by Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
A narrative history of the German people from the Middle Ages to Reunification in 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". Gregory of Tours (539-594) HotGPod is now entering its 9th 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 (#154-163) The Reformation before the Reformation - Wenceslaus the Lazy (#165) - The Western Schism (#166/167) - The Ottomans (#168) - Sigismund (#169-
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April 17, 2025
<p>Between the time the first Nobel Prize was awarded in 1901 and 1933, a total of 31 were awarded to German scientists and politicians. To name just a few, Wilhelm Röntgen (1901), Max Planck (1918), Albert Einstein (1921) and Werner Heisenberg (1932) for Physics, Emil Fischer (1902), Fritz Haber (1918), Walther Nernst (1920) and Hans Fischer (1930) for chemistry, Emil von Behring (1901), Robert Koch (1905) and Otto Warburg (1931) for medicine, Theodor Mommsen (1902), Gerhart Hauptmann (1912) and Thomas Mann (1929) for literature and Gustav Stresemann for peace. </p><p>The UK and France received 17 and 15 respectively, whilst the US picked up just 6 during that same period. </p><p>How could German universities rise to such dominance during the 19th and early 20th century from very humble beginnings? That is what we will look at in this episode.</p><p>The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by <a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a> under <a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.</p><p>As always:</p><p>Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a></p><p>If you wish to support the show go to: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/support-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support • History of the Germans Podcast</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HOTGPod </a></p><p>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@history_of_the_germans_podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@history_of_the_germans_podcast</a></p><p>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hotgpod.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hotgpod.bsky.social</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a></p><p>To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. </p><p>So far I have:</p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1737878874" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ottonians</a> </p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743543524" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743545182" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743549177" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frederick II Stupor Mundi</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743550597" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saxony and Eastward Expansion</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-hanseatic-league" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hanseatic League</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1719261540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Teutonic Knights</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1733632792" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356</a></p><p><a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/hussite/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reformation before the Reformation</a></p>
April 10, 2025
<p>This week</p><p>it is back to the political landscape of the empire. We will travel upriver from Mainz via Worms and the not yet existent cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen to Heidelberg, my old hometown. </p><p>And there we will meet the man who held one of the empire’s most confusing titles, the count Palatinate of the Rhine, Elector and High Steward of the Empire. His name is Friedrich, Friedrich der Siegreiche, Frederick the Victorious, and being victorious is barely half of what is interesting about him.</p><p>The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by <a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a> under <a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.</p><p>As always:</p><p>Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a></p><p>If you wish to support the show go to: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/support-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support • History of the Germans Podcast</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HOTGPod </a></p><p>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@history_of_the_germans_podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@history_of_the_germans_podcast</a></p><p>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hotgpod.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hotgpod.bsky.social</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a></p><p>To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. </p><p>So far I have:</p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1737878874" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ottonians</a> </p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743543524" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743545182" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743549177" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frederick II Stupor Mundi</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743550597" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saxony and Eastward Expansion</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-hanseatic-league" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hanseatic League</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1719261540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Teutonic Knights</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1733632792" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356</a></p><p><a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/hussite/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reformation before the Reformation</a></p>
April 3, 2025
<p>“We should note the force, effect, and consequences of inventions which are nowhere more conspicuous than in those three which were unknown to the ancients, namely printing, gunpowder and the compass. For these three have changed the appearance and the state of the world.” wrote Francis Bacon in 1620. And almost everybody agreed.</p><p>Printing changed everything, but how exactly did it change everything? That is a question nobody posed properly until Elisabeth L. Eisenstein got on the academic stage in the 1970s and the debate has not yet stopped. </p><p>In this episode I will try to take you through some of Eisenstein’s ideas on the how of the change and, in the end, attempt a raincheck on what we can learn from it for the information revolution we are living through right now. No worries, this is still the History of the Germans, so we will talk facts and dates and processes, with only occasional attempts at breaking into the ivory tower…</p><p>The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by <a href="https://www.windrep.org/Michel_Rondeau" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michel Rondeau</a> under <a href="https://imslp.org/wiki/Flute_Sonata_in_E-flat_major%2C_H.545_%28Bach%2C_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel%29" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Common Creative Licence 3.0</a>.</p><p>As always:</p><p>Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.historyofthegermans.com</a></p><p>If you wish to support the show go to: <a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/support-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Support • History of the Germans Podcast</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HOTGPod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HOTGPod </a></p><p>Threads: <a href="https://www.threads.net/@history_of_the_germans_podcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@history_of_the_germans_podcast</a></p><p>Bluesky: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/hotgpod.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@hotgpod.bsky.social</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/history_of_the_germans/?hl=en-gb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">history_of_the_germans</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/germanshistory?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@germanshistory</a></p><p>To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season. </p><p>So far I have:</p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1737878874" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Ottonians</a> </p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743543524" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743545182" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743549177" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frederick II Stupor Mundi</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1743550597" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saxony and Eastward Expansion</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/the-hanseatic-league" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Hanseatic League</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1719261540" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Teutonic Knights</a></p><p><a href="https://podfollow.com/1733632792" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356</a></p><p><a href="https://historyofthegermans.com/hussite/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Reformation before the...
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