Listening to @hotgpod.bsky.social last episode and summary of the life and reign of Maximilian I.

Thank you for that!

The company cloning famous podcasts Copying the names and the designs of more than 75 shows

This particular one is now down as a lot of people got very upset: podnews.net/update/cloni...

Hi @mikeduncan.bsky.social I just found there is an AI guy who publishes shows under the title History of Rome and Revolutions with almost identical artwork. Calls itself Light Knot Studios. I am affected too, so are others. Sorry for the post, I have no contact details for you.

That bit in Marsilius may be particularity apt: „If a ruler acts unjustly or behaves as a tyrant, the legislator (the people) has the right to correct them and even depose them, as the ruler is a servant of the community.“ (loose summary translation)

Looks like the golden days of Ludwig the Bavarian - time to dust off your Marsilius of Padua and William of Ockham.

Episode 232 - From Mehmet the Conqueror to Selim the Grim (1444-1520) • History of the Germans Podcast Between the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the ascent of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottomans doubled their empire, but did not attack Western Europe - why?

Just in case any of you want to find out how to bring about regime change in the Middle East: thttps://historyofthegermans.com/2026/04/selim/

Thanks!

Which antipope was that? John Philagathos?

Very cool - I did struggle a little with that..

Partying like its 1303...

Hi Jenny I know that Kai Madgwick who leads the Manchester team is a listener (Congratulations!!). I did not hear about a listener setting the questions. Which episode was that on?

Best post since 1303..

Episode 231 – Marrying Bohemia and Hungary • History of the Germans Podcast The Habsburgs did not acquire the Hungarian and Bohemian crowns in one wedding night, it was an overnights success 250 years in the making

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Me, a hundred or more episodes into @hotgpod.bsky.social

Episode 230 – The League of Cambrai • History of the Germans Podcast The Italian wars begin for real in 1508 when Margaret of Austria puts together the League of Cambrai to rescue her father, the now "Emperor" Maximilian I

historyofthegermans.com/2026/03/230/

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The sarcophagus of Theophanu in Empress in the Church of Saint Pantaleon

So today Mrs K-G and I were in Köln, paying our respects to my favourite medieval Byzantine Empress of the Germans #Theophanu. Wife of Otto II, mother of and regent for Otto III.

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Did the Habsburgs gain Spain in the horizontal? Was Joanna of Spain really mad or just mad at/about her husband? Was Philipp just handsome or playing chess with Louis XII to unify Europe? Questions, questions….
All of them answeredd in today's episode of the History of the Germans Podcast...

Philosophers had a bit of a hiatus in the Middle Ages - but we have looked at some thinkers, like Jan Hus, William of Ockham, Marsilius of Padua, and earlier Abaelard, Bernhard of Clairvauxand Joachim of Fiore and probably lots more. I am tempted to talk about Habermas but not sure how to fit him in

Episode 228 – The Princes and the Emperor • History of the Germans Podcast In 1500 the imperial estates stripped the Maximilian I of power. Why did they create their own imperial government? And did it work?

At the Imperial Diet in Augsburg in 1500 Maximilian I was stripped of almost all of his power. From now on the “Reichsregiment”, made up of princes, lords and cities was to run things.
Did it work? And why is there a picture of an execution on the artwork?
historyofthegermans.com/2026/03/reic...

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History of the Germans Podcast • German History Podcast German history from the coronation of Henry the Fowler in 919 AD to German Reunification in 1990 in weekly 20-30 minute episodes

My favorite podcast, History of the Germans (@hotgpod.bsky.social), thanked me for my support in today's episode! Every Thursday morning I wake up looking forward to the latest installment. Highly recommend. historyofthegermans.com

thank you!

Emperor Henry IV (1054-1105)

Just in case you had enough of the chaos out there and want to hear how almost a 1000 years ago a boy with a difficult childhood and an elevated sense of self importance found himslef caught in a major societal shift that destroyed his empire and him too..
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I never thought the 15th century would hold us back for so long. And that makes me very worried about the 16th…🤣🤣

Episode 227 – Landsknechte vs. Swiss Mercenaries • History of the Germans Podcast Why are the Swiss called the Swiss - and how did the first encounter between the two famous Renaissance forces, the Landsknechte and the Swiss Reisläufer turn out?

Why are the Swiss called the Swiss – and how did the first encounter between the two famous Renaissance forces, the Landsknechte and the Swiss Reisläufer turn out?
New episode just out - wherever you get your podcasts
historyofthegermans.com/2026/03/land...

So sorry - but…

That is my kind of marketing!

Yesterday I finished the latest episode of @patrickwyman.bsky.social Past Lives, and finally there is an new episode from @hotgpod.bsky.social So a good week for the commute to work