Ep. 147: Henry VII (1308-1313) - Brescia or Bust
History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Henry VII had gained control of most of Northern Italy in less than three months. It will take him 9 months to lose it all again. How did he go from bringer of peace and justice and all out saviour of Italy to brutal conqueror and godless tyrant? Let’s find out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 147, Brecher or Bust, Henry the Seven's Big Mistakes, part of season 8 of the podcast. |
| 0:16.7 | Henry the 7th had gained control of most of northern Italy in less than three months. |
| 0:21.5 | It will take him nine months to lose it all again. |
| 0:25.2 | How did he go? |
| 0:26.1 | From bringer of peace and justice, an all-out savior of Italy, to brutal conquerer and godless |
| 0:32.4 | tyrant. |
| 0:33.8 | Well, let's find out. |
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| 1:11.7 | geek out about German medieval history. That's what it's all about. So thank you all. |
| 1:19.5 | But now, back to the show. Last week, we left Henry the 7th at his coronation as king of |
| 1:27.0 | Italy in Milan. |
| 1:29.0 | Within mere months he tamed the fractious Italian peninsula, returned the exiles to their cities |
| 1:34.5 | and had brought peace and justice. |
| 1:37.6 | He and his beautiful and clever wife Margarita can now look forward to a triumphful journey |
| 1:42.7 | to the Eternal City, that Pope Clement |
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