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Ep. 108: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - From Saxony to Saxonies
Episode 108
These last few episodes you may have wondered how all this hangs together. This week we will try to resolve this question. What we will talk about is…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 107: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The House of Wettin
Episode 107
If you ever come to Dresden, and if you like art, architecture and history, you very much should, you may want to turn into Augustusstrasse right by …
3 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 106: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - How to make a Mark in Brandenburg
Episode 106
This week we continue our walkabout of the major centres of power in the North of Germany that emerged during the 12th and 13th century. We talked ab…
3 years, 4 months ago
Ep. 105: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Foundation of Lübeck
Episode 105
This week we will look at one of the great mysteries of German medieval history, how Lübeck could become the second largest City in the Holy Roman em…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 104: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Making of Holstein
Episode 104
In today’s episode we finally get closer to the history of the Hanseatic League. We will take a look at some of the fundamental changes in the Saxon …
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 103: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Lothar III gets things going for real
Episode 103
This week we talk about what happens after the fight for independence is won. As had happened countless times before in history, precious freedoms ga…
3 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 102: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Investiture Controversy and its impact on the East
Episode 102
This week we will hit the arguably most important set of events in medieval German history often summarised under the banner of the Investiture Contr…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 101: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Mecklenburg - Gottschalk and Adalbert
Episode 101
This week we will follow the history of two men who could not be more different. On one side is Gottschalk, leader of the pagan Abodrites, who first …
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 100: Colonisation of the East(700-1200)- The (second) Saxon War
Episode 100
As we go through the story of the Saxon Stem duchy in the 10th
and 11th century, two or maybe three main strains of the story
emerge, the gradually dri…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 99: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Follow the Money
Episode 99
This week we stumble into the next imperial succession where the Saxons are again standing on the side lines. On paper the new guy, Konrad II was a m…
3 years, 6 months ago