Ep. 86: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Oops, we did it again
Emperor Frederick II has knocked the Milanese for six at Cortenuova. Their war cart, symbol of communal freedom has been captured and taken into Cremona in triumph. The Lombard league that once defeat...
8 Des 202232min
Ep. 85: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Showdown with the Papacy - Cortenuova
This week we are back to action stations. We resume our narrative in 1235 when Frederick II gathered his vassals in Mainz to implement his grand plan to regain the imperial rights in Northern Italy. H...
1 Des 202232min
Ep. 84: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Art of Hunting with Birds
This is a whole episode about a book, a book called "De Arte Veneri cum Avibus" the Art of Hunting with Birds. Hunting books are similar to books about fishing, riveting for those who do it, crushingl...
24 Nov 202227min
Ep. 83: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Court of Frederick II
Near the town of Andria in Puglia rising from a rock that makes it visible for miles stands entirely on its own a stone structure we call the Castel del Monte. Its ground plan is unique, and like many...
17 Nov 202232min
Ep. 82: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Mainzer Landfriede on 1235
What do you do once you have condemned your eldest son and heir to life imprisonment? Exactly, you have a party, or more precisely you have two parties. But as always with Frederick II, these are not ...
10 Nov 202224min
Ep. 81: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Henry (VII), son of the emperor and rebel
If you have only listened to the last 5 episodes or so, you may be wondering whether this is really the History of the Germans or whether you have accidentally stumbled into A History of Italy minus t...
3 Nov 202235min
Ep. 80: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - The Constitutions of Melfi
A medieval ruler that has a Muslim fighting force at his back and call and who negotiates Jerusalem out of the hands of the Sultan of Egypt is not what you expected when you began listening to the His...
27 Okt 202235min
Ep. 79: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Stupor Mundi - Return to Sicily
This week we look in a bit more detail how Frederick II regained his beloved kingdom of Sicily. For 30 years after the death of the last Hauteville king in 1190 the institutions of that kingdom had be...
20 Okt 202226min
