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 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 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
Episode 38 – The First Crusade
In 1095 Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade and things get out of control almost immediately as preachers whip up crowds to set off immediately. These crowds bring unimaginable horrors to the Jewish communities in Mainz, Worms, Trier and elsewhere