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History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification
by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
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| Oct 26 | #187 | #181 |
| Oct 25 | #193 | #187 |
| Oct 23 | #186 | #179 |
| Oct 20 | #173 | #166 |
| Oct 19 | #152 | #145 |
| Oct 18 | #142 | #135 |
| Oct 17 | #162 | #155 |
| Oct 16 | #155 | #148 |
| Oct 15 | #200 | #195 |
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Season 12: The Reformation! (Trailer)
August 31, 2026 · 3 minWhen it comes to events from German history that left a mark on the world, most minds turn towards the 19th and 20th century. But there is at least one, arguably two periods that can claim to have had equally lasting impact. One is the…
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Trailer for The Early Habsburgs - Their Fall and Rise
August 14, 2025 · 25 minThe House of Habsburg once ruled Spain, Benelux, Austria, Hungary, Czechia, most of Italy, at times Portugal and all of Latin America, the Philippines and of course, the Holy Roman Empire. Most histories of the Habsburgs start out with…
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Ep. 6: Otto the Great (936-973)) - The Battle on the Lechfeld (955)
February 18, 2021 · 30 minThe devastation of the civil war lures in the largest Hungarian army anyone had ever seen anywhere. Enticed by the disinherited sons of former Bavarian dukes, the mighty host makes for Augsburg, a city whose walls are as weak as their…
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Ep. 5: Otto the Great (936-973) - The Father, the Son and the Uncle
February 11, 2021 · 29 minAdelheid's rescue creates tension not only in the family of king Otto but across the realm. Younger members of the powerful families feel cheated out of the gains of the Italian campaign and worry about their prospects. And Otto makes…
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Ep. 4: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Foe Wherever You Go
February 4, 2021 · 24 minAfter the civil war with his brother Henry Otto gets to reorganise the kingdom and focuses on foreign policy. There is conflict on all borders, with the Slavs, the Bohemians, the Hungarians, and the French. Great opportunities for the fine…
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Ep. 3: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Series of Fortunate Events
January 28, 2021 · 20 minHis brother and his biggest vassals are rebelling, the kingdom remains under threat from Hungarians and Slavs - and now the king of France comes in on the side of the opposition. Only a series of very fortunate events can rescue king Otto…
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Ep. 2: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Dog's Breakfast
January 22, 2021 · 26 minHenry the Fowler ended the tradition of splitting the kingdom amongst the male heirs. So far, so wise. But, and there is always a but, what he did not work out was what to do with the spares. And there were quite a few spares about, three…
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Ep. 1: Henry the Fowler (919-936) - A New Beginning
January 16, 2021 · 33 minThe year is 919 AD and things are not going well. The mighty empire of Charlemagne has splintered into a multitude of puny kingdoms. Its feeble rulers are being pushed around by their formidable barons. The frontiers are breached. In the…
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Charlemagne and all that - Prologue (Part 3)
January 15, 2021 · 29 minPart 3 of the Prologue is dedicated to Charlemagne, one of Europe's greatest rulers. and less because he conquered most of Europe and became the first Roman emperor for 325 years, but because he saved many books from antiquity, increased…
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From Romulus Augustulus to Pippin the Short - Prologue (Part 2)
January 14, 2021 · 24 minPart 2 of our Prologue to the History of the Germans kicks off with the last western emperor, Romulus Augustulus handing over the insignia of his reign to his German general Odoacer. The next two centuries are dominated by hair-obsessed…
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From Julius Caesar to the end of the Roman Empire - Prologue (Part 1)
January 13, 2021 · 27 minGermany was invented by Julius Caesar who also believed Moose had no knees. Herman the German was an officer in the legions, ritual car washing dates back to the 1 century BC and Constantine relied on Frankish soldiers to gain control of…
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History of the Germans - Trailer
January 12, 2021 · 6 minHello and welcome to the History of the Germans Podcast, the podcast that does exactly what it says on the tin. What you get here is a narrative history of the German people from the early Middle Ages to German Reunification in 1991 in…
About the show
A narrative history of the German people from the Middle Ages to Reunification in 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings.
"A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". Gregory of Tours (539-594)
So far we have covered:
Ottonian Emperors (# 1- 21)
- Henry the Fowler (#1)
- Otto I (#2-8)
- Otto II (#9-11)
- Otto II (#11-14)
- Henry II (#15-17)
- Germany in 1000 (#18-21)
Salian Emperors(#22-42)
- Konrad II (#22- 25)
- Henry III (#26-29)
- Henry IV/Canossa (#30-39)
- Henry V (#40-42)
- Concordat of Worms (#42)
Early Hohenstaufen (#43-69)
- Lothar III (#43-46)
- Konrad III (#47-49)
- Frederick Barbarossa (#50-69)
Late Hohenstaufen (#70-94)
- Henry VI (#70-72)
- Philipp of Swabia (#73-74)
- Otto IV (#74-75)
- Frederick II (#75-90)
- Epilogue (#91-94)
Colonisation of the East (#95-108)
The Hanseatic League (#109-127)
The Teutonic Knights (#128-137)
From the Interregnum to the Golden Bull (#138 -185)
- Rudolf von Habsburg (#139-141)
- Adolf von Nassau (#142)
- Albrecht von Habsburg (#143)
- Heinrich VII (#144-148)
- Ludwig the Bavarian (#149-153)
- Karl IV (#154-163)
The Reformation before the Reformation
- Wenceslaus the Lazy (#165)
- The Western Schism (#166/167)
- The Ottomans (#168)
- Sigismund (#169-#184
The Empire in the 15th Century
- Mainz & Hessen #186
- Printing #187-#188
- Universities #190
- Wittelsbachs #189, #196-#199
- Baden, Wuerrtemberg, Augsburg, Fugger (#191-195)
- Maps & Arms (#201-#202)
The Fall and Rise of the House of Habsburg
- Early Habsburgs (#203-#207)
- Albrecht II (#208)
- Friedrich III (#209-#215)
- Maximilian I (#215-