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Ep. 213: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Duping the Duke of Burgundy
Episode 11
How long can an emperor not be an emperor. The official record stands at 25 years, that is how long Friedrich III had stayed out of the core areas of…
11 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 212: Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490) – The Library of the Raven King
Episode 212
Today we will talk a lot about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 212: Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490) – The Library of the Raven King
Episode 10
Today we will talk a lot about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 211: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Hitting Rock Bottom
Episode 211
It is November 1462 and the emperor Friedrich III and his young family are huddling together in the cellars of the Hofburg. The citizens of Vienna ar…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 211: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Hitting Rock Bottom
Episode 9
It is November 1462 and the emperor Friedrich III and his young family are huddling together in the cellars of the Hofburg. The citizens of Vienna ar…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 210: Ladislaus Postumus (1440-1457) - Lord of all, Ruler of No One
Episode 210
Our journey today will take us away from the emperor Friedrich III who will spend most of the episode holed up in his castle at Wiener Neustadt, fret…
1 year ago
Ep. 210: Ladislaus Postumus (1440-1457) - Lord of all, Ruler of No One
Episode 8
Our journey today will take us away from the emperor Friedrich III who will spend most of the episode holed up in his castle at Wiener Neustadt, fret…
1 year ago
Ep. 209: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The First Habsburg Emperor
Episode 209
Today we – and the Habsburgs – stride back on to the grand stage of European politics. Not with a titan of history or monarch whose long and fruitful…
1 year ago
Ep. 209: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The First Habsburg Emperor
Episode 7
Today we – and the Habsburgs – stride back on to the grand stage of European politics. Not with a titan of history or monarch whose long and fruitful…
1 year ago
Ep. 208: Albrecht II (1438-1439) - Boy Meets Princess, Boy Becomes King
Episode 208
Last week we saw the family slowly climbing out of the hole that Friedrich IV of the Tyrol had dug them. But despite all these consolidation efforts,…
1 year ago