Ep. 138: The Holy Roman Empire from 919 – 1250: Catch-up and Season Opener
History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 551 Ratings
🗓️ 29 February 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This episode is something I never thought I would do, it is a run through the history of the Holy Roman Empire from 919 AD to 1250, pretty much most of the periods I have covered so far. Why do it? If you’re one of those who have listened religiously to all 137 episodes so far and feel completely up to date with what happened in the past, this will not contain much news. However it has been a year since we last talked about the emperors and you may like a refresher about the Ottonians, Salians and Hohenstaufen. Just to get your bearings.
Or if you have only recently joined the HotGPod family – welcome. These next 40 minutes or so should give you a solid rundown of “The story so far”. And if you follow by reading the transcript on my website historyofthegermans.com, you can find links in the text that connect you to episodes that go deeper into the stories behind the short summaries you find here.
Here is the link to the epsisode webpage: https://historyofthegermans.com/2024/02/29/hre-919-12150/
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 Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.
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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.
So far I have:
Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy
Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen
The Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356
The Reformation before the Reformation
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a new season of the History of the Germans, from the Interregnum |
| 0:08.7 | to the Golden Bull. |
| 0:11.0 | Now this episode is something I never thought I'd do. |
| 0:14.7 | It is a breakneck speed run through through the history of the Holy Roman Empire from 919 to |
| 0:20.0 | 1250, pretty much most |
| 0:22.5 | of the periods I've covered so far. |
| 0:25.4 | So why do it? |
| 0:26.6 | Now if you're one of those who have listened religiously to all 137 episodes so far |
| 0:31.9 | and you feel completely up to date with what happened in the past, this will not contain |
| 0:36.2 | much news. However, it's been over a year since we last talked about the Empress and you may like |
| 0:42.1 | a refresher about the Eutonians, the Salians and the Hohenstaufen. |
| 0:47.0 | Just to get your bearings. |
| 0:48.5 | Or, if you have only recently joined the Hot G-Pot family, welcome. |
| 0:53.4 | These next 40 minutes or so should give |
| 0:55.2 | you a solid rundown of the story so far. And if you follow the episode by reading |
| 1:01.2 | the transcript on my website History of the Germans.com, you can find links in the tags that |
| 1:06.4 | connect you to the episodes that go deeper into the stories behind the short summaries you find here. |
| 1:13.0 | A last thing before we get going. |
| 1:14.7 | The History of the Germans does not carry advertising, |
| 1:17.0 | which means it's entirely dependent upon your generosity. |
| 1:20.9 | If you feel like supporting the show and you want to bathe in my eternal gratitude, |
| 1:25.4 | you can do so on patreon.com slash History of the Germans |
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