The History of Denmark

Søren Krarup
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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.

  1. 08/06/2018

    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 Swedish Empire – and we visit the colonies!   https://archive.org/download/Episode23TheGreatNorthernWarAndTheColonies/Episode%2023%20-%20The%20Great%20Northern%20War%20and%20the%20colonies.mp3

  2. 06/11/2017

    Episode 22 – Absolutism

    Denmark transitions to absolute monarchy under interesting circumstances and then tries to win back land from Sweden. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thehistoryofdenmark/ https://archive.org/download/Episode22Absolutism/Episode%2022%20-%20Absolutism.mp3

  3. 02/11/2017

    Update 11/02/17

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

  4. 11/18/2016

    Episode 21 – The Brink

    Frederick III outmaneuvers his rivals but is then faced with a crisis that threatens to destroy the independence of Denmark. https://archive.org/download/Episode21TheBrink/Episode%2021%20-%20The%20Brink.mp3

  5. 10/07/2016

    Episode 20 – Christian IV Part 2

    Christian IV charges headlong into the Thirty Years War and then faces a rising Sweden. https://archive.org/download/Episode20ChristianIVPart2/Episode%2020%20-%20Christian%20IV%20Part%202.mp3

  6. 09/15/2016

    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/download/Episode19ChristianIVPart1/Episode%2019%20-%20Christian%20IV%20Part%201.mp3

  7. 08/19/2016

    Episode 18 – The Nordic Seven Years’ War

    Denmark and Sweden quarrel over trade and coats-of-arms. https://archive.org/download/Episode18TheNordicSevenYearsWar/Episode%2018%20-%20The%20Nordic%20Seven%20Years%E2%80%99%20War.mp3

  8. 07/22/2016

    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.org/download/Episode17TheProtestantReformation/Episode%2017%20-%20The%20Protestant%20Reformation.mp3

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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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