Ep. 179: Sigismund (1410-1433) - Meanwhile in the Empire
History of the Germans
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Sigismund, king of the Romans, king of Hungary and recently crowned king of Bohemia is not doing too well. Despite his long list of glittering titles he is stuck in the town of Kutna Hora, the revolutionaries have taken Prague, built strongholds, created a completely new army for a completely new form of warfare and were taking over more and more of his ancestral kingdom.
When one of his most strategic positions, the castle of Vyšehrad comes under siege, he had to take his forces into another battle with the Hussites, which will set off a string of events that will bring what every true supporter of the Holy Roman Empire must have been craving – taxes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 179, meanwhile in the Empire. |
| 0:12.0 | Sigismond, king of the Romans, king of Hungary and recently crowned King of Bohemia, is not doing too well. |
| 0:20.0 | Despite his long list of glittering titles, he is stuck in the |
| 0:23.4 | town of Kutna Horah. The revolutionaries who have taken Prague, built strongholds, have created |
| 0:29.7 | a completely new army for a completely new form of warfare, and were taking over more and |
| 0:34.6 | more of his ancestral kingdom. When one of his most strategic positions |
| 0:40.0 | the castle of Vicharad comes under siege, he had to take his forces into another battle with |
| 0:44.9 | the Hussites, which will set of a string of events that will bring what every true support of the |
| 0:50.1 | Holy Roman Empire must have been craving taxes. |
| 0:55.7 | Come and find out. |
| 0:59.7 | Before that, we start with a little story about the world of podcasting. |
| 1:04.6 | Every year we get to hear that the number of podcast listeners has gone up. |
| 1:08.4 | I just saw a report that said that the percentage of Americans |
| 1:11.3 | listening to podcasts at least once a month has risen to 44%. And then the next news item is |
| 1:18.2 | that the podcast networks left right and center are cutting their workforces, that platforms |
| 1:23.4 | shut down and long-established shows give up. Why is that? |
| 1:28.3 | Now, one element is the shift from traditional podcasting platforms like Apple, Pocketcasts |
| 1:33.3 | or Podbean to YouTube and Spotify video. |
| 1:37.3 | The difference is that monetization through advertising on traditional platforms leaves a lot more |
| 1:42.3 | on the table than at the video platforms. |
| 1:45.7 | The video platforms control the adverts you see and pass through a pittance to the creators. |
| 1:50.9 | Whilst in a traditional RSS feed, 100% of the advertisers' fees go to the creators and their networks. |
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