Ep. 234: The Charisma of Emperor Maximilian (1493-1519)

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Maximilian I died on January 12th, 1519. But his likeness is everywhere. None of his predecessors left behind as many depictions of their life, from being fed by his nurse as a toddler to the Totenbild, the picture of the emperor in death, stripped of all his paraphernalia, even his teeth broken out. If you search in google for the most reproduced image of a Holy Roman Emperor, two come up, the portrait of Maximilian that Albrecht Dürer produced in Augsburg in 1518, as shown on last weeks episode artwork and Titian’s equestrian portrait of Charles V aft...

Ep. 234: The Charisma of Emperor Maximilian (1493-1519)

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Ep. 235: The Youth and Election of the Emperor Charles V (1519-1555)

Ep. 233: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - Last Days and Legacy

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Ep. 231: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - Marrying Bohemia and Hungary

Ep.230: Margaret of Austria (1480-1530) - The League of Cambrai

Ep. 229: Joanna the (not?) Mad (1504-1555) - How the Habsburgs gained Spain

Ep. 228: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - The Princes and the Emperor.

Ep. 227: Landsknechte vs. Swiss Mercenaries – The Swabian (Swiss) War of 1499

Ep. 226: Maximilian I (1493-1519) - A Grand Plan for a Great War