True Crime Medieval

36. The Piratical Victual Brothers, North and Baltic Seas, 1393-1440

February 24, 2021 Anne Brannen and Michelle Butler Season 2 Episode 36
True Crime Medieval
36. The Piratical Victual Brothers, North and Baltic Seas, 1393-1440
Show Notes

After being hired to help run victuals into Stockholm through Queen Margaret of Denmark's blockade, the Victual Brothers turned to piracy, decimating the herring trade and annoying the Hanseatic League.  Anne explains all that stuff, and Michelle waxes poetic about the medieval cog, which was apparently an awesome sort of ship. And as a special treat, we append the recording we made wherein we figured out why our sound issues hadn't been solved. 

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