Ep. 172: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - A Gathering of the (Christian) World
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
Ep. 171: Council of Constance (1414-1418) - Removing surplus Popes
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
Ep. 170: Jan Hus (1369-1415), Reformer and Rebel?
“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
Ep. 169: Sigismund (1410-1433) - The Not Yet Emperor
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
Ep. 168: Ottoman Empire (1280-1396) - From Osman to Nicopolis
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
Ep. 166: The Great Western Schism (1378-1417) - Popes and antipopes from Urban VI-John XXIII
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
Ep. 165: Wenceslaus the Lazy (1378-1400) and Ruprecht of the Palatinate (1400-1410)
“And since these especially ruinous harms to all of Christendom are not to be tolerated or suffered any longer, so we have completely agreed – with a well-considered disposition, by means of much and ...
10 Okt 202435min
