22. Erik Segersäll - The First Swedish King?
We have finally reached the real beginning of the Swedish monarchy! Or have we? Erik Segersäll sometimes gets the credit for being Sweden's first King, after establishing a new town and even taking ov...
29 Nov 202055min
21. Wrapping Up the Viking Age
As we approach the end of the Viking Age in Scandinavia, we summarise everything we've learned so far and touch on some other topics we didn't cover in detail in the last few episodes. We set the scen...
15 Nov 202050min
20. Viking Sites in Stockholm
In a first for the podcast, we head outside to explore our new home city of Stockholm. We explore the island of Lidingö and find three Viking sites; two runestones and one grave site burial mound. Che...
1 Nov 202040min
19. Viking Religion and Beliefs
In our final thematic episode about the Viking Age in Sweden and Scandinavia, we explore what some Vikings would have believed and which Gods existed in their world. Prepare for a few strange stories ...
18 Okt 202040min
18. Stories of Viking Women
A slight change of format whilst Åsa is in Sweden, so this time we'll see Chris describe the lives of four Viking women to a special guest host. We look at the stories of a Swedish Princess, two resid...
4 Okt 202052min
17. Viking Women Part Two
This is Part Two of our mini series on the lives of women during the Viking Age in Sweden and across the Viking world. We examine which sources can help us find out about these amazing people, then lo...
20 Sep 20201h 1min
16. Viking Women Part One
We are back in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia after our trip eastwards to look at the Rus. We are now starting a short series of episodes on the lives of women in the Viking age. We will look at e...
6 Sep 202031min
News Update
News Update: We are moving to live in Sweden and the podcast is coming with us! Listen to this brief announcement as we talk more about it and explain how the move might have an impact on the next few...
28 Aug 20205min
