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History of the Germans — 263 episodes
The Reformation! The Faith of the Common People
The Most Consequential Figure in European History?
Ep. 238: The Habsburg Empire at its Zenith - Ferdinand I and the Siege of Vienna
Ep. 237: How Italy Fell to the Habsburgs - From the Peace of Madrid to the Sack of Rome 1527.
Ep. 237: How Italy Fell to the Habsburgs - From the Peace of Madrid to the Sack of Rome 1527.
Ep. 236: Charles V (1520-1555) - The Battle of Pavia
Ep. 235: The Youth and Election of the Emperor Charles V (1520-1555)
Ep. 234: The Charisma of Emperor Maximilian (1493-1519)
Ep. 233: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - Last Days and Legacy
Ep. 232: The Ottomans – From Mehmet the Conqueror to Selim the Grim (1444-1520)
Ep. 231: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - Marrying Bohemia and Hungary
Ep.230: Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) - The League of Cambrai
Ep. 229: Joanna the (not?) Mad (1504-1555) - How the Habsburgs gained Spain
Ep. 228: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Princes and the Emperor.
Ep. 227: Landsknechte vs. Swiss Mercenaries – The Swabian (Swiss) War of 1499
Ep. 226: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - A Grand Plan for a Great War
The Imperial Reform of 1495 with Prof. Duncan Hardy
Ep. 225: Imperial Reform 1495 - The Ewige Landfrieden (Public Peace) of 1495
Ep. 224: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire
Ep. 223: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Diet of Worms
Ep. 222: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Italian Wars and Spanish Marriages
Ep. 222: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Italian Wars and Spanish Marriages
Ep. 221: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Taking Back Austria and Tyrol
Ep. 221: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Taking Back Austria and Tyrol
Ep. 220: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s)
Ep. 220: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s)
Where To Go in Germany - Part 2
Where To Go in Germany - Part 1
Ep.219: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Fall of Ghent
Ep.219: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Fall of Ghent
Ep. 218: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Death of Mary of Burgundy
Ep. 218: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Death of Mary of Burgundy
Ep. 217: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – When Mary Met Maxi
Ep. 217: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – When Mary Met Maxi
Ep. 216: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Youth of an Emperor
Ep. 216: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Youth of an Emperor
Ep. 215: Charles the Bold (1433-1477) - Death in the Cold
Ep. 215: Charles the Bold (1433-1477) - Death in the Cold
Ep. 214: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The Siege that Woke up an Empire
Ep. 213: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Duping the Duke of Burgundy
Ep. 212: Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490) – The Library of the Raven King
Ep. 212: Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490) – The Library of the Raven King
Ep. 211: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Hitting Rock Bottom
Ep. 210: Ladislaus Postumus (1440-1457) - Lord of all, Ruler of No One
Ep. 209: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The First Habsburg Emperor
Ep. 208: Albrecht II (1438-1439) - Boy Meets Princess, Boy Becomes King
Ep.207: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) - How the Habsburgs got their Chin
Ep. 206: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437)– Division, Destruction and Degradation
Ep. 205: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) – Sempach, Birth of a Nation
Ep. 204: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) – Rudolf IV, Founder and Forger
Ep. 203: Early Habsburgs – From Rudolf I to Albrecht the Wise
The Fall and Rise of the House of Habsburg - Trailer
Ep. 202: Arms and Armour
Ep. 201: Mapping the World, or how Germans invented America
Ep. 200: Divide and Lose, the Division of Saxony - Leipziger Teilung in 1485
Ep. 199: How Holland was Lost to the Holy Roman Empire (Part 2 - the Economy)
Ep. 198: How Holland was Lost to the Holy Roman Empire (Part 1 - the Politics)
Ep. 197: The Landshuter Hochzeit – Love and War in 15th Century Bavaria (Part 2)
Ep. 196: Agnes Bernauer - Love and War in 15th Century Bavaria – (Part 1)
Ep. 195: Engraving the German Renaissance - Dürer, Holbein, Burgkmair, Riemenschneider et. al
Ep. 194: The Fuggers of Augsburg
Ep. 193: The Trade and Tribulations of the Free Imperial Cities
Ep. 192: Duchy of Württemberg - Turning Wine into Winning
Ep. 191: The Margraviate of Baden - Enlightened Excesses
Ep. 190: A (very) brief History of the German Universities
Ep. 189: The Count Palatine on the Rhine
Ep. 188: What Has Printing Ever Done For Us?
Ep. 187: Johannes Gutenberg’s Pressing Matters
Ep. 186: Mainz and Hessen - An Origin Story
Ep. 185: A Time Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -Season Opener
Ep. 184: A German Messallina? - Empress Barbara of Celje (1392-1451)
Ep. 183: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - The Aftermath of a Revolution
Ep. 182: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Sigismund Returns to Bohemia
Ep. 181: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Zizka's Drum
Ep. 180: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Adamites and the battle of Kutna Hora
Ep. 179: Sigismund (1410-1433) - Meanwhile in the Empire
Ep. 178: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - No Hill to Die On
Ep. 177: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - The Day after the End of Days
Ep. 176: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) -A Great Idiot of History?
Ep. 175: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Death and Defenestration
John Wycliffe - a Guest Episode from the History of England
Ep. 174: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - The Trial of Jan Hus
Ep. 173: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - The End of the Schism
Ep. 172: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - A Gathering of the (Christian) World
Ep. 171: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - Removing surplus Popes
Ep. 170: Jan Hus (1369-1415), Reformer and Rebel?
Ep. 169: Sigismund (1410-1433) - The Not Yet Emperor
Ep. 168: Ottoman Empire (1280-1396) - From Osman to Nicopolis
Ep. 167: The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) - The Impact of the Schism
Ep. 166: The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) - Popes and antipopes from Urban VI-John XXIII
Ep. 165: Wenceslaus the Lazy (1378-1400) and Ruprecht of the Palatinate (1400-1410)
Ep. 164: Council of Constance and Hussite Revolt (1378-1437) - Season Opener
Karl IV (1346-1378) - A Portrait of a Medieval Ruler - Interview with Vaclav Jurek
Ep. 163: Karl IV (1346-1378) - Succession and Legacy
Ep. 162: Karl IV (1346-1378) - Schisms and Deals
Ep. 161: Karl IV (1346-1378) - A Luxemburg Empire
Ep. 160: Karl IV (1346-1378 - The Golden Bull of 1356
Ep. 159: Karl IV (1346-1378) - The Rise to Imperial Power
Ep. 158: Karl IV (1346-1378) - Prague - a new Rome
Ep. 157: The Black Death and other Calamities (1346-1400)
Ep. 156: Karl IV (1346-1378) - What Price a Crown
Ep. 155: Karl IV (1346-1378) - Youth of an Emperor
Ep. 154 - The Blind King John of Bohemia (1296-1346)
Ep. 153: The Rise of the City of Nürnberg in the 14th Century
Ep.152: Ludwig the Bavarian (1314-1347) - The (not so) Ugly Duchess Margarete Maultasch
Ep. 151: Ludwig the Bavarian (1314-1347) - The Kurverein zu Rhens
Ep. 150: Ludwig the Bavarian (1314-1347) - The Last Chivalric Battles – Morgarten and Mühldorf
Ep. 149: Ludwig the Bavarian (1314-1347) - The Real Ludwig of Bavaria
Ep. 148: Henry VII (1308-1313) - Imperial Swansong
Ep. 147: Henry VII (1308-1313) - Brescia or Bust
Ep. 146: Henry VII (1308-1313) - The Return of the Emperor to Rome
Ep. 145: Henry VII (1308-1313) - How to make Friends and Influence People
Ep. 144: Henry VII (1308-1313) -The Rise of the House of Luxembourg
Ep. 143: Albrecht I (1298-1308) -The Murder of a King
Ep. 142: Adolf von Nassau (1292-1298) - A Shadow of a King
Ep. 141: Rudolf of Habsburg (1273-1291) - Semper Augustus / Allezeit Mehrer des Reiches
Ep. 140: Rudolf of Habsburg (1273-1291) and the Golden King Ottokar of Bohemia
Ep. 139: Rudolf of Habsburg (1273-1291) - The End of the Interregnum
Ep. 138: The Holy Roman Empire from 919 – 1250: Catch-up and Season Opener
Ep. 137: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The Conversion and the End
Ep. 136: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - 13 Years of War
Ep. 135: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - After Tannenberg
Ep. 134: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - Tannenberg / Grunwald / Žalgiris
Ep. 133: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The Order of the Order
Ep. 132: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The Battle on the Ice
Ep. 131: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The Conquest of Prussia (Part II)
Ep. 130: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The Conquest of Prussia (Part I)
Ep. 129: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - The First Grand Master - Hermann von Salza
Ep. 128: The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525) - Season Opener - A Chivalric Order
The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - An Interview with Carsten Jahnke
Ep. 127: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Art and Culture of the Hanse
Ep. 126: A Brief History of Bremen
Ep. 125: The Rise of Hamburg in the 16th century and beyond
Ep. 124: The Hanseatic League - Decline and Fall (Part 2) - Jürgen Wullenwever's and Lübeck's last stand
Ep. 123: The Hanseatic League - Decline and Fall (Part 1)
Ep. 122: The Hanseatic League - 15th century Politics - Calamitous Victories
Ep. 121: The Hanseatic League - 15th century Politics -A Constitutional Crisis
Ep. 120: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - Economics - Money, Money, Money
Ep. 119: The Hanseatic League - 14th century Politics -What is the Hanse?
Ep. 118: The Hanseatic League - 14th century Politics -Pirates
Ep. 117: The Hanseatic League - 14th Century Politics -Embargoes
Ep. 116: The Hanseatic League - 14th century Politics -The War with Denmark Part II
Ep. 115: The Hanseatic League - 14th century Politics - The War with Denmark Part I
Ep. 114: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - The London Steelyard
Ep. 113: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - Bergen and Bruges
Ep. 112: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - Grain and Beer
Ep. 111: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - The Copper Mines and Fisheries
Ep. 110: The Hanseatic League (1143-1669) - The Economics - Riga, Tallinn, Dorpat, Narva
Ep. 109: The Hanseatic League (12th century) - The Economics - Gotlandfahrer
Ep. 108: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - From Saxony to Saxonies
Ep. 107: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The House of Wettin
Ep. 106: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - How to make a Mark in Brandenburg
Ep. 105: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Foundation of Lübeck
Ep. 104: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Making of Holstein
Ep. 103: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Lothar III gets things going for real
Ep. 102: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Investiture Controversy and its impact on the East
Ep. 101: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Mecklenburg - Gottschalk and Adalbert
Ep. 100: Colonisation of the East(700-1200)- The (second) Saxon War
Ep. 99: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Follow the Money
Ep. 98: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Rift between Emperor and Saxon Princes
Ep. 97: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Rebellion!
Ep. 96: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Neighbours - Poland, Bohemia and Denmark
Ep. 95: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves
Ep. 94: Questions and Answers
Ep. 93: Frederick II's Afterlife - from Fake Emperors to Ernst Kantorowics
Ep. 92: Pope Boniface VIII - Showdown with the Papacy - Papal Epilogue
Ep. 91: Konrad IV, Manfred and Konradin (1250-1268) - Hohenstaufen Epilogue
Ep. 90: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Things Are Falling Apart
Ep. 89: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Holy War against the Emperor
Ep. 88: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - A Road to Peace
Ep. 87: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - The Beast out of the Sea
Ep. 86: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Oops, we did it again
Ep. 85: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Cortenuova
Ep. 84: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Art of Hunting with Birds
Ep. 83: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Court of Frederick II
Ep. 82: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Mainzer Landfriede on 1235
Ep. 81: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel
Ep. 80: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Constitutions of Melfi
Ep. 79: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Return to Sicily
Ep. 78: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Sixth Crusade - A Crusade without Crusaders
Ep. 77: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Becoming Emperor - A Nail in the Coffin
Ep. 76: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Becoming Emperor - From Urchin to Emperor
Ep. 75: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Becoming Emperor - Wet Pants and other Miracles
Ep. 74: Otto IV (1198-1215) - The War that Broke the Empire
Ep. 73: Philipp of Swabia (1198-1208) - One Pope, Three Emperors
Ep. 72: Henry VI (1189-1197) - Conquest of Sicily - Clouds on the Horizon
Ep. 71: Henry VI (1189-1197) - Conquest of Sicily - To Catch a King
Ep. 70: Henry VI (1189-1197) - Conquest of Sicily - From Father to Son
Ep. 69: Germany in 1200 Medieval Faith
Ep. 68: Germany in 1200 - The Cities
Ep. 67: Germany in the Year 1200 - The Peasants
Ep. 66: The Myths of Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190)
Empires of the Normans with Dr. Levi Roach
Ep. 65: The Third Crusade (1189-1192)
Ep. 64: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Consolidating Power - The Heirs of Troy
Ep. 63: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Consolidating Power - Peace and Recovery
Ep. 62: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Consolidating Power - The Fall of Henry the Lion
Ep. 61: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - The Peace of Venice
Ep. 60: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - Battle of Legnano
Ep. 59: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - The City of Straw
Ep. 58: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - The Lombard League
Ep. 57: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - Siege of Rome 1167
Ep. 56: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - The Fall of Crema
Ep. 55: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - The Laws of Roncaglia
Ep. 54: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Wars in Italy - A Bohemian Bluff
Ep. 53: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Unification of the Empire - Sacrum Imperium
Ep. 52: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Unification of the Empire - The Honour of the Empire
Ep. 51: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Unification of the Empire - The Barbarossa
Ep. 50: Frederick Barbarossa (1152-1190) - Unification of the Empire - Barbarossa Begins
Ep. 49: Second Crusade (1147-1149) - Konrad's Catastrophe
Ep. 48: Welf vs Staufer - Konrad III (1137-1152) - Konrad's Conundrum
Ep. 47: Welf vs Staufer - Konrad III (1137-1152) - Konrad's Coup
Ep. 46: Welf vs Staufer - Lothar III (1125-1137) - A Topsy Turvy World
Ep. 45: Bernard of Clairvaux - Lothar III (1125-1137) - Triple Division
Ep. 44: Welf vs Staufer - Lothar III (1125-1137) - A Saxon Emperor
Ep. 43: Welf vs Staufer - Lothar III (1125-1137) - All Change, All Change
Ep. 42: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - A World Revolution?
Ep. 41: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - The Concordat of Worms
Ep. 40: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Henry V has a Cunning Plan
Ep. 39: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - The Final Betrayal
Bonus - Matilda of Tuscany
Ep. 38: The First Crusade (1096-99)
Ep. 37: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - The Marriage of Matilda of Tuscany
Ep. 36: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Henry IV Coming Home at Last
Ep. 35: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Taking Revenge on Gregory VII
Ep. 34: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Gaining the Upper Hand
Ep. 33: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Canossa Finally!
Ep. 32: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Hildebrand, not Pope but False Monk
Ep. 31: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - The (second) Saxon War
Ep. 30: Investiture Controversy (1065-1122) - Three Roads to Canossa
Ep. 29: Henry III (1039-1056) - The Medieval Empire at its Zenith
Ep. 28: Henry III (1039-1056) - Three Popes with One Stone
Ep. 27: Henry III (1039-1056) - Peace in Our Time
Ep. 26: Henry III (1039-1056) - Comin' in Smoothly
Ep. 25: Speyer Cathedral - Konrad II builds the Largest Church in Europe
Ep. 24: Konrad II (1024-1039) - The Acquisition of Burgundy
Ep. 23: Konrad II (1024-1039) - Duke Ernst, Rebel and Legend
Ep. 22: Konrad II (1024-1039) - Who Would Have Thought
Ep. 21: Questions & Answers
Ep. 20: What People thought about the Ottonians - A Blank Canvas
Ep. 19: Henry II (1002-1024) - The House of God
Ep. 18: Henry II (1002-1024) - The War with Boleslaw the Brave of Poland
Ep. 17: Henry II (1002-1024) - The (not yet) Holy Emperor
Ep. 16: Germany in the year 1000 - The Imperial Church System
Ep. 15: Germany in the year 1000 - Climate, Agriculture, Economy and Medieval Hygiene
Ep. 14: Otto III (983-1002) - The End of a Dream
Ep. 13: Otto III (983-1002) - The Wonder of the World
Ep. 12: Otto III (983-1002) - The Regency of Theophanu and Adelheid
Ep. 11: Otto III (983-1002) - Woe the Land that is Governed by a Child
Ep. 10: Otto II (973-983) - The Misfortunes One Can Endure
Ep. 9: Otto II (973-983) - A Matter of Habit
Ep. 8: Otto the Great (936-973) - An Imperial Bride
Ep. 7: Otto the Great (936-973) - Crowning A New Caesar
Ep. 6: Otto the Great (936-973)) - The Battle on the Lechfeld (955)
Ep. 5: Otto the Great (936-973) - The Father, the Son and the Uncle
Ep. 4: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Foe Wherever You Go
Ep. 3: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Series of Fortunate Events
Ep. 2: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Dog's Breakfast
Ep. 1: Henry the Fowler (919-936) - A New Beginning
Charlemagne and all that - Prologue (Part 3)
From Romulus Augustulus to Pippin the Short - Prologue (Part 2)
From Julius Caesar to the end of the Roman Empire - Prologue (Part 1)
History of the Germans - Trailer