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The History of Denmark

An amateur history podcast about the oldest Kingdom in Europe. It follows the Danish monarchs from Gorm the Old to Margaret II across 1000 years.

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Episode 23 – The Great Northern War and the colonies

Episode 23 – The Great Northern War and the colonies

Christian V codifies Danish Law in the late 1600s, and his successor joins forces with Russia and Poland to break the Sw... Read more

6 Aug 2018

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Episode 22 – Absolutism

Episode 22 – Absolutism

Denmark transitions to absolute monarchy under interesting circumstances and then tries to win back land from Sweden. Fa... Read more

11 Jun 2017

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Update 11/02/17

Update 11/02/17

Status-update on The History of Denmark as of 11/02/17https://archive.org/download/Update110217/Update%20110217.mp3

11 Feb 2017

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Episode 21 – The Brink

Episode 21 – The Brink

Frederick III outmaneuvers his rivals but is then faced with a crisis that threatens to destroy the independence of Denm... Read more

18 Nov 2016

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Episode 20 – Christian IV Part 2

Episode 20 – Christian IV Part 2

Christian IV charges headlong into the Thirty Years War and then faces a rising Sweden.The painting described in the epi... Read more

7 Oct 2016

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Episode 19 – Christian IV Part 1

Episode 19 – Christian IV Part 1

We look at the first half of the reign of one of the most famous of the Danish monarchs. https://archive.org/d... Read more

15 Sep 2016

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Episode 18 – The Nordic Seven Years’ War

Episode 18 – The Nordic Seven Years’ War

Denmark and Sweden quarrel over trade and coats-of-arms.Statue of Tycho Brahe and Kepler in Prague, Czechiahttps://archi... Read more

19 Aug 2016

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Episode 17 – The Protestant Reformation

Episode 17 – The Protestant Reformation

The teachings of Martin Luther are enacted in the Kingdom of Denmark in the aftermath of a civil war. https://archive.or... Read more

22 Jul 2016

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Episode 16 – Rex Tyrannus

Episode 16 – Rex Tyrannus

We reach the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. King Hans fights pole-vaulting German peasan... Read more

6 Jul 2016

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Episode 15 – Chaos in the Union

Episode 15 – Chaos in the Union

The Kalmar Union shatters and reunites several times and a new dynasty gains control of Denmark! https://archive.or... Read more

28 May 2016

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