History of the Germans

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” . The show is now entering its 8th season. So far we have covered: The Ottonian Emperors (Ep. 1- 21) – Henry the Fowler (Ep. 1) – Otto I (Ep. 2-8) – Otto II (Ep.9-11) – Otto II (Ep. 11-14) – Henry II (ep. 15-17) – Germany in the Year 1000 (ep. 18-21) The Salier and the Investiture Controversy – Konrad II (Ep. 22- 25) – Henry III (Ep. 26-29) – Henry IV & Canossa (Ep. 30-39) – Henry V and the Concordat of Worms (Ep. 40-42) Barbarossa and the early Hohenstaufen – Lothar III (Ep. 43-46) – Konrad III (Ep. 47-49) – Frederick Barbarossa (Ep. 50-69) Frederick II and the later Hohenstaufen -Henry VI (Ep. 70-72) – Philipp of Swabia (Ep. 73-74) – Otto IV (Ep. 74-75) – Frederick II (Ep. 75-90) – Epilogue (ep. 91-94) Eastern Expansion (ep. 95-108) The Hanseatic League (Ep. 109-127) The Teutonic Knights (Ep. 128-137) The Interregnum and the early Habsburgs (Ep. 138 ff