Switzerland, a Chronicle

By Peter Walker

A history of Switzerland and the Swiss peoples from Celtic times to the Modern Era.

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The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.

Switzerland, a Chronicle episodes:

July 15, 2025 Ep. 5. What was life like in the year 1000 CE?
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.

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20min
July 08, 2025 Ep 4. Burgundy, Swabia and the Regnum Teutonicum to the Millennium
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.
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25min
July 01, 2025 Ep 3. To the Treaty of Verdun and the End of the Frankish Empire
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.
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26min
June 24, 2025 Ep 2. Merovingians and Carolingians
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.
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26min
June 17, 2025 Ep. 1. Switzerland: Celts, Romans and the Migration Period
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.
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27min

FAQs about Switzerland, a Chronicle:

How many episodes does Switzerland, a Chronicle have?

The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.