The Reformation before the Reformation

The Hussite Wars from 1419 to 1435 tore apart the medieval world. This revolution created a new way to think about the world and about faith that had not been seen before, nor had anyone seen jan Zizka's deadly military inventions

The Reformation before the Reformation is a history podcast hosted by History of the Germans, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

History of the Germans hosts The Reformation before the Reformation, a history show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #22

  Ep. 22 (184) – A German Messalina? Barbara of Celje

  Aug 12, 202532 minS0

  <p>Barbara ist geil und ruchlos is the title of a 17th century description of emperor Sigismund’s second wife, Barbara of Celje and it goes on as follows:</p><p>“Barbara, was a German Messalina, a woman of insatiable lust; so nefarious / that she had no god / nor angel nor devil / nor heaven nor hell/that she believed in.</p><p>When her handmaidens fasted and prayed / she scolded them / that they tortured their bodies / to worship a fictitious god.</p><p>Instead she admonished them / in her good Sardanapalian way / that they should in every way enjoy the pleasu...

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  Episode #21

  Ep. 21 (183) – The Aftermath of a Revolution - The consequences of the Hussite Wars 1419-1434

  Aug 5, 202530 minS0

  <p>This week we bring the series about the reformation before the reformation to an end. It is time to take stock. What changes did 20 years of opposition to the established church and 15 years of war bring to Bohemia? How did Jan Hus, Jan Želivský, Wenceslas Koranda and Petr Chelčický influence Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Müntzer and von Hutten? How did Zizka’s reform impact the Swiss mercenaries and the German Landsknechte?</p><p>The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) pe...

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  Episode #20

  Ep. 20 (182) – The Return of the King

  Jul 29, 202537 minS0

  <p>We have a tendency to overlook the history of the smaller European nations even though they do quite often provide the laboratory where one could have seen the sign of things to come or calamities that could be avoided. One of these nations is Czechia, where events took place that could, should or did impact the History of the Germans, in 1989, in 1968, in 1938, in 1618 and in 1419-1437. Today we will talk about the very last one on this list, the moment when a complete confessional split was prevented, something Martin Luther, emperor Charles V and pope Leo X so...

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  Episode #19

  Ep. 19 (181) – Zizka’s Drum

  Jul 22, 202537 minS0

  <p>“And anyone who would not want to keep and truly fulfil the above written pieces and articles, and would not want to help protect and defend them; such a one, without regard to person, we will not suffer amongst us and in this army fighting with God’s help, nor on the castles and in the fortresses, nor in the cities and in the towns, walled or open, nor in the villages and hamlets, no place excepted or exempted. But all persons we will everywhere admonish, advise, push, and urge toward this goodness with the help of our Lord God”.<...

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  Episode #18

  Ep. 18 (180) – Nude Dissenters and Blind Innovators - The Adamites and the Battle of Kutna Hora

  Jul 15, 202536 minS0

  <p>The Czech language has been a severe impediment to my storytelling this season and you may have noticed that I often avoid to name places and people, instead I talk about a major baron or a medium sized city. There are however two Czech words I have no difficult pronouncing, Howitzer and Pistol. Which may tell you what we will be talking about today, the battle of Kutna Hora, when a blind general saw an escape route that change the world irrevocably.</p><p>But on the way there we will hear about an accelerating spiral of brutality and...

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