Ep. 9: Otto II (973-983) - A Matter of Habit
When Otto II succeeds his father Otto the Great he inherits a strange construct of interwoven rights, relationships and privileges. He might rely on the church's resources to a degree but to succeed h...
11 Mar 202132min
Ep. 8: Otto the Great (936-973) - An Imperial Bride
Otto's final desire is to be recognised as a fellow emperor by the Basileus in Constantinople. When the Byzantines refuse him the purple-born princess Anna he wages war. The new emperor, John Tzimiski...
4 Mar 202122min
Ep. 7: Otto the Great (936-973) - Crowning A New Caesar
955-963 AD After the battle on the Lechfeld Otto has reached the zenith of his career. All he lacks is the formal recognition of his imperial position within the ancient realm of Charlemagne. For that...
25 Feb 202131min
Ep. 6: Otto the Great (936-973)) - The Battle on the Lechfeld (955)
The 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 cit...
18 Feb 202130min
Ep. 5: Otto the Great (936-973) - The Father, the Son and the Uncle
Adelheid'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 abo...
11 Feb 202128min
Ep. 4: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Foe Wherever You Go
After 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 F...
4 Feb 202123min
Ep. 3: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Series of Fortunate Events
His 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...
28 Jan 202120min
Ep. 2: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Dog's Breakfast
Henry 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...
22 Jan 202125min
