Episode 140 – Rudolf von Habsburg and the Golden King Ottokar II of Bohemia
Rudolf von Habsburg has to face his infinitely richer and more powerful adversary Ottokar II, king of Bohemia at Dürnkrut on the Marchfeld
Episode 139 – The End of the Interregnum
The horrible time, the time without an emperor lasted from 1250 to 1273 and ended with the election of a minor count, Rudolf of Habsburg….kicking off a whole new world
The Holy Roman empire from 919 – 1250
A condensed history of the Holy Roman Empire from emperor Otto the Great to Frederick II, or from 919 to 1250
Episode 127 – Art and Culture of the Hanse
Art and culture of the Hanse is defined by the splendour of its town halls and the soaring spires of its parish churches, but there is more…
Episode 126 – A Brief History of Bremen
It’s the Hanseatic city of Bremen that’s full of drama! Different from the rest with its gutsy antics – sheltering pirates and irritating fellow Hansards. Bremen’s relationship with the Hanseatic League was as stormy as an Atlantic squall: expelled multiple times, it kept stubbornly rowing back, playing a growing role as other Hansards declined. Full of rebellions and political flip-flops, it’s a cocktail of historical lunacy. Here’s to Bremen!
Episode 124– Decline & Fall (Part 2)
The fall of Lübeck from queen of the Baltic in 3 Acts, most of which committed by Jürgen Wullenwever, the populist Burgomaster
Episode 123– Decline & Fall (Part 1)
Wars with Denmark and England dominate the 15th century. Built into these conflicts are internal tensions between the Hanse Cities
Episode 122– Calamitous Victories
Wars with Denmark and England dominate the 15th century. Built into these conflicts are internal tensions between the Hanse Cities
#4 Capo Colonna July 13/14, 982
In 982 the unlucky emperor Otto II loses a battle in Southern Italy, which triggers an uprising of the pagan Slavs east of the Elbe River giving Poland enough wiggle room to plough its own furrow.
#3 Battle on the Lechfeld, August 10, 955
In 955 king Otto I annihilated the largest army the Magyars ever fielded, ending their raids into his territory. His soldiers hailed him emperor, kicking off the (Holy Roman) Empire.