History of the Germans

A podcast by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking - Thursdays

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201 Episodes

  1. Ep. 37 - The Two Grooms - Countess Matilda of Tuscany marries a man 25 years her junior

    Published: 11/4/2021

  2. Ep. 36 - Henry IV is Coming Home

    Published: 10/28/2021

  3. Ep. 35 - To Rome! To Rome! - Henry IV takes revenge on pope Gregory VII

    Published: 10/21/2021

  4. Ep. 34 - Gaining the Upper Hand - Henry IV defeats the anti-king Rudolf von Rheinfelden

    Published: 10/14/2021

  5. Ep. 33 - Canossa Finally!

    Published: 10/7/2021

  6. Ep. 32 - Hildebrand, not Pope but false Monk - Emperor Henry IV confronts the Pope

    Published: 9/30/2021

  7. Ep. 31 - The (second) Saxon War - The nobles rebel against "the imperial tyrant"

    Published: 9/23/2021

  8. Ep. 30 - Three Roads to Canossa - Lay Piety, Reform Papacy and the Saxon Rebellion

    Published: 9/16/2021

  9. Ep. 29 - The Last Years of Henry III - Tyrant or consolidator of power?

    Published: 8/26/2021

  10. Ep. 28 - Three Popes with One Stone - The Council of Sutri in 1046

    Published: 8/19/2021

  11. Ep. 27 - Peace in Our Time - The Peace of God in the Middle Ages

    Published: 8/12/2021

  12. Ep. 26 - Henry III Comin' in Smoothly - The first seamless transition of power from father to son in 70 years

    Published: 8/5/2021

  13. Ep. 25 - Konrad II, the Construction of an Empire - Speyer Cathedral as a symbol of Salian power

    Published: 7/29/2021

  14. Ep. 24 - Konrad II's Acquisition of Burgundy - The last addition to the Empire

    Published: 7/22/2021

  15. Ep. 23 - Duke Ernst, Rebel and Legend - A medieval story about loyalty and friendship

    Published: 7/15/2021

  16. Season 2 The Salian Emperors (1024-1125): Ep. 22 - Konrad II, Who Would Have Thought

    Published: 7/8/2021

  17. Ep. 21 - Q&A

    Published: 6/24/2021

  18. Ep. 20 - A Blank Canvas - The perception history of the Ottonians

    Published: 6/10/2021

  19. Ep. 19 - Henry II and the House of God - How a pious monarch organises his succession

    Published: 5/27/2021

  20. Ep. 18 - Henry II Goes Forth - The Wars with Boleslaw Chrobry

    Published: 5/20/2021

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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-