records Rhuddlan's ruinsNotable Point
  204. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    5:18Welsh heartland before Edward IChapter
  205. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    6:50Harold Godwinson's military experience in WalesNotable Point
  206. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    7:31Twthill, Robert of Rhuddlan's earlier castleNotable Point
  207. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    8:05Flint, Rhuddlan, and Cinque Ports supplyChapter
  208. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    9:33Welsh troops in Edward I's 1277 campaignNotable Point
  209. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    10:43Amadeus of Savoy relieves Rhuddlan in 1282Chapter
  210. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    12:50Elizabeth's birth and Rhuddlan's completion in 1282Notable Point
  211. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    13:12The Statute of Rhuddlan and governmentChapter
  212. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    14:35Rhuddlan holds during later Welsh revoltsChapter
  213. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    16:29Inside Rhuddlan's layered fields of fireNotable Point
  214. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    17:29A fortified hub supplied from the seaNotable Point
  215. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    18:32Castles, settlers, and the cost of occupationNotable Point
  216. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Rhuddlan Castle - Long Patrol P6/14
    19:18Edward I's pursuit of stabilityNotable Point
  217. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    0:36Hawarden Castle and River Dee resupplyChapter
  218. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    2:01From older works to Edward I's castleChapter
  219. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    2:58Dafydd's Easter 1282 attack on HawardenChapter
  220. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    4:00Palm Sunday and the chronicle's case against Welsh resistanceNotable Point
  221. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    5:20Dafydd's timing and Llywelyn's problemNotable Point
  222. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    6:24Hawarden's small garrison and later slightingNotable Point
  223. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    6:47How Hawarden and Flint controlled Dee crossingsChapter
  224. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Hawarden Castle - Long Patrol P5/14
    8:26Night tides and relief of a siege at HawardenNotable Point
  225. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    1:07Flint Castle on the River DeeChapter
  226. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    3:01Flint's drawbridges and fields of fireNotable Point
  227. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    4:39Flint's builders and protected harbourChapter
  228. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    5:33Flint's £6,000 cost and modern comparisonsNotable Point
  229. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    6:25Shotwick and cross-Dee reliefNotable Point
  230. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    7:51Flint's donjon and independent sea supplyChapter
  231. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    10:20A wooden gallery for the future Edward IINotable Point
  232. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    10:58Edward I's first Ring of Iron castleChapter
  233. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    11:44Welsh attacks in 1282 and 1294Chapter
  234. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    12:20Richard II and the 1647 siegeChapter
  235. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    14:39Why Edward I entered North Wales at FlintNotable Point
  236. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    0:05Master James's Savoyard building worldChapter
  237. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    2:01What the sources cannot prove about JamesNotable Point
  238. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    3:09Vitruvius and master-mason expertiseNotable Point
  239. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    6:22Edward I spots a Savoy castle builderChapter
  240. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    9:06Master of construction in WalesNotable Point
  241. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    10:36Castle builder as royal military officerNotable Point
  242. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    14:01Reading castle construction at BeaumarisNotable Point
  243. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    14:33Which Ring of Iron castles James controlledChapter
  244. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/14
    16:21Flint, Rhuddlan, and Hawarden built for speedNotable Point
  245. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    0:17Edward I and Wales as castle contextChapter
  246. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    2:12Harold Godwinson and Welsh martial cultureNotable Point
  247. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    3:29Marcher lordships and Norman footholdsChapter
  248. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    4:46Henry I's Pembroke settlement and the Irish connectionNotable Point
  249. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    5:26The Anarchy, Crug Mawr, and Welsh disunityNotable Point
  250. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    6:49Welsh terrain and the limits of a buffer stateNotable Point
  251. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    8:59Henry II's Angevin and Plantagenet backgroundNotable Point
  252. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    8:59Henry II's campaigns and client ruleNotable Point
  253. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    10:44Rain and logistics break Henry II's Berwyn campaignNotable Point
  254. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    11:16Dynastic marriage and client rule in GwyneddNotable Point
  255. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    12:24Lord Rhys as prince and royal justiciarNotable Point
  256. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    13:12Richard I's troop withdrawals and Llywelyn's riseNotable Point
  257. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    14:31Pencader and the recovery of royal powerNotable Point
  258. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    15:11John, Llywelyn, and the 1211 Gwynedd campaignChapter
  259. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    15:55Coalition victory at Llandeilo and reversal after BouvinesNotable Point
  260. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    17:25Welsh conquest as expansion and border securityNotable Point
  261. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    20:54Union and asymmetric royal powerNotable Point
  262. A Book or Two to Review (7): Edward I and Wales 1254-1307
    22:11Edward I's commitment and the French strategic shiftNotable Point
  263. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    0:28Longshanks, Hammer of the Scots, and contested memoryNotable Point
  264. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    2:15Baronial war and the fear of power vacuumsChapter
  265. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    4:26Weak kingship and the cost of uncertain successionNotable Point
  266. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    8:37Eleanor of Provence as a political forceNotable Point
  267. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    13:34Law, taxation, and Parliament as royal toolsChapter
  268. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    17:58Political balance and a crusader command networkNotable Point
  269. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    20:31Llywelyn, Dafydd, and the road to Welsh warChapter
  270. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    25:29Welsh military reverses and castle-building conquestNotable Point
  271. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    28:15Scottish succession as a border-security crisisChapter
  272. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    33:20Statutes, Commons, and tax consentNotable Point
  273. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    35:03Edward I's succession luck runs outNotable Point
  274. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    41:41Marriage diplomacy and the contrast with Edward IINotable Point
  275. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Edward I - Long Patrol P2/14
    44:14Security, stability, and the castle obsessionNotable Point
  276. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    0:37Why the Ring of Iron mattersChapter
  277. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    1:43North Wales, not a simple national storyNotable Point
  278. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    4:01Three waves of castle buildingChapter
  279. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    6:07Castles as tools of sea powerChapter
  280. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    10:22What makes a castle different from a fortressNotable Point
  281. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    13:37The political map before and after conquestChapter
  282. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Introduction - Long Patrol P1/14
    18:47Coastal castles as control and deterrenceChapter
  283. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    0:17Plantagenet Princes and the Ring of StoneChapter
  284. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    1:48English kings as French dukesNotable Point
  285. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    3:29Eleanor of Aquitaine and marriage politicsChapter
  286. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    5:23Supplying Louis VII's wedding progressNotable Point
  287. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    6:12Eleanor, Louis VII, and succession pressureNotable Point
  288. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    8:30The Second Crusade and papal refusalNotable Point
  289. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    10:50Henry of Anjou learns through failed invasionsNotable Point
  290. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    12:20Bishops reverse the pope's marriage rulingNotable Point
  291. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    14:33Annulment restores Eleanor's lands but not her daughtersChapter
  292. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    16:50Henry II's learning, temper, and secrecyNotable Point
  293. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    17:42Henry II and the Angevin power blocChapter
  294. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    18:58Henry II's forest law and royal jurisdictionNotable Point
  295. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    20:02Henry II's austere progress and Eleanor's enduranceNotable Point
  296. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    20:02Limits of Henry II's religious tolerationNotable Point
  297. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    20:50Henry secures Aquitaine before crossing to EnglandNotable Point
  298. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    21:30Eleanor establishes her court at AngersNotable Point
  299. A Book or Two to Review (6): Plantagenet Princes
    22:05Medieval royal history as politicsNotable Point
  300. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    15:45The Dark Ages label hides institutional continuityNotable Point
  301. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    26:08Why does the Dark Ages label persist?Q&A
  302. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    29:31Infrastructure provides a more precise question than the Dark Ages labelNotable Point
  303. Four Random Books 32: Medieval
    9:30The Mediterranean as a framework for medieval historyChapter
  304. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:42:06Weapons development did not stop with RomeNotable Point
  305. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:43:34How would an imperial Roman legion fare in early medieval Europe?Q&A
  306. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:48:59A wider Dark Ages and the Saxon burhNotable Point
  307. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:52:48Did castles stop the Mongols?Q&A
  308. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:57:20Did European knights stop the Mongols in Hungary?Q&A
  309. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    3:01:55Hungarian resistance as a counterpoint to Mongol withdrawalNotable Point
  310. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:12:05Sunday archery and England's reserve of bowmenQ&A
  311. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:22:33How ransom economics encouraged captors to protect prisonersQ&A