Ep. 102: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Investiture Controversy and its impact on the East
This week we will hit the arguably most important set of events in medieval German history often summarised under the banner of the Investiture Controversy. The Investment Controversy came about throu...
20 Apr 202329min
Ep. 101: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Mecklenburg - Gottschalk and Adalbert
This week we will follow the history of two men who could not be more different. On one side is Gottschalk, leader of the pagan Abodrites, who first comes to prominence as a brutal raider killing Saxo...
13 Apr 202328min
Ep. 100: Colonisation of the East(700-1200)- The (second) Saxon War
As we go through the story of the Saxon Stem duchy in the 10thand 11th century, two or maybe three main strains of the storyemerge, the gradually drifting away of Saxony from the empire, the relations...
6 Apr 202323min
Ep. 99: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Follow the Money
This week we stumble into the next imperial succession where the Saxons are again standing on the side lines. On paper the new guy, Konrad II was a man after their own heart, fearsome warrior untroubl...
30 Mar 202330min
Ep. 98: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Rift between Emperor and Saxon Princes
This week we are talking about the rift that is opening up between the Saxons and the Empire. For 80 years Saxony had been the centre of imperial power and the Ottonians had been supportive of the Sax...
23 Mar 202327min
Ep. 97: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Rebellion!
Now that we know the lay of the land it is time for action, and quite some action it will be. The Wends, the pagan Slavic peoples living east of the Elbe who found themselves ever more squeezed by the...
16 Mar 202330min
Ep. 96: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - The Neighbours - Poland, Bohemia and Denmark
This week we are still getting our bearings. Last week we saw the emergence of the Stem duchy of Saxony and the Eastern marches. This week we take a look at the most important neighbours to the East a...
9 Mar 202333min
Ep. 95: Colonisation of the East(700-1200) - Callous Kings and Murderous Margraves
I have to start with an admission. I promised you a History of the Germans but I am afraid there is no such thing. All I can give you is the histories of the German people. The last 94 episodes you ha...
2 Mar 202337min
