History of the Germans

A podcast by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking - Thursdays

Categories:

Education Society & Culture History

172 Episodes

  1. Ep. 8 - An Imperial Bride - The empress Theophanu arrives

    Published: 3/4/2021

  2. Ep. 7 - A New Caesar - Otto the Great is crowned emperor

    Published: 2/25/2021

  3. Ep. 6 - A Conversation with Swords - The Battle on the Lechfeld

    Published: 2/18/2021

  4. Ep. 5 - The Father, the Son and the Uncle - Otto I has to deal with his rebellious son

    Published: 2/11/2021

  5. Ep. 4 - A Foe Wherever You Go - King Otto I settles into being a medieval ruler

    Published: 2/4/2021

  6. Ep. 3 - A Series of Fortunate Events - Otto I's kingdom is rescued by Konrad Kurzbold

    Published: 1/28/2021

  7. Ep. 2 - A Dog's Breakfast - Otto the not yet great makes some bad mistakes

    Published: 1/22/2021

  8. Season 1 The Ottonians (919-1024) Ep. 1 - A New Beginning

    Published: 1/16/2021

  9. Prologue - Part 3

    Published: 1/15/2021

  10. Prologue - Part 2

    Published: 1/14/2021

  11. Prologue - Part 1

    Published: 1/13/2021

  12. History of the Germans - Trailer

    Published: 1/12/2021

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The podcast that does what it says on the tin: a narrative history of the German people that starts in the year 919 AD and hopes to get all the way to 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. As Gregory of Tours (539-594) said: "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". HotGPod is now entering its 8th 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-