History of the Germans
A podcast by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking - Thursdays
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177 Episodes
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Ep. 129 - Hermann von Salza - Diplomat and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
Published: 07/12/2023 -
Season 7 The Teutonic Knights: Ep. 128 - A Chivalric Order
Published: 30/11/2023 -
An Interview with Carsten Jahnke
Published: 23/11/2023 -
Ep. 127 - The Art and Culture of the Hanse
Published: 02/11/2023 -
Ep. 126 - A Brief History of Bremen
Published: 26/10/2023 -
Ep. 125 – The Rise of Hamburg in the 16th century and beyond
Published: 19/10/2023 -
Ep. 124 – Decline and Fall (Part 2) - Jürgen Wullenwever's and Lübeck's last stand
Published: 12/10/2023 -
Ep. 123 – Decline and Fall (Part 1) - Emperors, kings and princes are closing in on Hanse cities
Published: 05/10/2023 -
Ep. 122 – Calamitous Victories open the Baltic to English merchants
Published: 28/09/2023 -
Ep. 121 – A Constitutional Crisis - The lower classes in the Hanse cities are rising up
Published: 21/09/2023 -
Ep. 120 - Money, Money, Money...how it worked in the Hanseatic League
Published: 14/09/2023 -
Ep. 119 – What is the Hansa? - A crocodile whose main body is concealed below the water?
Published: 07/09/2023 -
Ep. 118 – Pirates - Did Klaus Störtebecker even exist, and if so, did he matter?
Published: 31/08/2023 -
Ep. 117 – Embargoes or how the Hanse forced Norway, Novgorod and even Bruges to grant privileges
Published: 24/08/2023 -
Ep. 116 – The War with Denmark Part 2 - The Peace of Stralsund
Published: 17/08/2023 -
Ep. 115 – The War with Denmark Part I - Waldemar Atterdag's attack on Gotland
Published: 10/08/2023 -
Featuring The Scandinavian History Podcast
Published: 03/08/2023 -
Ep. 114 - The London Steelyard.......and the Hanse trade in Wine
Published: 27/07/2023 -
Ep. 113 – Bergen and Bruges - The Kontors of the Hanseatic League
Published: 20/07/2023 -
Ep. 112 - Grain and Beer - The Hanse's Trade in Beer and Cereals
Published: 13/07/2023
The podcast that does what it says on the tin: a narrative history of the German people that starts in the year 919 AD and hopes to get all the way to 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. As Gregory of Tours (539-594) said: "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". HotGPod is now entering its 8th season. So far we have covered: Ottonian Emperors (# 1- 21) - Henry the Fowler (#1) - Otto I (#2-8) - Otto II (#9-11) - Otto II (#11-14) - Henry II (#15-17) - Germany in 1000 (#18-21) Salian Emperors(#22-42) - Konrad II (#22- 25) - Henry III (#26-29) - Henry IV/Canossa (#30-39) - Henry V (#40-42) - Concordat of Worms (#42) Early Hohenstaufen (#43-69) - Lothar III (#43-46) - Konrad III (#47-49) - Frederick Barbarossa (#50-69) Late Hohenstaufen (#70-94) - Henry VI (#70-72) - Philipp of Swabia (#73-74) - Otto IV (#74-75) - Frederick II (#75-90) - Epilogue (#91-94) Eastern Expansion (#95-108) The Hanseatic League (#109-127) The Teutonic Knights (#128-137) The Interregnum and the early Habsburgs (#138 ff - Rudolf von Habsburg (#139-141) - Adolf von Nassau (#142) - Albrecht von Habsburg (#143) - Heinrich VII (#144-148) - Ludwig the Bavarian (#149-153) - Karl IV (#154-