Emperor Henry IV and his allies would rather be strung up below a beehive covered in honey than join a scheme devised by the Gregorian Pope.
Does that mean no Germans take part? No, the lack of support by their high aristocrats did not stop the common people. While most of them perish before the crusade had even really begun, some turn their religious fervour into a very different endeavour, bringing untold pain to the Jewish communities of Worms, Mainz, Trier, Metz, Prague and elsewhere.
A narrative history of the German people from the Middle Ages to Reunification in Episodes are min long and drop on Thursday mornings. Gregory of Tours The lack of support by the high aristocrats did not stop the common people most of whom perish before the crusade had really begun.
And some turn their religious fervour into a very different endeavour, bringing untold pain to the Jewish communities in Germany.. The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H. Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.
Bluesky: hotgpod. Twitter: germanshistory. To make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. The Ottonians. Salian Emperors and Investiture Controversy. Fredrick Barbarossa and Early Hohenstaufen. Frederick II Stupor Mundi. Saxony and Eastward Expansion. The Hanseatic League. The Teutonic Knights. The Holy Roman Empire Today we will leave Henry IV to fend for himself.
