In this episode we explore the mythical history of the Svear, as it is related to us by the ever-entertaining Snorri Sturluson. Along the way we discuss Divine Kings, Deadly Vats of Meads and even a Half-Giant-Magical-Oxen-Son plough-team. Believe it or not, these fantastical, fictional tales lead us to some rather more concrete evidence about life and politics in the land of the Svear in the years leading up to the Viking Age.
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MOKVII - I Honor with Words of Truth that Lady
Mother of Kings Supplement - Maiden Kings
Mother of Kings VI - The Mother of Kings
Mother of Kings V - I Lay This Curse on You
Mother of Kings IV - A Woman of Great Dignity
Mother of Kings III - Cold are the Counsels of Women
Mother of Kings II - A Woman Small of Stature yet Great of Counsel
Mother of Kings I - The Threshold
Eastern Way IV - Gamla Uppsala
Eastern Way III - Catastrophe and Opportunity
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COA16 - Snorri Sturluson, Big Farmers & the End of the Icelandic Free State
COA15 - Poetry and Remembrance
COA14b - Creating the Icelanders
COA14a - Tithes they are a Changin'
COA13 - The Christianization of Iceland
COA12 - The Conversion of the Icelanders
COA11 - Christ Comes to Iceland
COA10 - Law and Belief in Pagan Iceland
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