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History of the Germans Podcast

A captivating, easily digestible account of German history. The bite-sized 25 minute episodes are packed with fascinating, often surprising, details about the foundation of the German nation.

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  • Seasons
    • Prologue (58BC-918AD)
    • The Ottonian Emperors (919-1024)
      • Henry the Fowler (919-936)
      • Otto the Great (936-973)
      • Otto II (973-983)
      • Theophanu and Adelheid (983-994)
      • Germany in the Year 1000
      • Otto III (983-1002)
      • Henry II (1002-1024)
      • The Ottonians a Blank Canvas? and other questions
    • Salian Emperors & Investiture Controversy (1024-1125)
      • Konrad II (1024-1039)
      • Henry III (1039-1056)
      • Henry IV (1056-1105)
      • Henry V (1105-1125)
    • Barbarossa & The Early Hohenstaufen (1125-1194)
      • Lothar III – 1125-1138
      • Konrad III – 1138-1152
      • Frederick I Barbarossa – 1152-1190
    • Frederick II and The Later Hohenstaufen (1190-1258)
      • Henry VI – 1190-1197
      • Philipp von Schwaben / Otto IV – 1197-1214
      • Frederick II – 1196-1250
      • Epilogue
    • Saxony and Eastward Expansion (772-1400)
    • The Hanseatic League (1143-1669)
    • The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525)
  • All Episodes
    • The Ottonian Emperors (919-1024)
      • Episode 1 – A New Beginning
      • Episode 2 – A Dog’s breakfast
      • Episode 3 – A Series of Fortunate Events
      • Episode 4 – A Foe Wherever You Go
      • Episode 5: The Father, the Son and the Uncle
      • Episode 6: A Conversation with Swords
      • Episode 7 – A New Caesar
      • Episode 8 – An Imperial Bride
      • Episode 9 – A Matter of Habit
      • Episode 10 – The Misfortunes one can endure…
      • Episode 11 – Woe to the Land that is Governed by a child…
      • Episode 12 – The Regency of Theophanu and Adelheid
      • Episode 13: Otto III – The wonder of the World
      • Episode 14 – Otto III The End of a Dream
      • Episode 15 – Germany in the year 1000 (Part 1)
      • Episode 16 – Germany in the year 1000 (Part 2)
      • Episode 17 – The (not yet holy) emperor Henry II
      • Episode 18 – Henry II goes forth!
      • Episode 19 – Henry II, the House of God
      • Episode 20 – A Blank Canvas
    • Salian Emperors & Investiture Controversy (1024-1125)
      • Episode 22 – Konrad II Who would have thought
      • Episode 23 – Duke Ernst Rebel and Legend
      • Episode 24 – Konrad II’s Acquisition of Burgundy
      • Episode 25 – Konrad II, the Construction of an Empire
      • Episode 26 – Henry III Comin’ in Smoothly
      • Episode 27 – Peace in Our Time
      • Episode 28 – Thre Popes with One Stone
      • Episode 29 – The last Years of Henry III
      • Episode 30 – The Three Roads to Canossa
      • Episode 31 – The (second) Saxon War
      • Episode 32 – Not Pope but False Monk
      • Episode 33 – Canossa Finally
      • Episode 34 – Gaining the Upper Hand
      • Episode 36 – Henry IV is Coming Home
      • Episode 38 – The First Crusade
      • Episode 39 – The end of Emperor Henry IV
      • Episode 40 – Henry V’s cunning Plan
      • Episode 41 – the Duke’s Rebuke
      • Episode 36 – Henry IV is Coming Home
    • Barbarossa & The Early Hohenstaufen (1125-1194)
      • Episode 43 – All Change All Change
      • Episode 44 – A Saxon Emperor
      • Episode 45 – Triple division
      • Episode 46 – A Topsy turvy World
      • Episode 47 – Conrad’s Coup
      • Episode 48 – Conrad’s Conundrum
      • Episode 49 – Conrad’s CatastrophE
      • Episode 50 – Barbarossa begins
      • Episode 51 – The Barbarossa
      • Episode 52 – The Honour of The Empire
      • Episode 53 – Sacrum Imperium
      • Episode 54 – A Bohemian bluff
      • Episode 55 – The Laws of Roncaglia
      • Episode 56 – The Siege of Crema
      • Episode 57 – The Hand of God
      • Episode 58 – The Lombard League
      • Episode 59 – The City of Straw
      • Episode 60 – Legnano
      • Episode 61 – The Peace of Venice
      • Episode 62 – The Fall of henry the Lion
      • Episode 63 – Recovery
      • Episode 64 – The heirs of Troy
      • Episode 65 – The Third Crusade
      • Episode 66 – The Myths of Barbarossa
      • Episode 67 Germany in the year 1200 – The Peasants
    • Frederick II and The Later Hohenstaufen (1190-1258)
      • Episode 70 – From Father to Son
      • Episode 71 – To Catch a King
      • Episode 72 – Clouds on teh horizon
      • Episode 73 – One Pope, Three Emperors
      • Episode 74 – A Breaking of Oaths
      • Episode 75 – Wet Pants and Other Miracles
      • Episode 76 – Urchin to Emperor
      • Episode 77 – A NAil in the Coffin
      • Episode 78 – A Crusade without Crusaders
      • Episode 79 – Return to Sicily
      • Episode 80 – A different kind of Emperor
      • Episode 81 – The King in Brackets
      • Episode 82 – The Constitution of the Realm
      • Episode 83 – The Court of Frederick II
      • Episode 84 – The Art of Hunting with Birds
      • Episode 85 – Cortenuova
      • Episode 86 – Oops, we did it Again
      • Episode 87 – The Beast out of the Sea
      • Episode 88 – A Road to Peace
      • Episode 89 – Holy War
      • Episode 90 – Things Are Falling Apart
      • Episode 91 – Hohenstaufen Epilogue
      • Episode 92 – Papal Epilogue
      • Episode 93 – Frederick II’s Afterlife
    • Saxony and Eastward Expansion (772-1400)
      • Episode 95 – Callous Kings and Murderous MArgraves
      • Episode 96 – Meet the Neighbours
      • Episode 97 – Rebellio
      • Episode 98 – The Rift
      • Episode 99 – Follow the Money
      • Episode 100 – The Saxon War (Take II)
      • Episode 101 – Gottschalk & Adalbert
      • Episode 102 – The Great Divide
      • Episode 103 – All the Duke’s men
      • EPISODE 104 – The Making of Holstein
      • Episode 105 – The foundation of Lübeck
      • Episode 106 – Making A Mark in Brandenburg
      • Episode 107 – The House of Wettin
      • Episode 108 – From Saxony to Saxonies
    • The Hanseatic League (1143-1669)
      • Episode 109 – The Gotlandfahrer
      • Episode 110 – Livonian Cities
      • Episode 111: Hewing and Herring
      • Episode 112 – Grain and Beer
      • Episode 113 – Bergen & Bruges
      • Episode 114 – The London Steelyard
      • Episode 116 – War with Denmark Part 2
      • Episode 115 – War with Denmark Part 1
      • Episode 117 – Embargoes
      • Episode 118 – Pirates
      • Epiosde 119 – What was the Hansa
      • Episode 120– Money, Money, Money
      • Episode 121 – A Constitutional Crisis
      • Episode 122– Calamitous Victories
      • Episode 123– Decline & Fall (Part 1)
      • Episode 124– Decline & Fall (Part 2)
      • Episode 125 – The Rise of Hamburg
      • Episode 126 – A Brief History of Bremen
      • Episode 127 – Art & Culture of the Hanse
    • The Teutonic Knights (1190-1525)
      • EPISODE 128 – A Chivalric order
      • EPISODE 129 – Hermann von Salza
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