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050 Lock and Law
Episode 50

050 Lock and Law

The Scandinavian History Podcast

September 23, 202227m 4s

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Show Notes

The Swedish usurper king Magnus Birgersson won the acceptance of the Church and the aristocracy by granting them tax exemptions and other privileges. Paradoxically, he’s also remembered as a friend of the common man for trying to limit greedy noblemen’s ability to abuse peasants. He had three sons, and to say that they didn’t get along would be an understatement.