Peter Walker

Switzerland, a Chronicle

History EN ↓ 30 episodes

A history of Switzerland and the Swiss peoples from Celtic times to the Modern Era. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Peter Walker

Episodes

Ep. 5. What was life like in the year 1000 CE? 15.07.2025 19:08

In this episode we’ll take a break from the timeline narrative and examine what life was like for various people in Swiss territory at different levels of society in the year 1000 CE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 4. Burgundy, Swabia and the Regnum Teutonicum to the Millennium 08.07.2025 24:14

The story continues after the fall of the Carolingian Empire with Kings in Burgundy and Dukes of Swabia under the Kings of East Francia. New noble families that will be determining history in the coming centuries appear: Houses of Zähringen, Habsburg, Kyburg and others. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 3. To the Treaty of Verdun and the End of the Frankish Empire 01.07.2025 25:17

Continuing the timeline for our Chronicle of Switzerland and the Swiss peoples, I look at the Carolingian dynasty, the in-fighting that led to the Treaty of Verdun and the End of the Frankish Empire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 2. Merovingians and Carolingians 24.06.2025 25:35

Continuing the timeline for our Chronicle of Switzerland and the Swiss peoples, I look at the Frankish Empire and it's Merovingian and Carolingian dynasties. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep. 1. Switzerland: Celts, Romans and the Migration Period 17.06.2025 26:04

A history of Switzerland and the Swiss might properly open with the thirteenth century but it will be useful to provide some earlier contextual timeline. So where do we start? Where can we first detect the foundations of what we now call Switzerland with it’s peoples, culture and manner of political determination. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.