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Ep. 98: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Rift between Emperor and Saxon Princes
Episode 98
This week we are talking about the rift that is opening up between the Saxons and the Empire. For 80 years Saxony had been the centre of imperial pow…
3 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 97: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Rebellion!
Episode 97
Now that we know the lay of the land it is time for action, and quite some action it will be. The Wends, the pagan Slavic peoples living east of the …
3 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 96: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Neighbours - Poland, Bohemia and Denmark
Episode 96
This week we are still getting our bearings. Last week we saw the emergence of the Stem duchy of Saxony and the Eastern marches. This week we take a …
3 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 95: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves
Episode 95
I have to start with an admission. I promised you a History of the Germans but I am afraid there is no such thing. All I can give you is the historie…
3 years, 7 months ago
Ep. 94: Questions and Answers
Episode 94
Here we are. 2 years of the History of the Germans Podcast. 93 main episodes and 102 when we count bonus episodes, interviews and the like. That make…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 93: Frederick II's Afterlife - from Fake Emperors to Ernst Kantorowics
Episode 93
On July 7th, 1285, a sunny day in the city of Wetzlar, a day’s ride north of Frankfurt acrid smoke rises from a mighty pyre built up just outside its…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 92: Pope Boniface VIII - Showdown with the Papacy - Papal Epilogue
Episode 92
The popes have won the 200-year fight with the emperors, first the Salians and then the Hohenstaufen. A total war that ended in total victory. The im…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ep. 91: Konrad IV, Manfred and Konradin (1250-1268) - Hohenstaufen Epilogue
Episode 91
When Frederick II died in 1250 there were four legitimate male descendants of the emperor, his son Konrad IV, elected king of the Romans, his son Hen…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 90: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Things Are Falling Apart
Episode 90
This week things will indeed be falling apart. The never-ending war is exactly what it is, a never ending, unwinnable war against an enemy that hides…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 89: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Holy War against the Emperor
Episode 89
This week the epic struggle between empire and papacy goes into its final stretch. The pope has fled to Lyon. There he calls a church council which F…
3 years, 9 months ago