We reach the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. King Hans fights pole-vaulting German peasants and his son, Christian II, becomes known as “Tyrant Christian”.

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We reach the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. King Hans fights pole-vaulting German peasants and his son, Christian II, becomes known as “Tyrant Christian”. Christian II (“Tyrant Christian”) " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/christian-ii.jpg?w=204" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/christian-ii.jpg?w=696" /> “Schlact am Hemmingstedt” (1910) – Painting by Max Friedrich Koch. Depicts the battle where King Hans is defeated by the peasants of Dithmarschen in an ambush. " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slaget-ved-hemmingstedt.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/slaget-ved-hemmingstedt.jpg?w=739" /> Depiction of the Stockholm Bloodbath – commissioned by King Gustav Vasa of Sweden. " data-medium-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/det-stockholmske-blodbad.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thehistoryofdenmark.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/det-stockholmske-blodbad.jpg?w=739" /> https://archive.org/download/Episode16RexTyrannus/Episode%2016%20-%20Rex%20Tyrannus.mp3

We reach the transitory period between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. King Hans fights pole-vaulting German peasants and his son, Christian II, becomes known as “Tyrant Christian”.

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Episode 16 – Rex Tyrannus

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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