Episode 231 – Marrying Bohemia and Hungary
The Habsburgs did not acquire the Hungarian and Bohemian crowns in one wedding night, it was an overnights success 250 years in the making
Episode 212 – The Library of the Raven King
Today we talk about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and whose standing army was one of the greatest – and most expensive – military forces in 15th century Europe.
Episode 168 – From Osman to Nicopolis:
For over 400 years, ever since the battle on the Lechfeld in 955, Western Europeans did not have to fear an enemy on their eastern flank. That is about to change…
Episode 29 – The Medieval Empire at its Zenith
In 1046 Henry III had reached the zenith of his rule. He had deposed three unworthy popes and replaced them with serious churchmen who will bring the necessary reforms about. Domestically he is in control of the three Eastern European lands, Poland, Bohemia and Hungary and the restless Lotharingians seem settled. How did it come about that by 1056 the chronicler writes that “both the foremost men and the lesser men of the kingdom began more and more to murmur against the emperor. They complained he had long since departed from his original conduct of justice, peace, piety, fear of god and manifold virtues in which he ought to have made progress”
Battle of Ménfő June 5th, 1044
The battle of Ménfő in 1044 was an important battle in early Hungarian history ending the period of peace and prosperity under King (Saint) Stephen (997-1038)