Podcast Episodes
Back to Search
Ep. 175: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Death and Defenestration
Episode 175
The Bohemians had already protested against the treatment of Jan Hus when he was arrested and anger was brewing throughout his trial. Hus hadn’t come…
1 year, 9 months ago
John Wycliffe - a Guest Episode from the History of England
Episode 175
Today the History of the Germans is honoured to host David Crowther, doyen of the guild of podcasters and host of the most excellent History of Engla…
1 year, 9 months ago
Ep. 174: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - The Trial of Jan Hus
Episode 174
“They will roast a goose now, but after one hundred years they will hear a swan sing, and him they will have to endure.” These were allegedly the las…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 173: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - The End of the Schism
Episode 173
We have talked about church reform for almost four years, the council of Constance talked about church reform for about the same amount of time and L…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 172: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - A Gathering of the (Christian) World
Episode 172
In November 1414 30,000 academics and aristocrats, bishops, blacksmiths and bakers, cardinals, counts and chefs, doctors, dancers and diplomats, prin…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 171: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - Removing surplus Popes
Episode 171
The Council of Constance marked a pivotal moment in the history of the Catholic Church and the history of Europe in general.
One issue on the agenda w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Ep. 170: Jan Hus (1369-1415), Reformer and Rebel?
Episode 170
“Master Jan Hus, preacher of the Holy Scriptures from the chapel of Bethlehem, was also present at this council, who in his preaching continuously cr…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 169: Sigismund (1410-1433) - The Not Yet Emperor
Episode 169
The late 14th and early 15th century was a period of upheaval, the certainties of the Middle Ages, that the pope ruled the world and that knights wer…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 168: Ottoman Empire (1280-1396) - From Osman to Nicopolis
Episode 168
This week we delve into the transformative period of the Ottomans from Osman to the Battle of Nicopolis. It highlights how Osman, the son of an Anato…
1 year, 11 months ago
Ep. 167: The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) - The Impact of the Schism
Episode 167
When the Great Western Schism was finally resolved at Pisa and Constance, Christendom rejoiced.
Or so we have been told. But was it really such a deva…
1 year, 11 months ago