Episode 202 – Arms and Armour
Nürnberg and Augsburg emerged as Europe’s premier arms and armour in the 15th and 16th centuries through skilled craftsmanship, economic strategy, and technological innovation.
Episode 201 – Mapping the world
In 1507 two Germans invented America, or at least the name. The question is how and why? Come along to find out.
Episode 200 – Divide and Lose
In 1485 two brothers split the electorate of Saxony in two, creating the distinctly different Länder of Thuringia and Saxony in the process. All that after 20 years of successful joint rule and at the risk of materially reducing their family’s power. Why did they do it?
Episode 199 – How Holland Was Lost to the Holy Roman Empire (Part 2)
The second part of our series on the exit of the Netherlands from the Holy Roman Empire, this time with a focus on demographics, economics and climate.
Episode 184 – A German Messalina? Barbara of Celje
Barbara of Celje, second wife of emperor Sigismund was called a German Messalina, a Black Queen of Croatia and even a lesbian vampire. Find out the truth whilst listening to some papal erotic literature….
Episode 178 – No Hill to Die On
Two important Hills in medieval Czech history – Tabor and Vitkov, one the birthplace of a new society, the other a place of national destiny
Episode 177 – The Day after the End of Days
Calling the end of world for a particular day is always problematic, choosing one only 3 months away is foolish….
Episode 176 – A Great Idiot of History?
Every revolution needs a Storm of the Bastille and a Louis XVI. We had a Defenestration, but do we have a “Great Idiot of History”?
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…