Episode 43 – All Change All Change
The age of the Hohenstaufen starts with emperor Lothar III who was not a Hohenstaufen at all – how could that happen?
Episode 42 – A World Revolution?
Many writers have compared the Investiture controversy to the great world revolutions of 1789 and 1917 – lets look at the arguments
Episode 41 – the Concordat of Worms
In this week’s episode Henry V the last of the Salians will find that despite all his efforts, the tide of history cannot be stemmed, leaving him in almost exactly the same place his father ended up in 1076.
Episode 40 – Henry V Has a cunning Plan
Having lured his father into a trap and then deposed, we now have a new king, Last week you heard the story from the father’s perspective, this time we look at it from Henry V’s perspective, and maybe he was not as much of a rotten apple as it looks?
Episode 39 -The Final Betrayal
It is hard to believe, but the last years of Henry IV’s tumultuous reign still held one final humiliation that capped the pain this man had already endured.