Ep. 224: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Reichstag of the Holy Roman Empire - History of the Germans
I am afraid today’s episode is not your usual swordplay and skullduggery. What we are looking at today is the Reichstag as it operated throughout the Holy Roman Empire from 1495 to 1803. Sounds a bit ...
5 Feb 41min
Ep. 223: Imperial Reform 1495 – The Diet of Worms - History of the Germans
We are now 7 episodes into the action-packed life of emperor Maximilian and he is only 35 years old. We still have another 24 years to go and they will be again full of wars, outlandish schemes, inclu...
29 Jan 39min
Ep. 222: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Italian Wars and Spanish Marriages - History of the Germans
The world is a-changing. Maximilian I may still dream of the medieval universal empire where he will lead Christendom in an epic crusade to expel the Turks from the European mainland, even reconquerin...
22 Jan 44min
Ep. 221: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – Taking Back Austria and Tyrol - History of the Germans
After 13 years of fighting in the Low Countries, Maximilian, the newly elected king of the Roman, returns home to a rammed full inbox. There is his cousin, the dissolute count Sigismund of Tyrol who i...
15 Jan 37min
Ep. 220: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s) - History of the Germans
In this episode the 15-year long war over the Burgundian succession will come to its end. You may have thought it was done last time, but no. The revolutionary spirit of the Flemish cities is not yet ...
8 Jan 41min
Ep.219: Maximilian I (1493-1519) – The Fall of Ghent - History of the Germans
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 - History of the Germans
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 - History of the Germans
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
