History of the Germans
By Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
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Episodes: 180
Apr 1, 2024
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Nov 13, 2023
A very thorough, thoughtful and considered approach. I particularly value the thoughtful and revealing reflection of underlying drivers and other contexts within which people and events are situated
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A narrative history of the German people from the Middle Ages to Reunification in 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings.
"A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". Gregory of Tours (539-594)
HotGPod is now entering its 9th season. So far we have covered:
Ottonian Emperors (# 1- 21)
- Henry the Fowler (#1)
- Otto I (#2-8)
- Otto II (#9-11)
- Otto II (#11-14)
- Henry II (#15-17)
- Germany in 1000 (#18-21)
Salian Emperors(#22-42)
- Konrad II (#22- 25)
- Henry III (#26-29)
- Henry IV/Canossa (#30-39)
- Henry V (#40-42)
- Concordat of Worms (#42)
Early Hohenstaufen (#43-69)
- Lothar III (#43-46)
- Konrad III (#47-49)
- Frederick Barbarossa (#50-69)
Late Hohenstaufen (#70-94)
- Henry VI (#70-72)
- Philipp of Swabia (#73-74)
- Otto IV (#74-75)
- Frederick II (#75-90)
- Epilogue (#91-94)
Eastern Expansion (#95-108)
The Hanseatic League (#109-127)
The Teutonic Knights (#128-137)
The Interregnum and the early Habsburgs (#138 ff
- Rudolf von Habsburg (#139-141)
- Adolf von Nassau (#142)
- Albrecht von Habsburg (#143)
- Heinrich VII (#144-148)
- Ludwig the Bavarian (#149-153)
- Karl IV (#154-163)
The Reformation before the Reformation
- Wenceslaus the Lazy (#165)
- The Western Schism (#166/167)
- The Ottomans (#168)
- Sigismund (#169-
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Ep. 171 – The Council of Constance Part 1 – Cleaning House
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 170 – Jan Hus, Reformer and Rebel?
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 169 – Sigismund, the (not yet) Emperor
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 168 - From Osman to Nicopolis: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Ep. 167 - The Great Western Schism - Part 2
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 166 – The Great Western Schism – Part 1
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 165 - Wenceslaus the Lazy and Ruprecht of the Empty Pocket
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Season 9 - The Reformation before the Reformation - Season Opener
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Germany at War - A Guest Episode from Not so Quiet on the Western Front
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Charles IV. A Portrait of a Medieval Ruler - Interview with Václav Žůrek
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 163 – Succession and Legacy
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep. 162 – Schisms and Deals
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 161 – A Luxemburg Empire
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 160 – The Golden Bull of 1356
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Ep. 159 – The Rise to Imperial Power, Charles IV journey to Rome
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 158 – Prague – The New Rome? Karl IV’s great plans for his capital city
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 157 – The Black Death and other Calamities
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 156 – What Price a Crown - Karl IV fight for the throne
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 155: The Youth of the Emperor Karl IV
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 154 - The Blind King John of Bohemia
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 153 – The Rise of the city of Nürnberg
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Ep.152 - The (not so) Ugly Duchess Margarete Maultasch
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 151 – The Kurverein zu Rhens – featuring William of Ockham
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 150 – The Last Chivalric Battles – Morgarten and Mühldorf
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May 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 149 – The Real Ludwig of Bavaria
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May 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 148 - Imperial Swansong – the End of Henry VII’s Campaign in Italy
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May 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 147 – Brescia or Bust – Henry VII’s Big Mistake(s)
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 146 – The Return of the King – Henry VII’s Journey to Rome
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 145 - How to make Friends and Influence People – The Luxemburgs become Kings of Bohemia
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 144 - The Rise of the House of Luxembourg - The election of Emperor Henry VII
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 143 – The Murder of a King - Albrecht I von Habsburg.
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 142 - Adolf von Nassau - A Shadow of a King
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 141 - Rudolf von Habsburg Semper Augustus - Allezeit Mehrer des Reiches
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 140 – Rudolf von Habsburg and the Golden King Ottokar II of Bohemia
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 139 – The End of the Interregnum - The Election of Rudolf von Habsburg in 1273
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Season 8 From the Interregnum to the Golden Bull (1250-1356): Catch-up Episode
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Ep. 137 – The Conversion - Albrecht, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order becomes a protestant duke
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Ep. 136 – 13 Years of War - The Prussian League shifts allegiance
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 135 - After Tannenberg - The rule of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia weakened
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 134 – Tannenberg / Grunwald / Žalgiris - A battle of many names
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 133 – The Order of the Order - The organisational structure of the Teutonic Knights
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 132 – The Battle on the Ice - Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein and what really happened
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Ep. 131 – The Conquest of Prussia (Part II) - The second, third and n-th Prussian uprising
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 130 – The Conquest of Prussia (Part I) - from Konrad of Masovia's offer to the first Prussian revolts
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 129 - Hermann von Salza - Diplomat and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Season 7 The Teutonic Knights: Ep. 128 - A Chivalric Order
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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An Interview with Carsten Jahnke
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 127 - The Art and Culture of the Hanse
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 126 - A Brief History of Bremen
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 125 – The Rise of Hamburg in the 16th century and beyond
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 124 – Decline and Fall (Part 2) - Jürgen Wullenwever's and Lübeck's last stand
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 123 – Decline and Fall (Part 1) - Emperors, kings and princes are closing in on Hanse cities
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 122 – Calamitous Victories open the Baltic to English merchants
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Ep. 121 – A Constitutional Crisis - The lower classes in the Hanse cities are rising up
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 120 - Money, Money, Money...how it worked in the Hanseatic League
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 119 – What is the Hansa? - A crocodile whose main body is concealed below the water?
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 118 – Pirates - Did Klaus Störtebecker even exist, and if so, did he matter?
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 117 – Embargoes or how the Hanse forced Norway, Novgorod and even Bruges to grant privileges
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Ep. 116 – The War with Denmark Part 2 - The Peace of Stralsund
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Ep. 115 – The War with Denmark Part I - Waldemar Atterdag's attack on Gotland
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 114 - The London Steelyard.......and the Hanse trade in Wine
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Ep. 113 – Bergen and Bruges - The Kontors of the Hanseatic League
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 112 - Grain and Beer - The Hanse's Trade in Beer and Cereals
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 111 - Hewing and Herring - The Copper Mines of Falun and the Fisheries of Skane
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 110 - Livonian Cities - Riga, Reval/Tallinn, Dorpat/Taru, Narva
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Season 6 The Hanseatic League: Ep. 109 – The Gotlandfahrer
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 108 – From Saxony to Saxonies - The Fragmentation of the Great Stem duchy of Henry the Lion
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 107 - The House of Wettin
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 106 – How to make a Mark in Brandenburg - The rise of Albrecht the Bear
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May 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 105 – The Foundation of Lübeck
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May 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 104 - The Making of Holstein
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 103 – All the Duke’s Men - Lothar III as duke of Saxony kicks of the colonisation of the East
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May 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 102 – The Great Divide - The Investiture Controversy and its impact on the East
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 101 – Gottschalk and Adalbert - The emergence of the duchy of Mecklenburg
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 100 – The Saxon War – The Conflict between the Saxons and the Emperors breaks out in the open
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 99 – Follow the Money - The reason the Saxon nobles raided the east but did not conquer
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Ep. 98 - The Rift - The Saxon Nobles and the Emperors fall out over what to do with the East
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 97 – Rebellion! - The Slavic Wends push the Saxons back across the Elbe River
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 96 - Meet the Neighbours - Poland, Bohemia and Denmark
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Season 5 Saxony and Eastward Expansion: Ep. 95 - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 94 - Questions and Answers
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Ep. 93 - Frederick II's Afterlife - from Fake Emperors to Ernst Kantorowics
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 92 - Papal Epilogue - form Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam to the the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 91 - Hohenstaufen Epilogue - from Manfred of Sicily to the execution of Konradin
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 90 - Things are Falling Apart - The Battle of Parma and the death of Piero delle Vigne
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ep. 89 - Holy War - Pope Innocent IV calls a crusade against the emperor Frederick II
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Ep. 88 - A Road to Peace - Can Genghis Khan fore a reconciliation between Frederick II and the Papacy?
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 87 - The Beast out of the Sea - The War of Words between Pope and Emperor
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 86 - Oops, we did it again - Frederick II is excommunicated again!
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 85 - Cortenuova - The great (and only) victory of emperor Frederick II over Milan
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 84 - The Art of Hunting with Birds
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 83 - The Court of Frederick II
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 82 - The Constitution of the Realm - The Mainzer Landfriede on 1235
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 81 - The King in Brackets - The sad story of Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 80 - A different kind of Emperor - The Constitutions of Melfi
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Ep. 79 - Return to Sicily - Frederick II as a state builder in Sicily
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 78 – A Crusade without Crusaders - The Sixth Crusade that brings Jerusalem back
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 77 - A Nail in the Coffin - Frederick II in Germany and the Sanctification of Charlemagne
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Ep. 76 – From Urchin to Emperor - The upbringing of emperor Frederick II "Stupor Mundi"
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 75 – Wet Pants and other Miracles - Otto IV attacks Sicily and Frederick II chases him back to Germany
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 74 - A Breaking of Oaths - The Civil War between Philipp of Swabia and Otto IV
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 73 - One Pope, Three Emperors - Emperor Henry VI is dead and his son just 3 years old
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 72 - Clouds on the Horizon - Pope and emperor Henry VI clash over Sicily
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 71 - To Catch a King - What to do with Richard the Lionheart and his ransom?
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Season 4 The Later Hohenstaufen (1189-1250): Ep. 70 - From Father to Son
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 69 - Germany in 1200 Medieval Faith
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 68 - Germany in 1200 - The Cities
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 67 - Germany in the Year 1200 - The Peasants
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 66 - The Myths of Barbarossa
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Empires of the Normans with Dr. Levi Roach
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 65 - The Third Crusade
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 64 - The Heirs of Troy - What is an Emperor for?
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 63 - Recovery - Barbarossa rebuilds his reign after defeats in Italy and at home
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 62 - The Fall of Henry the Lion
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Ep. 61 - The Peace of Venice - The Reconciliation between Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III
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May 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 60 - Legnano - Barbarossa's final Battle in Italy
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May 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 59 - The City of Straw - Barbarossa's failed siege of Alessandria
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May 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 58 - The Lombard League
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May 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 57 - The Hand of God - The siege of Rome in 1167 that changes everything
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 56 - The Siege of Crema - and then Barbarossa razes Milan to the ground
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Ep. 55 - The Laws of Roncaglia - Barbarossa brings back Roman Law
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep. 54 - A Bohemian Bluff - Barbarossa conquers Milan for the first time
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 53 - Sacrum Imperium - The moment when the Empire becomes Holy and Roman
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep. 52 - The Honour of the Empire - Bringing the broken Empire back together
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 51 - The Barbarossa - Who was the Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa?
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 50 - Barbarossa Begins - A Stolen Election?
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 49 - Konrad's Catastrophe - The Disaster that is the Second Crusade
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 48 - Konrad's Conundrum - Imperial Coronation or Crusade?
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Ep. 47 - Konrad's Coup - The Hohenstaufen Konrad III snatches the crown from the Welf
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 46 - A Topsy Turvy World - Lothar III and the schism between Anaclet II Innocent II
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Ep. 45 - Triple Division - The role of Bernard of Clairvaux
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 44 - A Saxon Emperor - Lothar III takes the crown and ends in a civil war with the Hohenstaufen
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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Season 3 The Early Hohenstaufen (1125-1189): Ep. 43- All Change, All Change
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 42 - A World Revolution?
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 41 - The Duke's Rebuke - Henry V has to accept the Concordat of Worms
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 40 - Henry V's Cunning Plan - Pope Paschal II offers to hand back all imperial fiefs which causes havoc
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 39 - The End of Emperor Henry IV
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Bonus - Matilda of Tuscany
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 38 - The First Crusade - Crusaders attacking the Jewish communities in Mainz, Speyer and Worms
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 37 - The Two Grooms - Countess Matilda of Tuscany marries a man 25 years her junior
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 36 - Henry IV is Coming Home
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 35 - To Rome! To Rome! - Henry IV takes revenge on pope Gregory VII
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Ep. 34 - Gaining the Upper Hand - Henry IV defeats the anti-king Rudolf von Rheinfelden
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 33 - Canossa Finally!
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 32 - Hildebrand, not Pope but false Monk - Emperor Henry IV confronts the Pope
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 31 - The (second) Saxon War - The nobles rebel against "the imperial tyrant"
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 30 - Three Roads to Canossa - Lay Piety, Reform Papacy and the Saxon Rebellion
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 29 - The Last Years of Henry III - Tyrant or consolidator of power?
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 28 - Three Popes with One Stone - The Council of Sutri in 1046
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Ep. 27 - Peace in Our Time - The Peace of God in the Middle Ages
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 26 - Henry III Comin' in Smoothly - The first seamless transition of power from father to son in 70 years
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 25 - Konrad II, the Construction of an Empire - Speyer Cathedral as a symbol of Salian power
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 24 - Konrad II's Acquisition of Burgundy - The last addition to the Empire
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 23 - Duke Ernst, Rebel and Legend - A medieval story about loyalty and friendship
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Season 2 The Salian Emperors (1024-1125): Ep. 22 - Konrad II, Who Would Have Thought
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 21 - Q&A
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Ep. 20 - A Blank Canvas - The perception history of the Ottonians
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 19 - Henry II and the House of God - How a pious monarch organises his succession
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May 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 18 - Henry II Goes Forth - The Wars with Boleslaw Chrobry
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May 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 17 - The (not yet holy) Emperor Henry II - Fighting the rivals for the imperial crown
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 16 - Germany in the year 1000 (Part 2) - The Imperial Church System
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May 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 15 - Germany in the year 1000 (Part 1) - Climate, Agriculture, Economy and medieval hygiene
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 14 - Otto III The End of a Dream
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 13 - Otto III The Wonder of the World
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 12 - The Regency of Theophanu and Adelheid
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 11 - Woe the Land that is Governed by a Child - The abduction of Otto III
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 10 - The Misfortunes One Can Endure - Otto II's fateful journey to Southern Italy
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 9 - A Matter of Habit - The new emperor Otto II has to face the usual rebellions
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 8 - An Imperial Bride - The empress Theophanu arrives
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 7 - A New Caesar - Otto the Great is crowned emperor
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Ep. 6 - A Conversation with Swords - The Battle on the Lechfeld
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 5 - The Father, the Son and the Uncle - Otto I has to deal with his rebellious son
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 4 - A Foe Wherever You Go - King Otto I settles into being a medieval ruler
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 3 - A Series of Fortunate Events - Otto I's kingdom is rescued by Konrad Kurzbold
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 2 - A Dog's Breakfast - Otto the not yet great makes some bad mistakes
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Season 1 The Ottonians (919-1024) Ep. 1 - A New Beginning
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Jan 16, 2021 |
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Prologue - Part 3
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Prologue - Part 2
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Prologue - Part 1
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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History of the Germans - Trailer
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Jan 12, 2021 |