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Ep. 195: Engraving the German Renaissance - Dürer, Holbein, Burgkmair, Riemenschneider et. al
Episode 195
Last year I went to an exhibition at the Städel museum in Frankfurt that was entitled Holbein and the Renaissance in the North. That is the elder Hol…
1 year, 4 months ago
Ep. 194: The Fuggers of Augsburg
Episode 194
Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans: Episode 194 – The Fuggers of Augsburg, which is also episode 10 of Season 10 “The Empire in the 15th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 193: The Trade and Tribulations of the Free Imperial Cities
Episode 193
Ravensburg, and you are very much forgiven if you cannot place it on the map, is today a town of 50,000 in the far south eastern corner of Baden-Würt…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 192: Duchy of Württemberg - Turning Wine into Winning
Episode 192
The counts, dukes and ultimately kings of Württemberg had risen to the top by winning the genetic lottery. Their eldest sons tended to be competent, …
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 191: The Margraviate of Baden - Enlightened Excesses
Episode 191
What is it like to be a prince? Well, not quite what it is set out to be, in particular when you are a smaller prince, not in stature, but in land.
Th…
1 year, 5 months ago
Ep. 190: A (very) brief History of the German Universities
Episode 190
Between the time the first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901 and 1933, a total of 31 were awarded to German scientists and politicians. To name just a …
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 189: The Count Palatine on the Rhine
Episode 189
This week it is back to the political landscape of the empire. We will travel upriver from Mainz via Worms and the not yet existent cities of Mannhei…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 188: What Has Printing Ever Done For Us?
Episode 188
“We should note the force, effect, and consequences of inventions which are nowhere more conspicuous than in those three which were unknown to the an…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 187: Johannes Gutenberg’s Pressing Matters
Episode 187
This podcast is now well into its fourth year and I have established my process for research, script writing and recording. As for research, that usu…
1 year, 6 months ago
Ep. 186: Mainz and Hessen - An Origin Story
Episode 186
This week we are setting off on our tour of the empire for real. And where better to start than with the most senior, most august of the seven prince…
1 year, 6 months ago