History of the Germans

A podcast by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking - Thursdays

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201 Episodes

  1. Season 5 Saxony and Eastward Expansion: Ep. 95 - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves

    Published: 3/2/2023

  2. Ep. 94 - Questions and Answers

    Published: 2/9/2023

  3. Ep. 93 - Frederick II's Afterlife - from Fake Emperors to Ernst Kantorowics

    Published: 2/2/2023

  4. Ep. 92 - Papal Epilogue - form Boniface VIII's Unam Sanctam to the the Babylonian Captivity of the Church

    Published: 1/26/2023

  5. Ep. 91 - Hohenstaufen Epilogue - from Manfred of Sicily to the execution of Konradin

    Published: 1/19/2023

  6. Ep. 90 - Things are Falling Apart - The Battle of Parma and the death of Piero delle Vigne

    Published: 1/12/2023

  7. Ep. 89 - Holy War - Pope Innocent IV calls a crusade against the emperor Frederick II

    Published: 1/5/2023

  8. Ep. 88 - A Road to Peace - Can Genghis Khan fore a reconciliation between Frederick II and the Papacy?

    Published: 12/22/2022

  9. Ep. 87 - The Beast out of the Sea - The War of Words between Pope and Emperor

    Published: 12/15/2022

  10. Ep. 86 - Oops, we did it again - Frederick II is excommunicated again!

    Published: 12/8/2022

  11. Ep. 85 - Cortenuova - The great (and only) victory of emperor Frederick II over Milan

    Published: 12/1/2022

  12. Ep. 84 - The Art of Hunting with Birds

    Published: 11/24/2022

  13. Ep. 83 - The Court of Frederick II

    Published: 11/17/2022

  14. Ep. 82 - The Constitution of the Realm - The Mainzer Landfriede on 1235

    Published: 11/10/2022

  15. Ep. 81 - The King in Brackets - The sad story of Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel

    Published: 11/3/2022

  16. Ep. 80 - A different kind of Emperor - The Constitutions of Melfi

    Published: 10/27/2022

  17. Ep. 79 - Return to Sicily - Frederick II as a state builder in Sicily

    Published: 10/20/2022

  18. Ep. 78 – A Crusade without Crusaders - The Sixth Crusade that brings Jerusalem back

    Published: 10/6/2022

  19. Ep. 77 - A Nail in the Coffin - Frederick II in Germany and the Sanctification of Charlemagne

    Published: 9/29/2022

  20. Ep. 76 – From Urchin to Emperor - The upbringing of emperor Frederick II "Stupor Mundi"

    Published: 9/22/2022

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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-