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Ep. 4 - A Foe Wherever You Go - King Otto I settles into being a medieval ruler
Episode 4
After the civil war with his brother Henry Otto gets to reorganise the kingdom and focuses on foreign policy. There is conflict on all borders, with the Slavs, the Bohemians, the Hungarians, and the …
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 3 - A Series of Fortunate Events - Otto I's kingdom is rescued by Konrad Kurzbold
Episode 3
His brother and his biggest vassals are rebelling, the kingdom remains under threat from Hungarians and Slavs - and now the king of France comes in on the side of the opposition. Only a series of ver…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 2 - A Dog's Breakfast - Otto the not yet great makes some bad mistakes
Episode 2
Henry the Fowler ended the tradition of splitting the kingdom amongst the male heirs.
So far, so wise. But, and there is always a but, what he did not work out was what to do with the spares. And t…
Published on 4 years, 9 months ago
Season 1 The Ottonians (919-1024) Ep. 1 - A New Beginning
Episode 1
The year is 919 AD and things are not going well. The mighty empire of Charlemagne has splintered into a multitude of puny kingdoms. Its feeble rulers are being pushed around by their formidable baro…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Prologue Part 3 - Charlemagne and all that
Part 3 of the Prologue is dedicated to Charlemagne, one of Europe's greatest rulers. and less because he conquered most of Europe and became the first Roman emperor for 325 years, but because he save…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Prologue Part 2 - From Romulus Augustulus to Pippin the Short
Part 2 of our Prologue to the History of the Germans kicks off with the last western emperor, Romulus Augustulus handing over the insignia of his reign to his German general Odoacer. The next two cen…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
Prologue Part 1 - From Julius Caesar to the end of the Roman Empire
Germany was invented by Julius Caesar who also believed Moose had no knees. Herman the German was an officer in the legions, ritual car washing dates back to the 1 century BC and Constantine relied o…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago
History of the Germans - Trailer
Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans Podcast, the podcast that does exactly what it says on the tin. What you get here is a narrative history of the German people from the early Middle Age…
Published on 4 years, 10 months ago