Episode 192 – Duchy of Württemberg, or Turning Wine into Winning
The region around Stuttgart has become one of Europe’s richest and most active technological hub. How did that trace back to the 15th century?
Episode 191 – The Margraviate of Baden
The story of how the small state of Baden became a dominant force in the South West of germany is one of friendship and loyalty to the death, piratical princesses, alchemy, someone called the Türkenlouis, a sun-shaped city and some skilled diplomacy.
Episode 190 – A (very) brief History of the German Universities
“It is a settled fact that Germany alone produces more than all the rest of the world put together; her supremacy in science forms the pendant to England’s supremacy in commerce and on the sea; and it is perhaps even greater.” (Ferdinand Lot, 1892)
Episode 189 – The Count Palatine on the Rhine
A journey upriver from Mainz to Heidelberg in 1454 – with a brief history of the Counts Palatinate on the Rhine
Episode 188 – What Has Printing Ever Done For Us?
Everyone since francis Bacon agrees printing changed the world – but how did Gutenberg’s invention change the world?
Episode 187 – Johannes Gutenberg’s Pressing Matters
Johannes Gutenberg is best known for inventing printing with moveable letters, which is the one thing he did not do. What he did was making it work, which turned out to be a whole lot more complex and more ingenious then one may think..
Episode 186 – Origin Stories
The archbishops of Mainz and the Ladgrave of Hessen fought each other incessantly for 200 years. Why and how we look at in this episode
The Empire in the 15th Century – Season Opener
A quick recap of where we are and an outlook of what is to come in the upcoming season