This week, the paradoxical comforts of the Shire. How did it come into being, and how did the hobbits settle there? How does if embody and reject the vision of a nostalgic, nationalist England? And how long is the High Hay anyway?Show NotesThe Pyrates (George MacDonald Fraser)The Return of the Shadow (The History of Middle-earth)Shire Reckoning"The Gods Return to Earth: C.S. Lewis’ Review of The Fellowship of the Ring""Tolkien Tuesday: Tolkien, Landscape Archaeology, and the First Age of Middle-earth"“The Lady’s Gift! The Star-glass! A Light to You in Dark Places, She Said it Was To Be.”The Lord of the Rings Deluxe Illustrated Box SetShire Reckoning is a Next Word production. For bonus episodes and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/NextWord.Follow Shire Reckoning on YouTube, Bluesky and Instagram.Music by Corvus from Pixabay. 

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