History of the Germans
A podcast by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking - Thursdays

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199 Episodes
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Ep. 188 - What Has Printing Ever Done For Us?
Published: 4/3/2025 -
Ep. 187 – Johannes Gutenberg’s Pressing Matters
Published: 3/27/2025 -
Ep. 186 - Origin Stories - Mainz and Hessen
Published: 3/20/2025 -
The Empire in the 15th Century - Season Opener
Published: 3/13/2025 -
Ep. 184 - A German Messallina? Barbara of Celje
Published: 3/6/2025 -
Ep. 183 – The Aftermath of a Revolution
Published: 2/27/2025 -
Ep. 182 – The Return of the King
Published: 2/20/2025 -
Ep. 181 – Zizka’s Drum
Published: 2/13/2025 -
Ep. 180: Nude Dissenters and Blind Inventors - Adamites and the battle of Kutna Hora
Published: 2/6/2025 -
Ep. 179 – Meanwhile in the Empire - Kicking off Imperial Reform
Published: 1/30/2025 -
Ep. 178 - No Hill to Die On, from Tabor to Vitkov
Published: 1/23/2025 -
Ep. 177 – The Day after the End of Days (Jan Zizka in Pilsen)
Published: 1/16/2025 -
Ep. 176 – A Great Idiot of History?
Published: 1/9/2025 -
Ep. 175 – Death and Defenestration; the Hussite Revolt
Published: 1/1/2025 -
John Wycliffe - a Guest Episode from the History of England
Published: 12/19/2024 -
Ep. 174 - The Trial of Jan Hus - Council of Constance Part 4
Published: 12/12/2024 -
Ep. 173 - The End of the Schism - Council of Constance Part 3
Published: 12/5/2024 -
Ep. 172 – A World Event - Council of Constance Part 2
Published: 11/28/2024 -
Ep. 171 - Cleaning House – The Council of Constance Part 1
Published: 11/21/2024 -
Ep. 170 – Jan Hus, Reformer and Rebel?
Published: 11/14/2024
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-