Ep. 8 (50) - Barbarossa Begins - A Stolen Election?
(1149-1152) In his last few years the ill and exhausted king Conrad III relies more and more on his nephew, Frederick, the duke of Swabia called Barbarossa because of his ginger beard.Barbarossa forms...
10 Jun 202427min
Ep. 7 (49) - Konrad's Catastrophe - The Disaster that is the Second Crusade
1147-1149 The title is a bit of a spoiler. Suffice to say that Cornad III's great crusade does not go quite as planned.He had set off with an army of between 20,000 and 60,000 from Regensburg in June ...
3 Jun 202433min
Ep. 6 (48) - Konrad's Conundrum - Imperial Coronation or Crusade?
1144-1147 - King, not really Emperor Conrad III may have signed a precarious peace with his greatest opponent, Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony. But the kingdom remains in turmoil. Feuds are everywhere,...
27 Mai 202432min
Ep. 5 (47) - Konrad's Coup - The Hohenstaufen Konrad III snatches the crown from the Welf
1138-1142 This week we will watch another candidate having the royal title snatched from his fingers. Henry the Proud, duke of Bavaria, duke of Saxony, Margrave of Tuscany and Este, richest landowner ...
20 Mai 202429min
Ep. 4 (46) - A Topsy Turvy World - Lothar III and the schism between Anaclet II Innocent II
1130-1137 - Emperor Lothar III is getting embroiled in the schism between popes Innocent II and Anaclet II. Anaclet II is properly elected and holds Rome whilst Innocent II enjoys the support of the m...
13 Mai 202435min
Ep.3 (45) - Triple Division - The role of Bernard of Clairvaux
This week we take a little detour to catch up with our friends in Rome, the popes. Do not worry, the popes are no longer all goody two shoes, we are back to the usual shenanigans of murder, backstabbi...
6 Mai 202430min
Ep. 2 (44) - A Saxon Emperor - Lothar III takes the crown and ends in a civil war with the Hohenstaufen
Lothar III being duly elected and crowned declares a 12 month peace for the whole realm., only to break it himself a few months later.Frederick of Hohenstaufen, his rival for the crown is unwilling to...
30 Apr 202428min
Ep. 1 (43)- All Change, All Change - The tumultuous Election of Emperor Lothar III
Between March and June of 1977 675,000 people visited the Alte Schloß in Stuttgart to see an exhibition entitled “Die Zeit der Staufer” (the Time of the Hohenstaufen in English). Over 1,000 items from...
27 Apr 202435min
