Vikings and the Pagan Baltic
We continue the series on the 2nd Time of Invasions by looking at the Scandinavians and Northern Europe during the Viking Age. We will examine what caused this expulsion of men and material into the p...
30 Kesä 202541min
The Magyar
In this episode, we finally introduce the looming threat to Carpathia which has book-ended several of our previous episodes - the Magyar. We trace their mysterious origins near the Ural Mountains, the...
23 Kesä 202551min
Series 6: The 2nd Dark Age (892 - 955 AD)
In this series, we will see the aftermath of the disintegration of the Frankish Empire, through the eyes of its challengers within Inner Europe, namely the Magyar and the Pagans of the Baltic Coast (S...
16 Kesä 202524min
Vlastimirovic Serbia and the First Bulgarian Empire
In this final episode of the Trial and Error Series on the 9th and early 10th centuries, we focus on two Balkan identities which are created in the tumultuous wars of the era: the Serbs and the Bulgar...
7 Huhti 20251h 4min
Great Moravia
In this episode, we introduce the Rise and Fall of Great Moravia, a 9th century Slavic "Imperial Confederacy" which would attempt to unify several of the frontier slavic tribes of Pannonia and the Car...
31 Maalis 202546min
The Gord System / White Croatia
In this episode, we pivot north, onto the great plains and swamps of the Riverlands. Here, we examine the Pagan Slavic culture and the patterns of its settlement. The 9th and 10th centuries would brin...
24 Maalis 202545min
Series 5: Trial and Error (832 - 927 AD)
In this 5th series introduction, we talk about some of the more abstract foundations of state formation, specifically two types of "order", the state, and culture. Both present stated or unstated limi...
17 Maalis 202515min
Marches of the Sava Anarchy
In this episode, we take a focused look at the tribes and alliances which take place in the fall of the Avar confederacy, specifically along western Pannonia and the Dinaric Range. Here, societies are...
10 Maalis 202545min
