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History of the Germans Podcast
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A weekly #podcast covering the History of the Germans from the coronation of Henry the Fowler in 919 to the German Reunification in 1990 with "moderate but not severe biases of the typical contemporary liberal variety"
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Amongst its interior decoration it once featured a bronze column of St Michael (1020), with its spiral décor inspired by Trajan's Column, depicting scenes from the New Testament. This column is today housed in Hildesheim cathedral together with the famous Bernward doors (6/
St Michael's further displays the painted stuccos of the choir screen and the amazing ceiling: 27.6 m long and 8.7 m wide, depicting the Tree of Jesse, which covers the nave. These two works were carried out after the canonisation of St Bernward in 1192. (7/
HO
History of the Germans Podcast
@hotgpod.bsky.social
A weekly #podcast covering the History of the Germans from the coronation of Henry the Fowler in 919 to the German Reunification in 1990 with "moderate but not severe biases of the typical contemporary liberal variety"
227 followers251 following217 posts