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    The Story of London

    Welcome to The Story of London, a podcast dedicated to telling the history of London as a single narrative tale; from its birth until the present day.

    Each episode takes us along that tale, a chronicle of the most fascinating and vibrant city on Earth.

    There is a lot of content in here and each listener can enjoy it in a variety of ways. You can listen to an episode by itself for a slice of life from London’s past; or, if you have a favourite period of time you want to explore, find the era and follow the Chapters in that section.

    Or maybe you want to join us on the grand journey, starting at the beginning and following along? Whatever option, welcome to the chronological tale of this amazing place.

    The Story of London covers events as they happened, from the actions of the great and the good, down to those of the poor and marginalised. We try to be as historically precise as possible, sometimes stumbling upon little gems of history that change the way we see the past, and never take ourselves too seriously.

    Feel free to join us… new episodes every week.

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    Copyright: © Saul Boyle 2022

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    Chapter 76- The Tyranny of Lesser Men (1190) Jan 10, 2024
    Show notes

    While London recovered from from the bloody massacre upon its streets, events elsewhere rapidly began to spiral out of control. The King was lumbering towards the Holy Land, ineptly making scores of enemies along the way, while in England various factions began to draw up battlelines. And London suddenly found itself at the heart of all of this… and yet, London had seemingly changed.


    Chapter 75- The Sins of King Yes or No (1189) Jan 03, 2024
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    The story returns with an episode dedicated to just a few months in the city’s saga… but a dark, terrible few months that were to see the city changed forever. We are in the year 1189 and the circumstances around the elevation of King Richard I, which led directly to the darkest moment in the cities history; how this useless King was to scar the city forever with his ineptitude and selfishness within only a few weeks, sets up the next part of the tale of London’s first mayor…


    Chapter 74- The Devil’s Crown (1184-1189) Dec 27, 2023
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    The end of the reign of Henry II is one filled with high level visits from dignitaries to London, the implosion of the Royal Family, a new status quo in Europe, and headline grabbing events in the Middle East dominating even domestic politics… welcome to start of the tale of the elevation of the first mayor of London.


    Chapter 73- In praise of the mundane things… (1173-1183) Dec 20, 2023
    Show notes

    The story returns with a seemingly ‘quiet’ decade from London’s history; but one filled with many mundane things- including legal reforms, much gossip and above all, the rebuilding of London Bridge in stone. Welcome to the calm before the next storm… picture rights for episode cover: "London Bridge. City of London Boundary Dragon. East Side." by amandabhslater is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.


    Chapter 72- The Last Vikings (and the birth of the London Irish) (1170-1172) Dec 13, 2023
    Show notes

    The Story continues by looking away from London for a few years; as we examine how and why Henry II invaded Ireland and the roots of the Irish diaspora of London, with a special chapter dedicated to examining some overlooked aspects of the event… why did Henry find himself, in the midst of the biggest political crisis of his reign, running off to intervene in a foreign country?


    Chapter 71- Thomas of London II: The Men of God (1160-1170) Dec 06, 2023
    Show notes

    Returning and finishing the story of Thomas Becket, with a bumper episode that covers his elevation to Archbishop, why he fell out with the King, his intense theological war of words with the new Bishop of London and why, towards the end of his life, in a charged and emotive moment… London embraced their wayward son. The epic story of Thomas of London concludes.


    Chapter 70- Thomas of London (The City Boy Made Good) (1119-1160) Nov 29, 2023
    Show notes

    The Story gets to the first part in the two-part saga of the life of Thomas Becket- the London boy who would go on to become Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. And yet his story illustrates, perhaps perfectly, not just the tale of a man, but how the citizens of London navigated the powerful, unstable, and violent nation around them.


    Chapter 69- FitzStephen’s London (Life in the city 1174) Nov 22, 2023
    Show notes

    We have reached the first of a series of special episodes- an examination of the first document that attempts to describe the social life of Londoner’s in the 12th century… so who was William FitzStephen, and what was the city he described? Welcome to London in the year 1174…


    Chapter 68- The Money Pit (1161-1174) Nov 15, 2023
    Show notes

    London was once the financial capital of the world, and still is a significant player in this realm. But when, and how, did this role start? The Story of London reaches the decade where London’s position as a credit and banking centre begins to emerge, as an unlikely combination of circumstances and communities begins to create something unique… and this begins to impact upon the city itself.


    Chapter 67- Almost Nobles… (1154-1161) Nov 08, 2023
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    The Story of London reaches the opening years of the reign of Henry II; foreign merchants start growing in power in the city; the Knight’s Templars make a spectacular land grab, and while the oligarchs who run the city continue to run things for their own benefit, a powerful new group emerge from within the streets of London itself…


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