Mitteleuropa Podcast

In this final episode of part 4, we discuss Spain, it's relations to the Empire and the place of germans in colonialism and worldwide trade. It's just Weltpolitik.

In this episode, we explore the Russian Empire, the Frenchisation of the Empire, and the number of Empires in the 19th century.

In this episode, we go through the evolution of the limits of the Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the evolution of the American conquests. It is a packed episode.

In this episode, we try to understand the scope of the imperial church, Calvinism, Lutheranism, and Catholicism. We explore the thirty years war and the changes it brought to the Empire.

In this episode, we look at the Hussite briefly, then spend some time on the Jewish question during the whole Empire and spend most of the time on the Reformation.

In this 3 part episode, we explore Christianity and its relation to other religions inside and outside the Holy Roman Empire.

In this first part, we explore the Christian mission.

In this final part of episode 2, we explore different royal dynasties throughout time on how the imperial power was completely taken from the papacy culminating with the Habsburgs.

In the second part of the second episode, we explore the many conflicts between the popes and emperors culminating in war and finally the concordat of Wurms which interestingly establish two apparent winners.

In this first part of episode two, we examine the temporal and Spiritual concept of two swords. The relationship between early emperors and the clergy and the demise of Barbarossa, Charlemagne, and the myth surrounding the end-times.

In this episode, we read the introductory pages of Peter H Wilson The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History.

I give my insight on the European Union, civism, federalism, and the idea of the absurdly rapid fall of classical capitalism that may not come from the new deal but maybe from Hitlerism, Stalinism, or other forms of ultra-centralized States.