Scandinavian York
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Oct 31, 2026
Julian DoreyHOST
After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions.
Julian DoreyHOST
He won a decisive victory at the Battle of Eddington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, dividing England between Anglo-Saxon territory and the Viking-ruled Danilal, which consisted of Scandinavian York, the Northeast Midlands, and East Anglia.
Julian DoreyHOST
Do we know, like...
Julian DoreyHOST
if you did a DNA test on like, I don't know, the high classes of London society, how much is gonna show Viking and how much is gonna show- That's such an
Nicola BonnHOST
You need to tell me about this because I just know that most of the time it was absolutely disgusting.
Nicola BonnHOST
And I went to the Jorvik.
Nicola BonnHOST
Have you been to the Jorvik center in York? I mean, me and my kids were just like, wow, this is not nice.
Kate ListerGUEST
So his thing is that you wouldn't have to go back that far.
Kate ListerGUEST
And indeed, you don't have to go that far around the world now today to find the places that do not smell good because the hygiene is lacking, the infrastructure, they don't have running water and sanitation the way that they should.
Kate ListerHOST
[instrumental music plays] Come and pull up a pew, Betwixtors.
Kate ListerHOST
The year is 950 AD, and we happen to be just down the road from me in the city of York, or Jorvik, as they would have said in Old Norse.
Kate ListerHOST
And I have been dabbling in Old Norse because, well, I saw the way that the winds were blowing, and I've welcomed our Viking overlords, quite frankly.
Kate ListerHOST
But now we're down the pub, and there seems to be some kind of disagreement unfolding.
Rachel OatesHOST
That's how, uh, prolific they were up in what is now Yorkshire and the surrounding areas.
Rachel OatesHOST
Um, they founded many big towns at the time, like York, or as it was known, Jorvik.
Rachel OatesHOST
The only kingdom they didn't invade was Wessex, which was ruled over by Alfred the Great, and this position of, that Alfred the Great held was passed down through his family for a few gen- generations, until one of them finally called himself the King of England.
Rachel OatesHOST
One of these kings, as they came to be known, was Edward the Confessor, and he started to make a more sophisticated government with a chancellor and a treasury.
speaker_0HOST
York fell in 866 AD.
speaker_0HOST
Known to the Anglo-Saxons as Eofowic and soon to become Jorvik under its new rulers, it was transformed into the capital of a Norse kingdom in the north.
speaker_0HOST
The Northumbrian kings attempted to retake it the following year, pushed through the city walls, and suffered a catastrophic defeat inside.
speaker_0HOST
The kingdom of Northumbria never recovered its former coherence.
Brenna HassettHOST
It's not, it's hard, but, um,
Don O'MearaGUEST
The Jorvik Caprolite is the stonehenge of medieval...
Don O'MearaGUEST
Oh, the stonehenge of poo! It's the thing that draws in all the attention.
Don O'MearaGUEST
Everyone likes to talk about the Jorvik turd.
Don O'MearaGUEST
There's boring assemblages nobody's looking at.
Don O'MearaGUEST
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