Ep. 220: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Burgundian Experience(s)
History of the Germans
Dirk Hoffmann-Becking
4.9 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode the 15-year long war over the Burgundian succession will come to its end. You may have thought it was done last time, but no. The revolutionary spirit of the Flemish cities is not yet broken and their most audacious move is still to come. And this time they are not going up against an archduke and regent, but against a newly elected king of the Romans.
Maximilian of Habsburg’s experience in Burgundy swung between moments of utter delight and happiness and depths of death, destruction and despair. It shaped this young duke who arrived aged 18 full of dreams of chivalry and left, aged 31 an battle hardened general with a clear view of where he wanted to take the empire. Get ready for the ultimate roller coaster.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 220, the Burgundian experience. |
| 0:12.1 | In this episode, the 15-year-long war over the Burgundian succession will come to its end. |
| 0:18.8 | You may have thought that was done last time, but no. |
| 0:22.4 | The revolutionary spirit of the Flemish cities is not yet broken and their most audacious |
| 0:26.9 | move is still to come. |
| 0:29.1 | And this time they are not going up against an archduke and a regent, but against the newly |
| 0:34.7 | elected King of the Romans. |
| 0:38.5 | Maximilian of Habsburg's experience in Burgundy swung between moments of utter delight |
| 0:42.8 | and happiness and the depths of death, destruction and despair. |
| 0:48.0 | It shaped this young Duke who arrived aged 18 full of dreams of chivalry and left aged 31, a battle-hardened general with a clear |
| 0:57.8 | view of where he wanted to take the empire. Get ready for the ultimate roller coaster. |
| 1:06.4 | But before we start just a quick update on the history of the Germans tour. I must say, I was completely overwhelmed by the response. |
| 1:13.6 | Effectively, we were overbooked within 24 hours. |
| 1:17.6 | That left me on the one hand elated that so many of you want to come along, |
| 1:21.6 | but also with the unpleasant task of having to prioritize. |
| 1:26.6 | As I mentioned before, we were giving patrons priority, and as it happened, there were the unpleasant task of having to prioritize. |
| 1:27.5 | As I mentioned before, we were giving patrons priority and as it happened there were actually |
| 1:31.7 | so many patrons signing up that we could not even accommodate all of them. |
| 1:37.4 | As they say in Jaws, I think we need a bigger boat. |
| 1:41.7 | Well, since we have no bigger boat, I have decided to do another tour next year, summer |
| 1:46.7 | 2027, likely on a similar route. |
| 1:50.3 | I will let you know about it sometime in July this year. |
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