Ep. 188: What Has Printing Ever Done For Us?
“We should note the force, effect, and consequences of inventions which are nowhere more conspicuous than in those three which were unknown to the ancients, namely printing, gunpowder and the compass....
3 Huhti 202537min
Ep. 187: Johannes Gutenberg’s Pressing Matters
This podcast is now well into its fourth year and I have established my process for research, script writing and recording. As for research, that usually means going to the London Library and bend dow...
27 Maalis 202544min
Ep. 186: Mainz and Hessen - An Origin Story
This week we are setting off on our tour of the empire for real. And where better to start than with the most senior, most august of the seven prince Electors, the archbishop of Mainz, archchancellor ...
20 Maalis 202541min
Ep. 185: A Time Between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -Season Opener
Many German histories skip over this period in order to get to the Reformation, which is a shame. Because the 15th century did not just shape the physical appearance of the country, but much of its ge...
13 Maalis 202512min
Ep. 184: A German Messallina? - Empress Barbara of Celje (1392-1451)
Barbara ist geil und ruchlos is the title of a 17th century description of emperor Sigismund’s second wife, Barbara of Celje and it goes on as follows:“Barbara, was a German Messalina, a woman of insa...
6 Maalis 202532min
Ep. 183: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - The Aftermath of a Revolution
This week we bring the series about the reformation before the reformation to an end. It is time to take stock. What changes did 20 years of opposition to the established church and 15 years of war br...
27 Helmi 202529min
Ep. 182: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Sigismund Returns to Bohemia
We have a tendency to overlook the history of the smaller European nations even though they do quite often provide the laboratory where one could have seen the sign of things to come or calamities tha...
20 Helmi 202536min
Ep. 181: Hussite Revolt (1419-1434) - Zizka's Drum
“And anyone who would not want to keep and truly fulfill the above written pieces and articles, and would not want to help protect and defend them; such a one, without regard to person, we will not su...
13 Helmi 202536min
