Ep. 21 (42) - A World Revolution?
In this episode we will come to the end of the Investiture controversy, the end of the Salian dynasty and the end of Season 2 – and ask the question, what was all that about? Does the conflict betwee...
17 Sep 202442min
Ep. 20 (41) - The Duke's Rebuke - Henry V has to accept the Concordat of Worms
In this week’s episode the last of the Salians will find that despite all his efforts, the tide of history cannot be stemmed, almost leaving him in exactly the same place his father ended up in 1076.T...
10 Sep 202425min
Ep. 19 (40) - Henry V's Cunning Plan - Pope Paschal II offers to hand back all imperial fiefs which causes havoc
In this episode we will see whether young Henry V will do any better at ending the conflict between Pope and Emperor, featuring one of the most audacious political moves seen in this conflict.The musi...
3 Sep 202427min
Ep. 18 (39) - The End of Emperor Henry IV
This week we will talk about the last years of Henry IV, which, as hard as it is to believe, holds a final humiliation that capped the pain this man had already endured.The music for the show is Flute...
1 Sep 202427min
Ep. 17 (38) - The First Crusade - Crusaders attacking the Jewish communities in Mainz, Speyer and Worms
In 1095 Pope Urban II launches the First crusade. Emperor Henry IV and his allies would rather be strung up below a beehive covered in honey than join a scheme devised by the Gregorian Pope.The lack o...
20 Aug 202434min
Ep. 16 (37) - The Two Grooms - Countess Matilda of Tuscany marries a man 25 years her junior
The wheel of fortune turns again, tumbling our antihero Henry IV down from the heights he had so recently scaled. We will see him sink to the point of utter despair. And all that because a 43 year old...
13 Aug 202425min
Ep. 14 (35) - To Rome! To Rome! - Henry IV takes revenge on pope Gregory VII
The Rebellion in Germany under control Henry can finally go after his true nemesis, Pope Gregory VII. He sets out for Rome on a journey he thought may just take four months but ended up taking four ye...
30 Jul 202424min
