Episodes

10 episodes in this season

Charlemagne and the Saxons

43 min

Frederick II. and the Crusade

43 min

Hildegard of Bingen and the Power of Women

43 min

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Charles IV. and the Black Death

43 min

Thomas Müntzer and the Peasants' War

43 min

Augustus the Strong and Love

43 min

Karl Marx and the Class Struggle

43 min

Ludwig II. and the Bavarians

43 min

Rosa Luxemburg and Freedom

43 min

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Gustav Stresemann and the Republic

43 min

Die Deutschen

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200843m6.9

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Charles IV. and the Black Death

Season 2 · Episode 4 · Nov 23, 2010

The reign of Charles IV (1316-1378) is one of the most dramatic periods in German history. Around the middle of the 14th century, the plague swept away a third of the Germans. The king who ruled during this terrible time was descended from the Luxembourg dynasty. Charles IV was born in Prague in 1316. His father John had married a Bohemian princess and thus became one of the most powerful men in the empire. In 1346, the ambitious Luxembourger succeeded in having his son Charles elected as counter-king to the incumbent Louis the Bavarian by paying horrendous bribes. Charles' position in the empire was initially weak, but the sudden death of Louis, a few months after the election, changed the situation.

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Die Deutschen

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200843m6.9

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Charles IV. and the Black Death

Season 2 · Episode 4 · Nov 23, 2010

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