Welcome to a new maritime podcast by gCaptain founder and CEO Captain John Konrad. This podcast hopes to share the unvarnished truths and insider knowledge John has gained in his decades as a professional mariner and maritime journalist... along with the occasional sea story and life lesson. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/john-konrad/support
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Making sense of the world around us by questioning conventional wisdom, widely-held assumptions, and deeply-rooted beliefs in order to figure out the capital T - Truth. More info
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The podcast that does what it says on the tin: a narrative history of the German people that starts in the year 919 AD and hopes to get all the way to 1991. Episodes are 25-35 min long and drop on Thursday mornings. As Gregory of Tours (539-594) said: "A great many things keep happening, some good, some bad". HotGPod is now entering its 8th season. So far we have covered: Ottonian Emperors (# 1- 21) - Henry the Fowler (#1) - Otto I (#2-8) - Otto II (#9-11) - Otto II (#11-14) - Henry II (#15- ...
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The podcast about the community of digital innovators in the maritime industry
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Welcome to The Charger Podcast! This is your chance to sit in on conversations with coaches, administrators, and other folks connected to Oxford High School and Oxford School District. The Chargers of Oxford, MS have had great success over the years and look forward to many more to come.
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The Human Story seeks to spur curiosity by making the voices of people from different walks of life heard. Keep your curiosity nurtured by listening to talks on arts, sciences, economics and what will you. Keep’em synapses firing!
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Ep. 159 – The Rise to Imperial Power, Charles IV journey to Rome
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This season has now gone on for 22 episodes. We started with the interregnum of largely absent rulers and after a brief renaissance under Rudolf von Habsburg the empire became a sort of oligarchy where 3 families, the Luxemburgs, the Wittelsbachs and the Habsburgs took turns on the throne. Succession usually involved some form of armed conflict bet…
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Ep. 158 – Prague – The New Rome? Karl IV’s great plans for his capital city
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“Karl, by the grace of God, King of the Romans, ever august, and King of Bohemia [ ] We have turned over in careful contemplation, and have been diligently pondering how our hereditary kingdom of Bohemia may flourish in all its beauty, thrive in peace, and not fear the loss of its riches to its enemies, and how the general good and benefit of the s…
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Ep. 157 – The Black Death and other Calamities
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In around 1320 near the lake Issy-Kul in Kyrgysistan the rats started dying. Shortly after the inhabitants became affected with terrible diseases. Some started coughing up blood and all who did, died within 3 days. Others developed swellings of the lymph nodes, particularly in the groins and armpits. Roughly half of them died within five days. A sm…
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Ep. 156 – What Price a Crown - Karl IV fight for the throne
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The year is 1346 and we have, yes, another succession crisis. Without checking through my 1500 pages of transcripts, I have counted a total f 14 contested imperial elections in the 427 years we have covered so far. Henry the Fowler, Herny II, Henry IV, Henry V, Lothar III, Konrad III, Philip of Swabia, Otto IV, Frederick II, Konrad IV, Richard of C…
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Ep. 155: The Youth of the Emperor Karl IV
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You have heard me complaining regularly over the last 154 episodes that what we report as political ambitions or strategic plans of the kings and emperors was pure conjecture derived from their actions and public statement. But we could never know what they were really thinking because none of them kept a diary, or if they did they did not survive …
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The noble and gallant King of Bohemia, also known as John of Luxemburg because he was the son of the Emperor Henry of Luxemburg, was told by his people that the battle had begun. Although he was in full armour and equipped for combat, he could see nothing because he was blind. He asked his knights what the situation was and they described the rout …
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Ep. 153 – The Rise of the city of Nürnberg
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“In the same way that Jerusalem is the navel of the world, is Nurnberg the navel of Germany” is how Matthäus Dresser described the city in 1581. The astronomer Johannes Regiomontanus moved to Nurnberg in 1471 because there" ...one can easily associate with learned men wherever they live. Because of the cosmopolitanism of its merchants, this place i…
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Ep.152 - The (not so) Ugly Duchess Margarete Maultasch
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“The twelve-year-old Margarete, Princess of Carinthia and Tyrol, was travelling from her seat near Meran to Innsbruck for her wedding with the ten-year old Prince Johann of Bohemia. [..] Still and serious she sat, in ceremonial pomp. Her bodice was so tight that she had had to be laced into it; her sleeves of heavy green satin, in the very extreme …
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Ep. 151 – The Kurverein zu Rhens – featuring William of Ockham
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This week we look at the central intellectual debate of the 14th century, did Jesus own property? If yes, then it was right and proper that the church owned land, privileges, entire counties and duchies, yes that the pope was not just the spiritual but also the secular ruler of all of Christianity. And if not, then the pope as a successor to the ap…
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Ep. 150 – The Last Chivalric Battles – Morgarten and Mühldorf
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The 14th century is a time of fundamental change in practically all areas of social, political and economic life. It is a time when the certainties of the Middle Ages are replaced by a process of trial and error, sometimes successful, but almost always violent. We see new frameworks of how society and in particular the religious authorities should …
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A few months after emperor Henry VII had died in the Tuscan village of Buonconvento and before a successor had been elected, a young man, Ludwig, second son of the duke of Upper Bavaria made his name defeating a much larger Habsburg force. This success could not have come at a more opportune time as it propelled him into contention for the title of…
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Ep. 148 - Imperial Swansong – the End of Henry VII’s Campaign in Italy
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The year is 1312 and Henry VII is finally embarking on his journey to Rome that will bring about the first imperial coronation in almost a century and hence the formal end to the Interregnum, the time without emperors. Becoming emperor is hard enough, but being emperor is even harder, as the first Luxemburger to ascend the throne of Charlemagne wil…
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Ep. 147 – Brescia or Bust – Henry VII’s Big Mistake(s)
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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. The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel …
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Ep. 146 – The Return of the King – Henry VII’s Journey to Rome
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In the winter of 1310 the emperor elect Henry VII not yet 40 years of age and every inch a king appears in Italy. An Italy torn apart by incessant violence, between and within the cities. Allegedly it is a struggle between the pro-imperial Ghibellines and the pro-papal Guelphs, but 60 years after the last emperor had set foot on Italian soil and se…
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Ep. 145 - How to make Friends and Influence People – The Luxemburgs become Kings of Bohemia
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Henry, the new king of the Romans, just 30 years of age, tall and blond, every inch his forebearer the great Charlemagne had a one track mind. There was one thing he wanted and that was the imperial crown. It is now 60 years since there last had been a crowned emperor. We had such an interregnum before, in the 10th century between the death of empe…
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Ep. 144 - The Rise of the House of Luxembourg - The election of Emperor Henry VII
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On November 27th, 1308 the prince electors chose Henry VII, count of Luxemburg to be their new king of the Romans and future emperor. Little did they know that this decision will give rise to a dynasty that will rule the empire for as many decades as the Ottonian, the Salian and the Hohenstaufen had. A dynasty that featured such emblems of chivalri…
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Ep. 143 – The Murder of a King - Albrecht I von Habsburg.
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The late 13th century was the sniper’s alley for many a powerful family. The disappearance of great dynasties, the Arpads of Hungary, the Premyslids of Bohemia, the Zaehringer, Babenbergs, the counts of Holland to name just a few wasn’t down to lack of fertility but down to violence. Murder became so common, even those who did not have swords stick…
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Ep. 142 - Adolf von Nassau - A Shadow of a King
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After the death of Rudolf von Habsburg the Prince Electors chose another, now truly impecunious count, Adolf von Nassau to be king. They chose him over Rudolf’s son Albrecht and over the overwhelmingly most powerful prince in the empire, King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. This cultured and competent man became known to German history as a Schattenkönig…
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Ep. 141 - Rudolf von Habsburg Semper Augustus - Allezeit Mehrer des Reiches
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Martin Rady in his highly amusing and exceptionally well written book on the Habsburg said: “The remainder of Rudolf’s reign up to his death in 1291 was a failure. He did not manage to have himself crowned emperor by the pope and had to make do with the title of king…it was a false dawn, both for the Holy Roman empire and for the Habsburgs” I most …
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Ep. 140 – Rudolf von Habsburg and the Golden King Ottokar II of Bohemia
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This week we will look at what the poor count Rudolf of Habsburg does once he had been elected King of the Romans. This is not the first time the electors have chosen a man of much more modest means than themselves. William of Holland and Hermann von Salm had failed to leverage their elevated status into tangible gains. But Rudolf is different. Thr…
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Ep. 139 – The End of the Interregnum - The Election of Rudolf von Habsburg in 1273
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On October 1, 1273 seven princes elected a new king of the Romans. Their choice was a momentous one that set European history further down its path away from a universal empire to separate kingdoms and principalities. The pope had demanded that they come to a unanimous decision so that the empire could again participate in a crusade to stop the rem…
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Season 8 From the Interregnum to the Golden Bull (1250-1356): Catch-up Episode
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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…
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#127 #PL Karol Radziwonowicz - Człowiek, który wysłał Chopina w kosmos
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Prof. Karol Radziwonowicz kontynuuje rodzinną tradycję muzyczną i misję ojca kształcąc kolejne pokolenia pianistów. Jak sam mówi, pedgag znaczy ,,przyjaciel", a największą radość daje mu dawanie nadziei młodym ludziom i rozwijanie ich wrażliwości. Jest laureatem licznych nagród pianistycznych. Jego interpretacje muzyki klasycznej słyszano w Amazoni…
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Ep. 137 – The Conversion - Albrecht, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order becomes a protestant duke
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This week we will talk about the end of the rule of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia. Instead of a land ruled by a chivalric order answering to the pope, Prussia became a secular state, ruled by a protestant prince and run by a newly created class of land-owners, the famous Prussian Junkers whose impact on German history stretched well into the 20th…
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Marketing Agency Evolution: Nate Wright on Thriving Amidst Change (Insights from a 15-Year Veteran)
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Today, we're joined by Nate Wright, my ex-mentor, a maverick in the B2B marketing landscape, and the founder of B2B Bandits — a top 1% Email & B2B Sales agency that's been at the forefront of innovative email marketing strategies for almost 15 years. Nate's past 2-year journey through the tumultuous world of sales and marketing has seen him navigat…
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Ep. 136 – 13 Years of War - The Prussian League shifts allegiance
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The theocratic state of the Teutonic Knights had survived the devastating defeat at Tannenberg with most of its territory intact. But underneath the foundations of the edifice are crumbling. The economy is in tatters, the theological justification for their existence has disappeared and their power as a military force has failed to keep up with the…
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Ep. 135 - After Tannenberg - The rule of the Teutonic Knights in Prussia weakened
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Last week we ended with the famous battle of Tannenberg or as the Poles would call it Grunwald and the Lithuanians Zalgiris. This battle is not just famous for its outcome but also for the various accounts of what happened. There is a Polish version there is a Lithuanian version and there's obviously a German version, actually 2 German versions. Th…
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Ep. 134 – Tannenberg / Grunwald / Žalgiris - A battle of many names
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This week we look at the reasons the golden age of the Teutonic knights came to an abrupt end at the beginning of the 15th century. It is a sequence of events that involve some remarkable Polish and Lithuanian princes, the Templars, and of course – The brothers of the house of St. Mary of the Germans in Jerusalem. Ah, and a very famous battle. Epis…
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Ep. 133 – The Order of the Order - The organisational structure of the Teutonic Knights
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In the century that followed the last of the Prussian and Livonian uprisings the states of the Teutonic Order in the Baltic experienced a period of economic growth and internal and external stability that is almost unique in the chaotic 14th century. Whilst Europe was in the grip of the Hundred-Years War, an incessant merry go round of internecine …
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Ep. 132 – The Battle on the Ice - Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein and what really happened
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This week we look at the activities of the Teutonic order in Livonia during the 13th century. The situation in Livonia was profoundly different to Prussia and posed a number of new challenges for the brothers. In Livonia there were the powerful bishops of Riga to contend with who had led the crusade there since its inception in the 1180s. The Hanse…
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Ep. 131 – The Conquest of Prussia (Part II) - The second, third and n-th Prussian uprising
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Last week we left the action after the Teutonic Knights had signed the peace of Christburg in 1249 to put an end to the first Prussian revolt. The local population had risen up with the help of duke Swantopolk of Pomerelia who feared for the commercial success of his main city, the city of Danzig/Gdansk. After 7 years of war and devastation the pop…
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Behavioral Economics Masterclass for Entrepreneurs: Boost Sales with Rory Sutherland [Part 2]
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Welcome back to the Quest For Questions Podcast! In Part 2 of our Behavioral Economics Masterclass for Entrepreneurs, we continue our conversation with Rory Sutherland to help you Boost Sales. Don't miss this! 🔥 Uncover these captivating questions: 🔥00:00 - Intro to Part 2: The Masterclass Continues!01:46 - Psycho-logical Innovation in Business11:2…
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Ep. 130 – The Conquest of Prussia (Part I) - from Konrad of Masovia's offer to the first Prussian revolts
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Last week we heard about Konrad of Masovia’s offer of the Kulmer Land to the Teutonic knight. This week we will talk about what they did once they had accepted the offer. The first knights arrived in 1226 but it would take almost 6o years before their new principality of Prussia was fully established. The Prussians, despite initially being lightly …
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Ep. 129 - Hermann von Salza - Diplomat and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
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“.. the far-sighted planning of Grand Master Brother Hermann von Salza had so strengthened the Teutonic Order that it had many members and such power, riches and honour that word of its fame and good reputation had spread the length and breadth of the empire.” So describes the chronicler Nicolaus von Jeroschin the role of the fourth and arguably mo…
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Season 7 The Teutonic Knights: Ep. 128 - A Chivalric Order
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Hello and welcome to a new season of the History of the Germans, the Teutonic Knights or to give them their full title, the knights of the hospital of St. Mary of the House of the Germans in Jerusalem. Even though the state they had created in Prussia has been wiped off the map with all its cultural markers, the Teutonic Knights are not forgotten. …
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Professor Carsten Jahnke, one of the leading historians on the Hanse has kindly granted us an interview where we discuss how the Hanse network functioned and how the perception of the Hanse has changed dramatically over the last 200 years, a story that almost as interesting as the history of the Hanse itself. As listeners of the last season of the …
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In the latest episode of "Maritime Means...", we talk with Pauline Van Ostaeyen, Co-Founder of logistics enablement platform Dockflow. We explore the origins of the platform, how it simplifies day-to-day operations for Freight Forwarding professionals, the complexities of digitalization in Maritime, the start-up scene of Antwerp, and more.…
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Ep. 127 - The Art and Culture of the Hanse
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Our history of the Hanse has come to an end, not with a bang but with a whimper. Of the things that have remained we have already talked a lot, the ideal of the honourable Hanseatic merchant, the cultural and political links to Scandinavia and the stories. The stories of the famous pirates, Klaus Störtebecker and Hans Benecke, the heroics of the wa…
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Bremen was geographically and politically quite different from the other cities, ploughing its own furrow. In response the other Hansards did not trust the citizens of Bremen. There is also the minor issue that Bremen sheltered a lot of pirates. Still as the Hanse declined politically, Bremen took on an ever-larger role until becoming one of the la…
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✍️ Inside a 3-Year Mentorship: Lessons from a B2B Copywriting Pro
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Join me as I guide you through a treasure trove of copywriting wisdom gained from over 3 years of mentorship with Nate Wright, a true maestro in B2B marketing strategies and copywriting. 👉 More at: https://konradyerba.comHis credentials include being the Founder, Copywriter & Strategist at Inbox Attack and the B2B Bandits, boasting achievements lik…
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Rory Sutherland's Travel Secrets: Unlock The Adventure & Transform Your Travel [Part 1]
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🔐 Unlock the Adventure: Rory Sutherland's Travel Secrets 🌍In this episode of the Quest for Questions podcast, we delve into the world of travel with the brilliant Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman at Ogilvy and author of "Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense." Rory's unique insights will transform the way you explore the world.…
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Ep. 125 – The Rise of Hamburg in the 16th century and beyond
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The last two episodes may have left you with a sense of gloom and foreboding about the great Hanseatic cities. But here is the counterintuitive fact, the Hanse may continuously loose political power and economic relevance, but the cities that make up the association are flourishing. Not all of them but some, Hamburg and Danzig in particular. Why it…
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Ep. 124 – Decline and Fall (Part 2) - Jürgen Wullenwever's and Lübeck's last stand
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1531-1535, a period of just 4 years is enough to capsize Lübeck’s position as the diplomatic heart of the Baltic Sea, general secretary of the Hanse, ally of both the king of Denmark and the king of Sweden and early member of the Schmalkaldic League. How can that happen? As Edward Gibbon would say: History, in fact, is no more than a list of crimes…
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Ep. 123 – Decline and Fall (Part 1) - Emperors, kings and princes are closing in on Hanse cities
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1474-1531 was a time of immense change and upheaval for the Hanseatic League, and not just for them. The Habsburg empire is bedded into being, England’s war of the Roses is over, in the North the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth stretches all the way from Kyiev to Gdansk. The kingdoms and princes are getting stronger. Columbus tries to sail to India …
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Ep. 122 – Calamitous Victories open the Baltic to English merchants
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In 1435 the Hanse can look back at a string of successes. Another war with Denmark won, the patrician regime in Lübeck and elsewhere restored, conflicts with Burgundy and England settled in their favour. But as Winston Churchill once remarked, “The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.” And the…
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Ep. 121 – A Constitutional Crisis - The lower classes in the Hanse cities are rising up
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By the end of the 14th century the Hanse is at the top of its game. The Cologne Confederation had shown that they could act in unison if the need arises, can defeat the largest and best run kingdom in Scandinavia. And even the mighty duke of Burgundy had to yield to the power of the merchant cities. But just 10 years into the new century the associ…
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Ep. 120 - Money, Money, Money...how it worked in the Hanseatic League
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This was supposed to be an episode where we talk about the challenges the Hanse was facing after the victory over the Danes and the Peace of Stralsund. But that is not to be. Listeners Mehmet and Nina pointed out a few gaps in what I had been talking about last week and now these need to be filled. It is all good talking about the trading network a…
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Ep. 119 – What is the Hansa? - A crocodile whose main body is concealed below the water?
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That was the question king Edward IV asked the representatives of the Steelyard in 1469. And he had a good reason to ask, because tensions between the English and the Hansa had escalated, ships were captured, and people got killed. He wanted to know who to negotiate with and in particular, who could sign a binding agreement that would put an end to…
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Ep. 118 – Pirates - Did Klaus Störtebecker even exist, and if so, did he matter?
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In 1878 workmen building the Speicherstadt, the magnificent city of warehouses in the harbour of Hamburg made a gruesome discovery. In the mud of the Grasbrook, an island at the entrance of the medieval harbour of Hamburg emerged two piles of wood connected by a wooden bar. An ancient beacon guiding ships. What made it so special was what was naile…
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