Ep. 4: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Foe Wherever You Go
After the civil war with his brother Henry Otto gets to reorganise the kingdom and focuses on foreign policy. There is conflict on all borders, with the Slavs, the Bohemians, the Hungarians, and the F...
4 Feb 202123min
Ep. 3: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Series of Fortunate Events
His brother and his biggest vassals are rebelling, the kingdom remains under threat from Hungarians and Slavs - and now the king of France comes in on the side of the opposition. Only a series of very...
28 Jan 202120min
Ep. 2: Otto the Great (936-973) - A Dog's Breakfast
Henry the Fowler ended the tradition of splitting the kingdom amongst the male heirs.So far, so wise. But, and there is always a but, what he did not work out was what to do with the spares. And there...
22 Jan 202125min
Ep. 1: Henry the Fowler (919-936) - A New Beginning
The year is 919 AD and things are not going well. The mighty empire of Charlemagne has splintered into a multitude of puny kingdoms. Its feeble rulers are being pushed around by their formidable baron...
16 Jan 202133min
Charlemagne and all that - Prologue (Part 3)
Part 3 of the Prologue is dedicated to Charlemagne, one of Europe's greatest rulers. and less because he conquered most of Europe and became the first Roman emperor for 325 years, but because he saved...
15 Jan 202129min
From Romulus Augustulus to Pippin the Short - Prologue (Part 2)
Part 2 of our Prologue to the History of the Germans kicks off with the last western emperor, Romulus Augustulus handing over the insignia of his reign to his German general Odoacer. The next two cent...
14 Jan 202124min
From Julius Caesar to the end of the Roman Empire - Prologue (Part 1)
Germany was invented by Julius Caesar who also believed Moose had no knees. Herman the German was an officer in the legions, ritual car washing dates back to the 1 century BC and Constantine relied on...
13 Jan 202126min
History of the Germans - Trailer
Hello and welcome to the History of the Germans Podcast, the podcast that does exactly what it says on the tin. What you get here is a narrative history of the German people from the early Middle Ages...
12 Jan 20216min
