Episode 54 – A Bohemian bluff
Barbarossa’s attempt to capture Milan faced challenges, until the duke of Bohemia made a daring move
Episode 53 – Sacrum Imperium
Rainald von Dassel’s Latin translations have come in for a bit of criticism. First his choice of words almost kills a cardinal, then he invents the Holy Roman Empire
Episode 52 – The Honour of The Empire
Barbarossa will boost the honour of the empire by burning cities, hanging heretics, slaughtering rabble-rousing Romans and inventing the concept of the university.
Episode 51 – The Barbarossa
Barbarossa’s background, childhood and education. What is it that made him so exceptional?
Episode 50 – Barbarossa begins
The Holy Roman emperor with the best PR starts with bang. Having hastily put his uncle three feet under he becomes the capstone of the empire
Episode 49 – The Second crusade
Suffice to say that Cornad III’s great crusade does not go quite as planned.
Episode 48 – Conrad’s Conundrum
Konrad III may have made himself king, but his authority is challenged. Feuds brake out all over the realm and he desperately needs a resolution
Episode 47 – Conrad’s Coup
History never repeats itself, but.. another candidate having the royal title snatched from his fingers. Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria
Episode 46 – A Topsy Turvy World
Lothar III is dragged into the schism between Innocent II and Anaclet II. Thanks to the efforts of Bernard of Clairvaux he receives little for his efforts.
Episode 45 – Triple Division
The church is split three ways though Bernard of Clairvaux stands ready in the wings to push it just where he wants it