History of the Germans

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  1. Ep. 75 – Wet Pants and other Miracles - Otto IV attacks Sicily and Frederick II chases him back to Germany

    Published: 9/15/2022
  2. Ep. 74 - A Breaking of Oaths - The Civil War between Philipp of Swabia and Otto IV

    Published: 9/8/2022
  3. Ep. 73 - One Pope, Three Emperors - Emperor Henry VI is dead and his son just 3 years old

    Published: 9/1/2022
  4. Ep. 72 - Clouds on the Horizon - Pope and emperor Henry VI clash over Sicily

    Published: 8/24/2022
  5. Ep. 71 - To Catch a King - What to do with Richard the Lionheart and his ransom?

    Published: 8/14/2022
  6. Season 4 The Later Hohenstaufen (1189-1250): Ep. 70 - From Father to Son

    Published: 8/7/2022
  7. Ep. 69 - Germany in 1200 Medieval Faith

    Published: 7/28/2022
  8. Ep. 68 - Germany in 1200 - The Cities

    Published: 7/21/2022
  9. Ep. 67 - Germany in the Year 1200 - The Peasants

    Published: 7/14/2022
  10. Ep. 66 - The Myths of Barbarossa

    Published: 7/7/2022
  11. Empires of the Normans with Dr. Levi Roach

    Published: 6/30/2022
  12. Ep. 65 - The Third Crusade

    Published: 6/23/2022
  13. Ep. 64 - The Heirs of Troy - What is an Emperor for?

    Published: 6/16/2022
  14. Ep. 63 - Recovery - Barbarossa rebuilds his reign after defeats in Italy and at home

    Published: 6/9/2022
  15. Ep. 62 - The Fall of Henry the Lion

    Published: 6/2/2022
  16. Ep. 61 - The Peace of Venice - The Reconciliation between Barbarossa and Pope Alexander III

    Published: 5/26/2022
  17. Ep. 60 - Legnano - Barbarossa's final Battle in Italy

    Published: 5/19/2022
  18. Ep. 59 - The City of Straw - Barbarossa's failed siege of Alessandria

    Published: 5/12/2022
  19. Ep. 58 - The Lombard League

    Published: 5/5/2022
  20. Ep. 57 - The Hand of God - The siege of Rome in 1167 that changes everything

    Published: 4/28/2022

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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-