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 Feb 36min
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 Feb 1h 3min
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 Feb 36min
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 Feb 41min
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 Jan 39min
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 Jan 44min
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 Jan 37min
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 Jan 41min
