Late Kievan Russia
In this episode, we descend upon the Greater Riverlands, to discuss the last century of organized political life in the Kievan Rus. Like elsewhere in Inner Europe, it is a time of political fragmentat...
21 Maj 1h 27min
The Medieval Polish Patchwork
In this episode, we descend into the first 100 years of the Polish Fragmentation Period, wherein Boleslaw III Wrymouth's Seniorate System cracks, and then dissolves into an abundance of warring princi...
3 Apr 1h 4min
Series 12: Feudalization of the Frontier (1125 - 1241 AD)
In this Series Introduction, we discuss the rising western influence within Inner Europe, and talk more conceptually about how cultural influences manifest themselves into real organizational systems,...
19 Mars 20min
Royal Bohemia and Fall of the Staufers
In this episode, we recount the changing customs and organization of the Bohemian duchy in the 12th century, and witness its elevation to kingdom in the 13th. Throughout, it presents a useful case stu...
12 Mars 1h 11min
Emperor Barbarossa; the Welf-Staufer Divide
In this episode, we look at the latter half of the 12th century within Inner Europe; namely, this means looking at the rule of Frederick I "Barbarossa", perhaps the most powerful Staufer emperor, and ...
5 Mars 56min
The Wendish Crusade
In this episode, we begin our series on the High Medieval Empire by focusing first on its northeastern frontier, where many factors would coalesce into a sudden, and permanent, push to the east by Sax...
5 Feb 58min
Series 11: Staufer Revival (1125 - 1250 AD)
In this series, we discuss how the Holy Roman Empire will change in the long term from its warrior foundings, to a transpersonal and permanent institution of Inner Europe. This process would be person...
30 Jan 18min
Hungarian-Croatian Union; A New Danube
In this episode, we continue our survey of Inner Europe during the Investiture Struggles by examining the rules and administrations of many consolidating duchies and kingdoms, including Swabia, Bavari...
22 Dec 20251h 27min
