Twilight of the Warband States (Saxony, Bohemia, Poland, Kievan Rus)
In this episode, we look at 4 independent short stories, linked through a similar setting and time, that of the warband states of Eastern Central Europe in the changing times of the Investiture Contro...
12 Des 20251h 28min
The Investiture Controversy
In this episode, we finally reach the climax of simmering tensions between papal and imperial authority over the western church. A reform movement, built on reaction against urban decadence in the Med...
24 Nov 20251h 4min
Series 10: Great Schisms; Conquerors' Penance (1054 - 1138 AD)
In the introduction for series 10 of the show, we speak of the responses that societies will face due to the dramatic changes wrought in by the High Middle Ages. Among them, we single out the Great Sc...
10 Nov 202522min
High Medieval Identity and Society
In this episode, we set up the context in which our next few series are to take place. The High Middle Ages will be a time of immense transformation for Inner Europe, a time where the world before and...
3 Nov 202549min
The Wars of Lech, Czech, Rus (and Arpad)
In this episode, we catch up with the development and Christianization of Rus Civilization, and discuss its hybridization with the other societies of Inner Europe. In doing so, we introduce some of th...
20 Okt 20251h 4min
Ottonian Legacy and the Salian Transfer
In this episode, we continue the political narrative of the Renewed Roman Empire in the West by talking about the later Ottonians and the early Salians, the "Holy Emperors" who would transform the emp...
22 Sep 202556min
Series 9: The Creation of Central Europe (983 - 1061 AD)
In this series, we begin to see Inner Europe as a more defined society, interacting with entities as recognized entities, and with a shared Romano-German and Romano-Greek approach to relations. This w...
15 Sep 202520min
The Founding of Hungary
In this episode, we investigate the political overhauls that occurred after the end of the Magyar time of adventures. These would come hand in hand with the christianization of the clans, and the esta...
8 Sep 20251h 3min
