Episode 82 – The Constitution of the Realm
In 1235 the imperial princes came to Mainz to celebrate the new modus operandi of the Holy Roman Empire: Everybody gets Everything they want
Episode 81 – The King in Brackets
The sad story of Henry (VII) eldest son and heir of emperor Frederick II who dies of his inability to understand the father he had barely ever met
Episode 80 – A different kind of Emperor
The constitutions of Melfi of 1231 were the most advanced, most modern law in the Middle Ages foreshadowing Machiavelli and Hobbes
Episode 77 – A Nail in the Coffin
The reign of Frederick II in Germany from 1212 to1220 drives both a real and a metaphorical nail in the coffin of Charlemagne
Episode 74 – The War that broke the Empire
For 10 years Otto IV. and Philipp of Swabia struggle for leadership in Germany, a war fought as much with money and verse as with steel
Episode 72 – Clouds on the Horizon
Henry VI. is at the top of the tree, king of Sicily and empreror on inheritance only. But he needs one person to agree to all that, the pope..
Episode 67 Germany in the year 1200 – The Peasants
What was the life of a peasant like in Germany around 1200? To what degree does he participate in the econoimic boom of teh Middle Ages?
Episode 55 – The Laws of Roncaglia
Milan defeated and the other Italian communes brought into submission, Barbarossa begins a process aimed at establishing Roman Law and the Authority of the (Roman) emperors
Episode 22 – Konrad II Who would have thought
Konrad II was neither a mighty prince nor a relative of the House of Otto I, but still he was elected emperor
Episode 16 – Germany in the year 1000 (Part 2)
The economy, infrastructure, social states, and political structure of Germany in the year 1000.