S3. Intelligent Speech - Sweden during WWII
Surprise! It's not time for a regular episode this week, but instead we're bringing you an extra special episode. Back in April we had the pleasure of giving a talk at the Intelligent Speech Conferenc...
4 Heinä 202133min
36. Law and Order Part Two
After a brief discussion of windmills in England, we pick up where we left off last time and continue our discussion of the legal system in the High Middle Ages in Sweden. Today we take a closer look ...
26 Kesä 202145min
35. Law and Order Part One
Welcome to the office of Law and Order: Medieval Sweden Unit! In the first of this two-part mini series on crime, laws and justice in Sweden during the 12th and 13th centuries, we're looking into some...
13 Kesä 202136min
34. Kings and Jarls Play Jenga
We kick off this episode with Sverker II, who returns from exile and becomes King of Sweden as the Jarl, Birger Brosa of the Bjälbo family, is busy pulling the strings behind the scenes. However, a fe...
30 Touko 20211h 3min
33. Welcome to Stockholm!
Finally, after 32 episodes and thousands of years of Swedish history, we can welcome you to the nation's capital Stockholm! It hasn't been around until now, but from the late 1100s onwards, it will ex...
16 Touko 202151min
32. Four Murders and a Funeral
King Sverker is dead. He will be followed by decades of fighting over the throne between his own Sverker dynasty and the rival Erik dynasty. In this episode, we cover the first four decades of this dr...
2 Touko 20211h 1min
31. Sverker
Today we are dedicating an entire episode to the tumultuous times of King Sverker! No shortage of drama here, as we see another extended Danish civil war, introduce the Novgorod Republic (who are wort...
18 Huhti 20211h 4min
30. Queens, Rebels and Crusades
In another episode full of regal drama, sometimes playing out more like a South American telenovela than Swedish history, we finish the story of the Stenkil dynasty, beginning with the brothers Filip ...
4 Huhti 202147min
