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Spent some time last week re-listening to different seasons of @hotgpod.bsky.social and I cannot overemphasize how great this podcast is. Everyone interested in german history should listen to it. And people should know there is always space in the Hermann-Billung-Fanclub.

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One of the hazards of medieval banking was that borrowers had a habit of running into halberds and other sharp objects at the most inopportune times. Such an event was the battle of Nancy, January 5, 1477 when the Medici Bank lost another one of its customers, Charles "le Temeraire" duke of Burgundy

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This week we look at why in the late 15th century the centre of European banking moved from Florence to the Swabian city of Augsburg, why the Medici bank and other Italian houses failed and how Jakob Fugger becam (not really) the richest man who ever lived. historyofthegermans.com/2025/05/15/f...

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Thursday is never complete without listening to Dirk's / @hotgpod.bsky.social dulcet tones This week an insight into medieval banking with the Fuggers #historysky historyofthegermans.com/2025/05/15/f...

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Today is emperor Karl IV‘s birthday - one of my absolute favourite late medieval rulers, mainly because he found war to be simply too expensive…

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Alexander Nevsky, prince of Novgorod and hero of Sergej Eisenstein‘s great propaganda movie „The Battle on the Ice“ was born #OTD in 1221. Was this really a decisive battle? Were the Teutonic Knights indeed brutal murderers and what did Nevsky achieve? ⬇️⬇️

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#OTD in 919 the duke of Saxony, Henry the Fowler was elected King of East Francia. This "elevation" was more of a hospital pass. The kingdom was on the point of total fragmentation. The previous king urged his brother not to take up the mantle of kingship, which is why Henry was offered the crown.⬇️⬇️

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Anne of Bohemia, the daughter of Emperor Karl IV and wife of the English King Richard II was born #OTD in 1366. She is credited with introducing the ideas of John Wycliff to Prague which in turn contributed to the Hussite revolt, a religious movement that predated the Reformation by a century.

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Having grown up in a Germany where city states were in the north and east (Hamburg, Bremen, Berlin) it is surprising to see that the highest density of Free Imperial Cities of the HRE was in the South and West.

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#OTD in 569 the bishop Maximianus of Ravenna consecrated the church of St. Apollinaris in Classe (Ravenna). It has nothing to do with German history, but as you know I am a fan of Byzantine mosaics, specifically when they have sheep on them...

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In 1911 an archivist found the almost complete accounts of the largest late medieval trading company in Germany, giving us a unique insights into the world of Free Imperial Cities, cities like Rothenburg ob der Tauber. Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, etc.

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@hotgpod.bsky.social lore hot take: Dirk's secretly being funded by the notorious German Vineyard-Industrial Complex!

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🎙️A riot of an episode with @hotgpod.bsky.social IT WAS HOLY, IT WAS ROMAN, AND IT WAS AN EMPIRE 👑⛪ Dirk Hoffman-Becking unpacks how the Holy Roman Empire might be the most successful institution in Western Europe. Also: bribed popes and emperors on sleds. 🛷💰 Drops in July on Patreon & Apple!

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How about some really #EarlyArchaeology 🏺? Among the colourful frescos in #Zöbingen chapel (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), one is particularly fascinating: It is depicting the 13th century discovery of an even then old (i.e. 6th century) #Germanic burial.

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The counts of Württemberg had risen to the top by winning the genetic lottery. Their eldest sons were competent, their wives brought in dowries and they each ruled for long enough that the next generation took over when they were ready. But all that nearly fell apart in the 15th century......(1/3)

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M.A.C.A. = Make America Canada Again!

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What was it like to be a prince in the Holy Roman Empire? Well, not quite what it is set out to be, in particular when you are a smaller prince, not in stature, but in land. The margraves of Baden were such princes. ⬇️⬇️

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Lovely map of German wine and hops growing regions. You can spot the influence of the Rhine and Main here😀

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Mechthild oif the Palatinate (1419-1482) is the godmother of two universities. She had a thing about higher learning. She convinced her husband, Albrecht von Habsburg, to found the university in Freiburg and 20 years later her son, the duke of Württemberg, to do the same in Tübingen. (1/2)

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This is Brigadier General William A. Beiderlinden who in April 1945 defied an explicit order to shell the city and university of Heidelberg. Beiderlinden had never attended Heidelberg university. But he felt strongly that destroying a storied academic institution, even in war, should be avoided.1/2

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Happy Easter!

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“It is a settled fact that Germany alone produces more than all the rest of the world put together; her supremacy in science forms the pendant to England’s supremacy in commerce and on the sea;” From academic backwater to intellectual leadership and back: historyofthegermans.com/2025/04/17/1...

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Burg Stahleck above Bacherach on the Rhine became the seat of the count Palatinate on the Rhine when Konrad of Hohenstaufen bore the title. But that did not last long after Konrad had acquired a promising position just where the Neckar River comes out of the Odenwald hills - Heidelberg.

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Anyone interested in history should take a deep, deep dive into this series. Superbly presented and utterly fascinating.

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Worms is today a small city of 85,000 people, but in the 15th century it was one of the most significant trading hubs on the Rhine River and site of several important imperial assemblies (1/3):

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All caught up with @thebhp.bsky.social @whatshernamepod.bsky.social @englishhistpod.bsky.social and Betwixt (@k8lister.bsky.social). It's time for some German history as my bath time treat 😁🛁 @hotgpod.bsky.social

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