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Ep. 88: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - A Road to Peace
Episode 88
This week our story kicks off with the death of pope Gregory IX, nonagenarian impeccable foe of emperor Frederick II. Peace is in the air. Of the 11 …
3 years, 9 months ago
Ep. 87: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - The Beast out of the Sea
Episode 87
“Out of the sea rises up the Beast, full of the names of blasphemy who, raging with the claws of the bear and the mouth of the lion and the limbs and…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 86: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Oops, we did it again
Episode 86
Emperor Frederick II has knocked the Milanese for six at Cortenuova. Their war cart, symbol of communal freedom has been captured and taken into Crem…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 85: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Cortenuova
Episode 85
This week we are back to action stations. We resume our narrative in 1235 when Frederick II gathered his vassals in Mainz to implement his grand plan…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 84: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Art of Hunting with Birds
Episode 84
This is a whole episode about a book, a book called "De Arte Veneri cum Avibus" the Art of Hunting with Birds. Hunting books are similar to books abo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Ep. 83: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Court of Frederick II
Episode 83
Near the town of Andria in Puglia rising from a rock that makes it visible for miles stands entirely on its own a stone structure we call the Castel …
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 82: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Mainzer Landfriede on 1235
Episode 82
What do you do once you have condemned your eldest son and heir to life imprisonment? Exactly, you have a party, or more precisely you have two parti…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 81: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel
Episode 81
If you have only listened to the last 5 episodes or so, you may be wondering whether this is really the History of the Germans or whether you have ac…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 80: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Constitutions of Melfi
Episode 80
A medieval ruler that has a Muslim fighting force at his back and call and who negotiates Jerusalem out of the hands of the Sultan of Egypt is not wh…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ep. 79: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Return to Sicily
Episode 79
This week we look in a bit more detail how Frederick II regained his beloved kingdom of Sicily. For 30 years after the death of the last Hauteville k…
4 years ago