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Back to SearchSeries 1: Introduction (to 400 AD)
Season 1 Episode 1
In this introductory episode, we introduce the show by talking about what makes the study of Central Europe unique, motivations for its creation, and…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 17: Vikings and the Pagan Baltic
Season 6 Episode 3
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 c…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 16: The Magyar
Season 6 Episode 2
In this episode, we finally introduce the looming threat to Carpathia which has book-ended several of our previous episodes - the Magyar. We trace th…
1 year, 3 months ago
Series 6: The 2nd Dark Age (892 - 955 AD)
Season 6 Episode 1
In this series, we will see the aftermath of the disintegration of the Frankish Empire, through the eyes of its challengers within Inner Europe, name…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 15: Vlastimirovic Serbia and the First Bulgarian Empire
Season 5 Episode 4
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 t…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 14: Great Moravia
Season 5 Episode 3
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…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 13: The Gord System / White Croatia
Season 5 Episode 2
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 it…
1 year, 6 months ago
Series 5: Trial and Error (832 - 927 AD)
Season 5 Episode 1
In this 5th series introduction, we talk about some of the more abstract foundations of state formation, specifically two types of "order", the state…
1 year, 6 months ago
Episode 12: Marches of the Sava Anarchy
Season 4 Episode 4
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 …
1 year, 7 months ago
Episode 11: Fall of the Carolingians
Season 4 Episode 3
In this episode, we dissect Charlemagne's Empire, along with the aristocracies of the time. We look at how his successors attempted to hold it togeth…
1 year, 7 months ago