Ep. 212: Matthias Corvinus (1443-1490) – The Library of the Raven King
Today we will talk a lot about Matthias Corvinus, the legendary renaissance king of Hungary whose library outshone that of the Medici in Florence and whose standing army was one of the greatest – and ...
30 Okt 202540min
Ep. 211: Friedrich III (1440-1493) – Hitting Rock Bottom
It is November 1462 and the emperor Friedrich III and his young family are huddling together in the cellars of the Hofburg. The citizens of Vienna are shooting cannonballs into the 13th century castle...
23 Okt 202536min
Ep. 210: Ladislaus Postumus (1440-1457) - Lord of all, Ruler of No One
Our journey today will take us away from the emperor Friedrich III who will spend most of the episode holed up in his castle at Wiener Neustadt, fretting and gardening.Instead we look at the dramatic ...
16 Okt 202536min
Ep. 209: Friedrich III (1440-1493) - The First Habsburg Emperor
Today we – and the Habsburgs – stride back on to the grand stage of European politics. Not with a titan of history or monarch whose long and fruitful reign resonates across the centuries, but with Fri...
2 Okt 202541min
Ep. 208: Albrecht II (1438-1439) - Boy Meets Princess, Boy Becomes King
Last week we saw the family slowly climbing out of the hole that Friedrich IV of the Tyrol had dug them. But despite all these consolidation efforts, the family was still in the second league of Europ...
25 Sep 202538min
Ep.207: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) - How the Habsburgs got their Chin
“The Habsburgs ruled half of Europe with a chin that entered the room five minutes before they did,” is one of those witticisms that made the 19th century so amusing. But by then the Habsburg jaw had ...
18 Sep 202533min
Ep. 206: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437)– Division, Destruction and Degradation
Success for a princely family in the Late Middle Ages has a lot to do with reproductive luck. Not having any offspring, in particular no male offspring is a bit of a knockout. But having too many sons...
11 Sep 202534min
Ep. 205: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) – Sempach, Birth of a Nation
On July 9th, 1386 in a field near the Sempach lake., the armies of archduke Leopold of Austria line up against the forces of the city of Lucerne and the men of Uri, Schwyz and NidwaldenMuch of what ha...
4 Sep 202538min
