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Episode 38: Elections Have Consequences

Season 1 · Episode 38

Wednesday, June 1, 2022 • Duration 43:00

Maximillian I is dead. Who will be elected the new King of the Romans aka the Emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor? This time we discuss the Hapsburgs, revisit Maximillian, and discuss the contenders for ultimate prize. At the end, there is one winner. But of course, elections have consequences.

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Episode 37: The Holy Roman Empire: The Lightning Round

Season 1 · Episode 37

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 • Duration 36:47

It is January 12, 1519, and Holy Roman Emperor, Maximillian I has died. The Luther question is put on the back burner while the powers that be jockeys for position to select a new emperor. Before we delve into the selection and election of a new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (HRE), this episode will be a lightning round of information about the Holy Roman Empire itself. It encapsulates information presented way back in episodes 3,4,5, & 6. Happy Listening!

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Episode 36: Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Season 1 · Episode 36

Monday, May 31, 2021 • Duration 29:14

After the blow-up in Augsburg and Luther's refusal to recant, and his subsequent escape, Cardinal Cajetan and Pope Leo X are demanding Luther be sent to Rome. Frederick the Wise has a problem on his hands, how to solve the "Luther Affair?"

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Episode 35: The Dark Earth

Season 1 · Episode 35

Monday, April 26, 2021 • Duration 44:07

Enter stage left a new character at the dawn of the Reformation: the new professor of Greek at the University in Wittenberg: Philipp Schwartzerdt aka Philipp Melanchthon.

Episode 34: An Augsburg Appointment

Episode 34

Sunday, February 28, 2021 • Duration 36:15

Martin Luther is "invited" to a special meeting in Augsburg in October of 1518 with Cardinal Cajetan. Can you say, recant?

Episode 33: What the Eck?

Season 1 · Episode 33

Friday, January 1, 2021 • Duration 33:55

We pick up the story after the Heidelberg Disputation, and discuss the relationship between Martin Luther and Johannes Eck, and Eck's criticism of the 95 Theses. Cardinal Cajetan enters the narrative, as we set the scene for Luther's upcoming trial at Augsburg. Happy Listening!

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Episode 32: A Year Like No Other

Episode 32

Sunday, November 15, 2020 • Duration 38:24

Wow: Finally a new episode! In this episode, we explore Martin Luther's Sermon on Indulgences and Grace and the Heidelberg Disputation. Happy Listening!

Episode 31: Reading, Writing & Heretics

Episode 31

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 • Duration 37:41

This is a rather eclectic episode, digging into literacy and communication methods in the late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation. The move from Latin to writing in the vernacular. We'll also discuss the tortured history of heretics, especially Jan Hus, and whether reformers like Martin Luther had a reason to be a little fearful.

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Episode 30: The Empire Strikes Back...Well Kind'a Pushes Back

Episode 30

Sunday, November 24, 2019 • Duration 27:23

Leo X, Archbishop of Mainz and Johann Tetzel respond to the 95 Theses

Episode 29: The Postman Always Rings Thrice? The 95 Theses Hits the Road

Season 1 · Episode 29

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 • Duration 27:43

Based on where we are in the story of Martin Luther, this is essentially the beginning of "Book II" in the telling of The Life nd Times of Martin Luther.

In this episode we meet three friends of Martin Luther: Johannas Lang, Georg Spalatin and Christopher Scheurl. Each likely had an impact on the how and where the word of the 95 Theses would spread.

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