Where To Go in Germany - Part 2
One of the legacies of the Holy roman empire is that Germany does not have just one place where everything happens, where politicians, entrepreneurs, bankers, artists, and actors travel on the same un...
1 Jan 37min
Where To Go in Germany - Part 1
As you are still awaiting your presents, mine has already arrived, which is the chance to make this show. Despite all my occasional moaning and groaning about how much work it is, I have never enjoyed...
25 Dec 202541min
Ep.219: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Fall of Ghent
The words High and Late Middle Ages conjures up images of fog rising up over a field where knights in shining armor are trading blows with double handed swords, mighty bishops overseeing the construct...
18 Dec 202539min
Ep. 218: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Death of Mary of Burgundy
By 1477 the rules of war that had been enshrined in the laws of chivalry are gone. The contest between the French and the Habsburgs over the inheritance of the Grand Dukes of the West gives us a foret...
11 Dec 202540min
Ep. 217: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – When Mary Met Maxi
How often have you heard this phrase “Let others wage war; you, happy Austria, marry". It goes back to a whole string of marriages, first Maximilian of Habsburg married the heiress of the duchy of Bur...
4 Dec 202539min
Ep. 216: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Youth of an Emperor
What is it like to grow up the son of the emperor? For most of the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire we have covered so far, no idea. There are scarce reports about the way the princes grew up, safe for...
27 Nov 202532min
Ep. 215: Charles the Bold (1433-1477) - Death in the Cold
The rise of the Habsburgs to world domination pivots on one crucial moment, the marriage of Maximilian of Habsburg to Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of Charles the Bold, last of the Grand Dukes of the...
20 Nov 202540min
Ep. 214: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The Siege that Woke up an Empire
The venerable city of Neuss between Cologne and Düsseldorf was founded in 16 BC as a Roman army camp, making it one of the oldest in Germany. Its history is marked by the usual mix of feuds with its a...
13 Nov 202539min
