How did the Low Countries, once one of the heartlands of the Holy Roman Empire, gradually slip out of the political entity it had belonged for centuries...
historyofthegermans.com/2025/06/19/1...
#belgium #holland #lowcountries #jacqueline #johnthefearless #HotGPod

In the latest episode of HotGPod, we take a trip upriver on the Rhine and Neckar from Mainz to Heidelberg, digging deeper in the political, economic and cultural life of this region at the transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period: historyofthegermans.com/2025/04/10/p...

In the latest episode of HotGPod, we take a trip upriver on the Rhine and Neckar from Mainz to Heidelberg, digging deeper in the political, economic and cultural life of this region at the transition from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern period: historyofthegermans.com/2025/04/10/p...

In the 10th and 11th century the emperors Otto I, Otto II, Otto III and Henry II ruled an empire that was indeed Holy, Roman and an Empire. Become fascinated by complex personalities and a world where women held more sway than at any later stage in medieval history.
That is season 1 of HotGPod

Three facts about Emperor Otto II – he learned that for some of his relatives treason is a matter of habit, that bathing in the Middle ages can be deadly in very much not the way you think, and that your enemies can turn your eagles as much as your luck. A thread (1/
#holyromanempire #otto #HotGPod

The war between Hussites and the Catholic Church had been raging for 15 long and painful years. The ideological gap seemed unbridgeable – until the aging king Sigismund sees an opportunity…
historyofthegermans.com/2025/02/20/l...
#hus #hussite #war #naumburg #kirschfest #sigismund #emperor #HotGPod

Inventory of dead popes buried in St. Peter. Lots of names HotGPod listeners may remember.

Jan 1 is when HotGPod brings out the big guns!
This year we focus on one of the seminal moments in Czech history - the first defenestration of Prague.
Find out how the refusal bread and wine leads to 13 royal councillors lying dead on the pavement... historyofthegermans.com/2025/01/01/d...

So what was your favourite season? what did I miss? what was too long, too detailed, too boring? What would you really like to hear more about (please not your great, great, great-grandfather)? Any other comments on #HotGPod?

"The Emperor and King Charles IV represents today an untouchable monument in Czech history, carved into the marble of admiration and clichés."
says Václav Žurek: who has kindly agreed discuss his forthcoming book here: lnk.to/HotGPod

This is the last episode of this season and it is time to say goodbye to Karl IV, Ludwig the Bavarian, Henry VII, Albrecht of Habsburg, Adolf von Nassau and Rudolf of Habsburg. These have been some eventful 138 years.…..
Link to the show and latest episode here: lnk.to/HotGPod

Just a quick reminder that before the Habsburgs was the house of Luxemburg which at its peak controlled roughly a quarter of the empire from their splendid new capital in Prague. More about them and in particular Charles IV in the recent episodes 154-161 lnk.to/HotGPod

New episode is just out. The Golden Bull of 1356 - a watershed in German history or nothing. Ew?

historyofthegermans.com/2024/08/22/g...

#HRE #constitution #golden #bull #hotgpod

As always the episode is available on all major podcast platforms and on my website: historyofthegermans.com/2024/08/15/i...
#HolyRomanEmpire #crown #papacy #charles #bohemia #rome #coronation #HotGPod

A new King is coming!

Episode 139 - The End of the Interregnum drops tomorrow 05:00 GMT

Download early to avoid disappointment. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and as always, my website: historyofthegermans.com

#rudolf #habsburg #interregnum #HotGPod

Welcome in the New Year with the perfect wake-up episode: The Battle on the Ice, covering the famous contest between Alexander Nevsky, the Prince of Novgorod and the Teutonic Order. historyofthegermans.com/2024/01/01/b... #battleontheice #HotGPod

It was a year of Northern stories, the Hanse and now the Teutonic Knights. Next year we will go back south, will spend again some time in Italy but also in Vienna, Prague, Brandenburg, Saxony and of course, Constance! Looking forward to another year with you all! go HotGPod!

Help - shall I change the HotGPod thumbnail? Recent changes at Apple make my current thumbnail almost invisible, unless I drop all episode art. Hence I am considering a new design. What do you think? Below is old (left) and new (right) Alternative is to drop all episode art.