Ep. 208: Albrecht II (1438-1439) - Boy Meets Princess, Boy Becomes King
Last week we saw the family slowly climbing out of the hole that Friedrich IV of the Tyrol had dug them. But despite all these consolidation efforts, the family was still in the second league of European princely families.
Then, just 25 years after Ernst the Iron married down into minor Polish roya…
Ep.207: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) - How the Habsburgs got their Chin
“The Habsburgs ruled half of Europe with a chin that entered the room five minutes before they did,” is one of those witticisms that made the 19th century so amusing. But by then the Habsburg jaw had long receded.
It had its heyday in the 16th and 17th century when people in Spain called out to the…
Ep. 205: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) – Sempach, Birth of a Nation
On July 9th, 1386 in a field near the Sempach lake., the armies of archduke Leopold of Austria line up against the forces of the city of Lucerne and the men of Uri, Schwyz and Nidwalden
Much of what hads been told about this batte, the backstory of the Swiss Confederation and the objectives of the …
Ep. 204: Habsburg Dukes (1308-1437) – Rudolf IV, Founder and Forger
Rudolf IV of Habsburg (1339–1365), son of Albrecht “the Wise,” reigned as Duke of Austria for just seven years but left a lasting mark. Born when the dynasty seemed close to extinction, Rudolf secured Austria’s survival and prestige. Politically, he sought to elevate Vienna by founding the Universi…
Ep. 203: Early Habsburgs – From Rudolf I to Albrecht the Wise
The Habsburg dynasty, originating from Radobot’s castle in 11th-century Switzerland, rose from obscurity to European prominence. In 1273 Rudolf of Habsburg was elected King of the Romans. Far from the later myth of a poor, humble count, Rudolf was wealthy, shrewd, and ruthless. He expanded his fami…
The Pragmatic Queen — Maria Theresa and the War of the Austrian Succession
In October 1740 the Habsburg emperor died without a son and left his lands to a twenty-three-year-old daughter under a paper called the Pragmatic Sanction. This long-form documentary follows Maria Theresa, Frederick II of Prussia, the seizure of Silesia, and the cluster of wars that followed until …
The Expanding Community of Women in the Moon: PARADISO, Canto III, Lines 109 - 130
Piccarda Donati doesn’t stop her monologue with the cryptic line about her life after the convent. She turns to another figure in the lunar landscape: Constance I of Sicily, the Holy Roman Empress and mother of Frederick II, the stupor mundi.
Piccarda offers Constance a parallel life to her own. Th…
Medical Design
Medical design and illustration is a relatively new field, but medical practices and documentation have roots in ancient civilizations, such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece, and Rome. Texts like the Edwin Smith Papyrus (1600 BCE) and the Sushruta Samhita (600 BCE) show early practices in medic…
The World Reversed — Kaunitz, Frederick, and the Opening of the Seven Years’ War
After Aix-la-Chapelle left Silesia in Prussian hands, Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz spent years reversing Europe’s alliances. This long-form documentary follows the Diplomatic Revolution of 1756, Frederick II’s invasion of Saxony, Kolín, Rossbach, and Leuthen — the opening of a war that had already begu…
How Emperor Frederick II Reclaimed Jerusalem Without Bloodshed: The Sixth Crusade’s Unbelievable Diplomatic Triumph
Discover the extraordinary story of the Sixth Crusade in this episode of our Medieval History Podcast. Journey back to 1228 as Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II embarks on a mission to reclaim Jerusalem—not with swords, but through negotiation. Unlike previous crusades, Frederick II’s campaign stood …
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