Ep. 98: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Rift between Emperor and Saxon Princes

We have talked about church reform for almost four years, the council of Constance talked about church reform for about the same amount of time and Luther will talk and write about church reform until...

5 Des 202432min

In November 1414 30,000 academics and aristocrats, bishops, blacksmiths and bakers, cardinals, counts and chefs, doctors, dancers and diplomats, princes, prelates and public girls descended on a town ...

28 Nov 202436min

The Council of Constance marked a pivotal moment in the history of the Catholic Church and the history of Europe in general.One issue on the agenda was the ongoing schism that the council of Pisa had ...

21 Nov 202435min

“Master Jan Hus, preacher of the Holy Scriptures from the chapel of Bethlehem, was also present at this council, who in his preaching continuously criticized and exposed the hypocrisy, pride, miserlin...

14 Nov 202436min

The late 14th and early 15th century was a period of upheaval, the certainties of the Middle Ages, that the pope ruled the world and that knights were invincible were crumbling away, the long period o...

7 Nov 202445min

This week we delve into the transformative period of the Ottomans from Osman to the Battle of Nicopolis. It highlights how Osman, the son of an Anatolian warlord, laid the foundations for what would b...

31 Okt 202443min

When the Great Western Schism was finally resolved at Pisa and Constance, Christendom rejoiced.Or so we have been told. But was it really such a devastating, catastrophic event that left the papacy mo...

24 Okt 202443min

If you are a longstanding listener to the History of the Germans, you will already know that sometime in the late 14th century the catholic church broke apart into 2 and then 3 different obediences, t...

17 Okt 202442min