Episode 207 – Of Land and Lip
Where does the Habsburg Jaw come from? Was it Cymburgis of Masovia, and if not, what has that to do with the humiliation of Friedrich of Tirol in 1415?
Episode 206 – Division, Destruction and Degradation
Having sons was crucial in the late Middle Ages, but having too many sons was a problem too – driving the Habsburg to division, destruction and Degradation
Episode 205 – Sempach, Death of a Duke, Birth of a Nation
On July 9th, 1386 in a field near the Sempach lake., the armies of archduke Leopold of Austria line up against the forces of the city of Lucerne and the men of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden
Much of what hads been told about this batte, the backstory of the Swiss Confederation and the objectives of the Habsburgs have been drenched in myth. Myths that are in the main debunked. That being said, the story is still dramatic and hugely important.
Episode 204 – Rudolf IV – Forger and Founder
The Privilegium Maius, created by Rudolf IV, forged a narrative of exceptionalism for the Habsburgs, asserting their importance amidst European power dynamics and political ambitions.
Episode 203 – From Rudolf I to Albrecht the Wise (1273-1358)
In 1273, under unusual circumstances, the electors chose Rudolf of Habsburg to be king. And he would have created a ruling dynasty, had it not been for a murder…
Episode 202 – Arms and Armour
Germany emerged as Europe’s premier arms and armor center in the 15th and 16th centuries through skilled craftsmanship, economic strategy, and technological innovation.
Episode 201 – Mapping the world
In 1507 two Germans invented America, or at least the name. The question is how and why? Come along to find out.
Episode 200 – Divide and Lose
In 1485 two brothers split the electorate of Saxony in two, creating the distinctly different Länder of Thuringia and Saxony in the process. All that after 20 years of successful joint rule and at the risk of materially reducing their family’s power. Why did they do it?
Episode 199 – How Holland Was Lost to the Holy Roman Empire (Part 2)
The second part of our series on the exiit of the Netherlands from the Holy Roman Empire, this time with a focus on demographics, economics and climate.
Episode 198 – How Holland Was Lost to the Holy Roman Empire (Part 1)
How did the Low Countries, once one of the heartlands of the Holy Roman Empire, gradually slip out of the ploitical entity it had belonged for centuries