The History of Cologne
The podcast about the history of the 2,000 years old city of Cologne in Germany
#25 Cologne in the Merovingian period - Who's talking about decline here?
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#25 Cologne in the Merovingian period - Who's talking about decline here?
Cologne in the Merovingian period (6.-8. century). The people of Cologne continued to prosper as the Frankish Empire grew during this time. The dynasty established by Chlodwig ruled over the Fra...
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#24 Clovis and Sigibert - Two Frankish Kings in the Empire of the Franks
After the collapse of the (Western) Roman Empire, the whole of Europe is in upheaval. Peoples once disparagingly called barbarians by the Romans are founding their empires on the former territor...
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#23 A New Era Begins - Early Frankish Cologne
Let's discover Cologne after the end of Roman rule in the Rhineland in the late 5th century. Now the Franks are in the area. How might have the city looked like? More Info and Links to this podc...
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"What have the Romans ever done for us?" - A Retrospective on Roman Cologne
Roman central power broke down in the 5th century in Cologne and the Rhineland. The political power that had held control over the region for five centuries was gone. Time to look back on Cologn...
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#22 The End of Roman Cologne
Dive into the second half of the 5th century. This period marks the end of the Roman era of Cologne. The Roman Empire is declining in the west of Europe. Our beloved city of Cologne, however, di...
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#21 The Martyrdom of St. Ursula - The Saga of St. Ursula and its Backgrounds
In this episode, we return to the realm of legends. This time we meet Ursula, a Breton princess. With her eleven or eleven thousand (!) virgin girlfriends, she is on her way back from a pilgrima...
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#20 Saint Severin of Cologne - a new faith spreads in Cologne
Dive with me into the time of the "Migration Period." The time from 375 to about 570, because not only in the Far East of the Roman Empire people are experiencing the effects of this time. Our C...
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#19 All Quiet on the Western Front - Roman Cologne in Late Antiquity
The short Frankish rule over the Roman colony of Cologne ended after only one year in 356. We want to look as far as possible from the sources to see how late antique Cologne developed at the en...
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#18 A Frankish Intermezzo - Is Cologne now a Frankish or still a Roman city?
Cologne, at the beginning of the year 356. The Franks plundered and conquered Cologne. Thus, the northern border of the Roman Empire is open wide for the Germanic enemies. How did it come about ...
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#17 The Fateful Year 355 AD - Cologne's darkest hour to date
In the year 355 Cologne is again on the world stage of history. Invasions of the Germanic tribes shake the region, with Cologne as a Roman island in the midst of chaos. Rome's power once again ...