Patriotic History: Britons and Saxons – PH 092322

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.radioalbion.com/PH/ph%20092322.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1371" data-original-width="1371" src="https://archive.radioalbion.com/PH/ph%20092322.jpg" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://gab.com/SvenLongshanks" target="_blank"><strong>Sven Longshanks</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.radioalbion.com/search/label/Patriart?&amp;max-results=5" target="_blank"><strong>PatriArt</strong></a> look at the arrival of the Saxons in Britain.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">King Constantine III took the army from Britain to Gaul where they defeated the Vandal confederation, leaving the island sparsely defended.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">A comet also devastated the country at this time, causing many to flee to Brittany.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was at this point that Hengist, Horsa and the Saxons arrived, on the invitation of Vortigern, who married a Saxon princess and gave her father the county of Kent in exchange for her.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This upset the Britons, who kicked the Saxons out, but they came back and carried out the treacherous ‘night of the long knives’ slaying the British princes during a peace treaty.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sons of Constantine were recalled from Armorica and one of them, Uthyr, was the father of the famous King Arthur II.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Notes for this episode can be found&nbsp;<a href="https://archive.radioalbion.com/PH/PH%2051.odt" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">HERE</span></b></a></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></em></p><p><em><span style="font-family: verdana;">Presented by Sven Longshanks and PatriArt</span></em></p><p><strong><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: verdana;">Patriot