{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Frederick II Stupor Mundi","title":"Ep. 2 (71) - To Catch a King - What to do with Richard the Lionheart and his ransom?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1671,"description":"There is one story from the Middle Ages that most people know, the imprisonment and ransom of King Richard the Lionheart of England. The chivalric knight and hero of the Third Crusade is cowardly set upon by a gallery of villains, his brother, John Lackland, the King of France, Phillippe Auguste and the money grabbing emperor Henry VI, ably assisted by duke Leopold of Austria. We will look at this story from Henry VI. perspective which make Richard look a lot less compelling.\nAnd we throw in one more great story - the birth of an emperor in a tent in the centre of a town witnessed by the matrons of the town....\nThe 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) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0.\nAs always:\nHomepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com\nFacebook: @HOTGPod \nTwitter: @germanshistory\nInstagram: history_of_the_germans\nReddit: u/historyofthegermans\nPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans\nTo make it easier for you to share the podcast, I have created separate playlists for some of the seasons that are set up as individual podcasts. they have the exact same episodes as in the History of the Germans, but they may be a helpful device for those who want to concentrate on only one season.\nSo far I have:\nThe Ottonians:\nThe Hanseatic League\nThe Teutonic Knights\nThe Holy Roman Empire 1250-1356","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/D_NmfeDY5_w_4KH_t20l_5VboLXQ4cZNBPehEdY7acM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81YzE1/NTA5ZjczYWM4ZTY4/ZGExZmE2N2FiNWNk/Nzg5Ny5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}