Ep. 214: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The Siege that Woke up an Empire

Ep. 214: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The Siege that Woke up an Empire

The venerable city of Neuss between Cologne and Düsseldorf was founded in 16 BC as a Roman army camp, making it one of the oldest in Germany. Its history is marked by the usual mix of feuds with its archepiscopal overlord and the establishment of a trading and pilgrimage hub.

Despite its Roman remains, the impressive church of St. Quirinius, and proximity to where I grew up, Neuss may never have appeared on the History of the Germans Podcast, had it not sustained a 10 month long siege in 1474/1475.

A siege, even a brutal and prolonged one is not sufficiently unusual to be included in the show. But this one merits almost a whole episode. Tales of the heroic defense of a small town on the Rhine against an overbearing foe intent on wiping out their way of life, coalesced the empire in a way it had not come together since the days of Frederick Barbarossa.

A watershed was crossed, under the leadership of an emperor who was more surprised than anyone to be put at the head of the resistance.

And that is not all, in this episode we will also cover the very first trial for war crimes ever that took place in another small town in the same year 1474.

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Ep. 226: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - A Grand Plan for a Great War

Ep. 226: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - A Grand Plan for a Great War

Europe's political landscape is shifting fundamentally. No longer are wars fought between kings and their vassals, and emperors against popes - it is all about the balance of power. and this balaance ...

26 Helmi 36min

The Imperial Reform of 1495 with Prof. Duncan Hardy

The Imperial Reform of 1495 with Prof. Duncan Hardy

Prof Duncan Hardy is one of the leading experts in the history of the Holy Roman Empire and one of his main topics is the Imperial reform of 1495, making him the ideal guest for our show.In his first ...

19 Helmi 1h 3min

Ep. 225: Imperial Reform 1495 - The Ewige Landfrieden (Public Peace) of 1495

Ep. 225: Imperial Reform 1495 - The Ewige Landfrieden (Public Peace) of 1495

Let me start today’s episode with some outrageous national stereotypes. If an Englishman is disappointed with the way the affairs of state are conducted, he writes a letter to his member of Parliament...

12 Helmi 36min

Ep. 224: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire

Ep. 224: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire

I am afraid today’s episode is not your usual swordplay and skullduggery. What we are looking at today is the Reichstag as it operated throughout the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1803. Sounds a bit ...

5 Helmi 41min

Ep. 223: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Diet of Worms

Ep. 223: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Diet of Worms

We are now 7 episodes into the action-packed life of emperor Maximilian and he is only 35 years old. We still have another 24 years to go and they will be again full of wars, outlandish schemes, inclu...

29 Tammi 39min

Ep. 222:  Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Italian Wars and Spanish Marriages

Ep. 222: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Italian Wars and Spanish Marriages

The world is a-changing. Maximilian I may still dream of the medieval universal empire where he will lead Christendom in an epic crusade to expel the Turks from the European mainland, even reconquerin...

22 Tammi 44min

Ep. 221:  Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Taking Back Austria and Tyrol

Ep. 221: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Taking Back Austria and Tyrol

After 13 years of fighting in the Low Countries, Maximilian, the newly elected king of the Roman, returns home to a rammed full inbox. There is his cousin, the dissolute count Sigismund of Tyrol who i...

15 Tammi 37min

Ep. 220:  Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s)

Ep. 220: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s)

In this episode the 15-year long war over the Burgundian succession will come to its end. You may have thought it was done last time, but no. The revolutionary spirit of the Flemish cities is not yet ...

8 Tammi 41min

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