Royalty: Let’s Make Sense of This Shit
👑 Chaos, conversion, and survival on the edge of a new era.
Cynegils ruled a kingdom caught between old gods and new faiths, fragile borders and fierce rivals. His baptism wasn’t just a spiritual act—it was a royal gamble that shaped the future of Wessex and England itself.
🔥 In this episode:
- Brutal wars and shifting alliances: battles against Britons and power plays with Northumbria’s king Edwin.
- The tangled family tree: royal rivalries, missing queens, and the stakes of succession.
- Christianity arrives in Wessex: baptism, Bishop Birinus, and the clash of pagan tradition with a new religion.
- Behind the throne: daily life in a traveling royal court, invisible women, and the human costs of power.
- Legacy in flux: what did it mean to be “king” when everything was changing?
- Myth-busting and mystery: piecing together a life hidden in the fog of history.
This is the unvarnished, messy story of a king who held his kingdom together at the dawn of a new age. Isabella guides you through blood, faith, and family drama with humor and honesty, bringing the shadows of history into sharp, human focus.
🤔 What’s at stake?
How do you hold onto power when gods change and enemies multiply?
What’s the price of survival—and conversion—in a world built on swords and stories?
🧾 Sources & Scholarship:
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Bede’s Ecclesiastical History, archaeological insights, and cutting-edge scholarship—all woven with myth-busting and personal reflection.
🌱 Listener Reflection:
If you had to choose faith or family, war or peace, what would your story be? Share your thoughts, legends, and questions with us.
Next up: Cenwalh, Cynegils’ son, faces exile, war, and the ongoing struggle to define Wessex’s place in a Christianizing England.
Subscribe, send your stories, and let’s keep making sense of this royal shit—together.
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