Join in as we take a break from the internal strife of the Empire and deal with those pesky outsiders who dare to challenge King Louis's reign. Obotrites, Sorbs, and Vikings oh my!
In today's episode we explore the reign of Lothar who decided not only did he want to rule by himself but if he couldn't do it then he would bring the entire empire down with him.
In today's episode we look at the creation of the Holy Roman Empire under Charlemagne and how his son Louis did not earn the title 'the Great.'
Join in as we look at the minor brush fire war of Charlemagne's reign that will take 30 years to put out and watch the collapse of the last of the old Germanic tribes.
Join in as we see how the Franks and Saxons get along as neighbors and how 'welcomed' this Christian religion is in the regions outside of Frankish control.
Join in as we cruise through nearly 300 years of those that lived in central and western Germany and why siblings can never be trusted to work together.
Hello all! Welcome back to the show as we wrap up the barbarian invasions and the fall of the western Roman empire with a look of that island on the other side of the channel from modern day France.
We are in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. A grumpy old man is being crowned as the leader of the newly formed German nation. Listen to this episode to find out how we got to this day!
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the formation of the German Empire we have Katja Hoyer discussing her new book! https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Iron-German-Empire-1871-1918-ebook/dp/B08R9DKRV1
Finally going to talk about those Huns. Enough people told me to do it so here we go! Final thoughts on them: Over rated. Listen to the episode to find out why.
Join in as we look at the disappearance of one of America's largest minority groups within the span of 4 years. A special episode recorded with American History Podcast.
Join in as we look at the Visigoth kingdom set up in southern France! The Visigoths who have been center stage for Rome's attention now seem to be settling. But when you got an inspiration for JRR Tolkien's work about to become king of the tribe it definitely is not going to be a quiet time in the region.
Join in as we look at the Suevi who go from one of the smallest Germanic tribes in the Iberian Peninsula to nearly driving the Romans out! Will they leave a lasting legacy in the conquered lands unlike the Vandals or will they disappear into the dustbin of history?
Join in as we look at the kings after Geiseric of the Vandals and how, despite lasting 100 years, they leave nothing behind besides their name and a few scraps of metal.
Join in as we look over the Netflix new show called Barbarians and how historically accurate it is! (hint: it is not).
For our final interview we have Michael Kaelin from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Join in as we discuss German immigration into the US during the 1800s and how these immigrants played a role in controlling who and who could not come to the US from their home countries and informed the US immigration policy that would form in the lead up to 1900.
For our 3rd interview of the Month of Germany we have Ezra Gerard at the University of Wisconsin who is working on German Homosexuality. Join in as we look at the 1800s and 1900s study of Homosexuality in Germany and how it shaped our view of it today.
Geiseric decides that Europe does not agree with him or the Vandals and Alans so they are going sailing! Join in as we look at the long life of one of the biggest threats to Rome that does something that no barbarian has ever been able to do before, force the West to accept their terms. Find out how he brings the Western Empire to the peace table time and time again. If you would like to learn more about Pope Leo I's check out Pontifacts episode 47: Leo I (the Great). https://pontifacts.podbean....
Join in as we continue the month of Germany with another graduate interview! Kilian Harrer a PhD graduate from University of Wisconsin-Madison shows us how the introduction of the French Republic led to complications in the traditional rival between the Catholics and the Protestants of Western Germany and would form the roots of future conflict that would plague Germany in the 1800s.
To celebrate our 2 year anniversary we have released the 1st of 4 interviews conducted with Graduate students within the field of German History. Chad Gibbs, a George L. Mosse Fellow from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explores the horrors of Treblinka camps during the height of Nazi Germany and how the prisoners of this camp were able to use the camp to their advantage to launch a revolt and attempt an escape on August 2nd 1943.
It is time to move off the Italian peninsula. Tribes are trying to settle in Spain and Gaul and make deals with the Roman empire or the rebel leaders who keep popping up. But how can you expect things to go easy if your leader can't even take a bath without being killed?
Join in as we look at the culminating event of the decade! The highlight of these past few episodes we have been hinting at! It is going to be epic! It is the highlight of the century! I am lying! But listen to the episode to find out why.
Hello everyone! To signify our return to normal episodes we are doing a special episode on Bertha von Suttner's Lay Down Your Arms. Join in as we explore the book that was considered the championship of the pacifist movement, one of the greatest works in the late 1800s and attacked every fiber of a society that was built around war.
Olympius is now on top! Olympius now needs to pay the piper and deal with three groups who he owes for his rise to power. Join in as we look at the disaster that befalls the divided empire as Olympius releases his own secret agenda.
Hey everyone so Stilicho the man the vandal the legend is about to leave our story. Join in as we discuss the fall of the man who dreamed of uniting the empire under his rule and the rise of a man who would see Rome sacked for the first time in 800 years.
Hey everyone welcome to our special episode where we discuss the creation of one of the largest Jewish communities in modern day Europe, Germany. Brad Pomerance from Jewish Life TV shares the stories of those who have started a new life in central Europe and why Germany, despite its past under the Nazis and the Holocaust, has now become a major center for Jewish settlement. Explore with us the history of Jewish life in Germany. Brad Pomerance's show Air, Land, and Sea looks at the past and prese...
Stilicho goes from things are bad to things are worse to can I get a break! Highlights include the Spanish collapse, the Senate gaining power, Emperor of the East is dead and oh yeah Alaric decides it is time for Stilicho to pay up for abandoning him in Illyricum when he shows up with an army in Northern Italy once again. Stilicho is in for a terrible year.
Join us as we look as Stilicho at the height of his power suddenly get the wind knocked out of him when his planned Civil war falls flat and another unplanned one losses him half the empire. Chaos ensues as German tribes take over Gaul and news leaks that Alaric, King of the Goths, is dead....or is he?
In today's shorter episode we look at the two invasions that shook Italy and Rome to its core in the first few years of the 400s. The first by Alaric who had enough of the shenanigans of the East and decided to move westward. The second was a clear sign that Rome was the lesser of two evils now that the Hunnic empire had appeared on the scene.
Join in as we talk with Dr. Gennari about the role of one of Europe's great powers in Germany, Sweden! Dr. Gennari provides us amazing insight into how this Scandinavian nation became a major power that dominated northern Germany and how it came to pass that the small upstart of Brandenburg became Sweden's major rival within Prussia.
