After the Kingships of Rudolf and Albert, the Habsburg’s fortunes on the Imperial Stage diminished, but the family was still one of the leading Houses in the Holy Roman Empire, and their story is far from over. Time Period Covered: 1290-1440 Notable People: Albert II of Habsburg, Rudolf IV of Habsburg, Leopold III of Habsburg, FrederickContinue reading “Supplemental 12: Grand Dukes of the Center Part 4 – The House of Habsburg Part 2: AEIOU”
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Supplemental 11: Grand Dukes of the Center Part 3 – The House of Habsburg Part 1: From Hawk Castle to Vienna
When the Electors of the Holy Roman Empire chose Rudolf of Habsburg to be the new King of Germany, they were hoping that he’d be someone they could control. But Rudolf, despite being a minor Count from Swabia, would prove to be nobody’s puppet, and over the course of his reign he transformed the fortunesContinue reading “Supplemental 11: Grand Dukes of the Center Part 3 – The House of Habsburg Part 1: From Hawk Castle to Vienna”
Supplemental 10: The Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was a major player in Northern Europe for centuries, it dominated trade in the North and Baltic Seas, fought wars with rival powers, and dictated terms to princes. But the League was not a state, proto-state, or quasi-state, it was a collection of Merchants, Guilds, and Towns. Time Period Covered: 1143-1441 Notable Events/Developments: FoundingContinue reading “Supplemental 10: The Hanseatic League”
Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks
Throughout the later 1430s, Charles I Duke of Bourbon found his influence at the court of Charles VII falling day after day. Bourbon was not content to take his sidelining laying down, and so he began to plot, and when that failed he plotted again, and when that failed… Time Period Covered: 1435-1442 Notable People: Charles VIIContinue reading “Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks”
Episode 52: Friends and Foes
When Philip the Good signed the Treaty of Arras, he hoped that he would be able to put all the years of war and strife behind him. However, the ill will built up over the years of Anglo-Burgundian alliance would be hard to surmount and the Duke of Burgundy is now on the lookout forContinue reading “Episode 52: Friends and Foes”
Episode 51: A Terrible Wednesday
As Philip the Good retreated from Calais, he found himself going out of the frying pan and into the fire. The militias of Flanders had mutineed and the county was on the brink of rebellion. Time Period Covered: 1432-1438 Notable People: Philip the Good, Isabella of Portugal Duchess of Burgundy, Roland d’Uutkercke, Jan Van Hoorn, Simon deContinue reading “Episode 51: A Terrible Wednesday”
Episode 50: Reorientation
As soon as the ink was dry on the Treaty of Arras, the military situation in France was turned on it’s head. The English position is now in free fall, and as they struggle to regain control, their former allies the Burgundians are only adding to their troubles. Time Period Covered: 1435-1437 Notable People: Philip the Good,Continue reading “Episode 50: Reorientation”
Episode 49: The Congress of Arras
In mid-1435 delegates from England, France, and Burgundy converged on Arras to discuss ending the Hundred Years War. Time Period Covered: 1435 Notable People: Philip the Good, Cardinal Niccolo Albergati, Charles I Duke of Bourbon, Cardinal Hugh de Lusignan, Cardinal Henry Beaufort Notable Events/Developments: The Congress of Arras, The Treaty of Arras, Death of John Duke of BedfordContinue reading “Episode 49: The Congress of Arras”
Episode 48: The Road to Arras
Philip the Good is tired of the Hundred Years War. He’s tired of the destruction, he’s tired of the death, and he’s tired of his ally’s inability to defend his lands. But the Duke of Burgundy finds himself trapped by an oath not to make a separate peace with the increasingly powerful French Court ofContinue reading “Episode 48: The Road to Arras”
Episode 47: Allies and Enemies
In the years after the capture of Joan of Arc, the French continued their resurgence while the English struggled to hold on to what they had. As the tables began to turn, the Duke of Burgundy began to worry that he had chosen the wrong side in the Hundred Years War. Time Period Covered: 1430-1434 NotableContinue reading “Episode 47: Allies and Enemies”
Grand Dukes of the West 