Jetzt kostenlos testen
-
The Battle on the Ice
- The History and Legacy of the Slavs’ Decisive Victory Against the Teutonic Knights
- Gesprochen von: Stephen Platt
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 52 Min.
- Kategorien: Geschichte, Europa

Bist du Amazon Prime-Mitglied?
Audible 60 Tage kostenlos testenInhaltsangabe
- Includes a bibliography for further reading
- Includes a table of contents
“He was taller than others and his voice reached the people as a trumpet, and his face was like the face of Joseph, whom the Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after him of Egypt. His power was a part of the power of Samson and God gave him the wisdom of Solomon ... this Prince Alexander: he used to defeat but was never defeated…." (The Second Pskovian Chronicle)
In 1938, the Soviet Union film company Mosfilm released the motion picture Alexander Nevsky, directed by Sergei Eisenstein. It is a historical drama depicting the defense of the Republic of Novgorod against an invasion of the Teutonic Knights in the mid-13th century. The eponymous hero of the story, the Prince of Novgorod, leads his troops against the German knights on a field of solid ice. During the battle, called the Battle on the Ice or the Battle of Lake Peipus, the ice breaks and many of the knights drown in the freezing waters, but Nevsky is victorious and the pernicious Germans are vanquished forever.
Far from an attempt to portray historical events, Alexander Nevsky is a Stalinist propaganda piece in which the Russian people defy and halt the eastward expansion of the German menace. It is an obvious allegory of the Soviet Union defying Nazi Germany at a time when Soviet-German relations were at their most acrid before World War II. The clothing of the Teutonic warriors inaccurately display swastikas, and the famous scene where they are swallowed up by the ice is also a Stalinist embellishment.
Of course, Soviet Russia was not the first to use the historical conflict between the German West and the Slavic East for propaganda purposes. The German defeat of Russia at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 was portrayed as revenge for the Battle of Grunwald in 1410, when the Poles and Lithuanians overwhelmed the flower of the German nobility. The Nazis’ vision of Lebensraum (“living space”) would be conceived as a continuation of Germany’s historical destiny to push eastward. The clash forms part of a historical narrative stretching back to the 11th century, when ethnic Germans of the Holy Roman Empire began settling in the Slavic lands along their eastern borders.
That these lands were pagan legitimized colonization in the eyes of the Christians, but the expansion or Ostsiedlung (“east settling”) assumed a more aggressive character when the papal proclamation of the crusade against the Saracens in 1095 canonized the concept of holy war. In the year 1147, while Christian knights were fighting the Muslims in the Near East as part of the Second Crusade, the German princes to the north were pressing the pope for a crusade against the pagan Slavs and Balts. Pope Eugene III obliged by publishing the bull (decree) Divina dispenatione, which declared, “Certain of you, however, (are) desirous of participating in so holy a work and reward and plan to go against the Slavs and other pagans living towards the North and to subject them, with the Lord's assistance, to the Christian religion. We give heed to the devotion of these men, and to all those who have not accepted the cross for going to Jerusalem and who have decided to go against the Slavs and to remain in the spirit of devotion on that expedition, as it is prescribed, we grant that same remission of sin...and the same temporal privileges as to the crusaders to Jerusalem.”
This would bring about one of Eastern Europe’s most famous battles, fought between the Teutonic/Livonian Knights and the Principality of Novgorod. German knights, having dominated the lands of the heathen Prussians and Balts, wished to command the Eastern Baltic, and Novgorod stood in the way of this ambition.
Hörer, die diesen Titel gekauft haben, kauften auch…
-
The Cumans
- The History of the Medieval Turkic Nomads Who Fought the Mongols and Rus’ in Eastern Europe
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 15 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Before the Mongols rode across the steppes of Asia and Eastern Europe, the Cumans were a major military and cultural force that monarchs from China to Hungary and from Russia to the Byzantine Empire faced, often losing armies and cities in the process. The Cumans were a tribe of Turkic nomads who rode the steppes looking for plunder and riches, but they rarely stayed long after they got what they wanted. From the late 9th century until the arrival of the Mongols in 1223, there was virtually nothing that could be done to stop the Cumans.
-
The Kingdom of Mitanni
- The Mysterious History of the Short-Lived Mesopotamian Civilization During the Late Bronze Age
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: David Pickering
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 34 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The Late Bronze Age Near East (c. 1500-1200 BCE) was a time and place where great kingdoms and empires vied for land and influence, playing high stakes diplomatic games, trading, and occasionally going to war with each other in the process. The Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, and several smaller Canaanite kingdoms were all part of this system, which was one of the first true “global” systems in world history and also one of the most materially prosperous eras in antiquity.
-
The Great Wall of Gorgan
- The History of the Ancient Near East’s Longest Defensive Wall
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 19 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Throughout history, walls have been constructed as part of nations’ and kingdoms’ defensive structures to keep barbarian hordes, marauding rebels, and recalcitrant tribes out of defined geographic areas. The Sasanians built an impressive wall in central Asia, one that was longer than Hadrian’s Wall and by all accounts just as effective. Throughout the centuries, the Sasanian wall has gone by several different names, but it is now known as the “Great Wall of Gorgan” due to its length and location near the city of Gorgan in the modern nation-state of Iran.
-
Crusader Castles
- The History of the Medieval Castles Built in the Holy Lands During the Crusades
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Jim D. Johnston
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 28 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
A series of mountain chains frame the Levantine coast, growing in height as they approach modern-day Lebanon. These provided a natural defense along the important coast, and the few passes through these mountain ranges were the focal points of movement and communication. For this reason, these locations were where many crusader castles were erected.
-
The Magyars
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Tribes That Established the Kingdom of Hungary
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 14 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The Magyars: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Tribes That Established the Kingdom of Hungary examines the Magyars and their culture, from their origins through the Arpad Dynasty to their raids on Europe, the establishment of a royal dynasty, and their integration into Western civilization, marking the transition from the Magyars to Hungarians.
-
-
Half truth is a whole lie
- Von Kovács Zsolt Csaba Am hilfreichsten 08.08.2020
-
John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
- The History of the Outbreak and Its Impact on Public Health Measures
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 41 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus, the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces.
-
The Cumans
- The History of the Medieval Turkic Nomads Who Fought the Mongols and Rus’ in Eastern Europe
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 15 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Before the Mongols rode across the steppes of Asia and Eastern Europe, the Cumans were a major military and cultural force that monarchs from China to Hungary and from Russia to the Byzantine Empire faced, often losing armies and cities in the process. The Cumans were a tribe of Turkic nomads who rode the steppes looking for plunder and riches, but they rarely stayed long after they got what they wanted. From the late 9th century until the arrival of the Mongols in 1223, there was virtually nothing that could be done to stop the Cumans.
-
The Kingdom of Mitanni
- The Mysterious History of the Short-Lived Mesopotamian Civilization During the Late Bronze Age
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: David Pickering
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 34 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The Late Bronze Age Near East (c. 1500-1200 BCE) was a time and place where great kingdoms and empires vied for land and influence, playing high stakes diplomatic games, trading, and occasionally going to war with each other in the process. The Egyptians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, and several smaller Canaanite kingdoms were all part of this system, which was one of the first true “global” systems in world history and also one of the most materially prosperous eras in antiquity.
-
The Great Wall of Gorgan
- The History of the Ancient Near East’s Longest Defensive Wall
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 19 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Throughout history, walls have been constructed as part of nations’ and kingdoms’ defensive structures to keep barbarian hordes, marauding rebels, and recalcitrant tribes out of defined geographic areas. The Sasanians built an impressive wall in central Asia, one that was longer than Hadrian’s Wall and by all accounts just as effective. Throughout the centuries, the Sasanian wall has gone by several different names, but it is now known as the “Great Wall of Gorgan” due to its length and location near the city of Gorgan in the modern nation-state of Iran.
-
Crusader Castles
- The History of the Medieval Castles Built in the Holy Lands During the Crusades
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Jim D. Johnston
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 28 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
A series of mountain chains frame the Levantine coast, growing in height as they approach modern-day Lebanon. These provided a natural defense along the important coast, and the few passes through these mountain ranges were the focal points of movement and communication. For this reason, these locations were where many crusader castles were erected.
-
The Magyars
- The History and Legacy of the Medieval Tribes That Established the Kingdom of Hungary
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 14 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The Magyars: The History and Legacy of the Medieval Tribes That Established the Kingdom of Hungary examines the Magyars and their culture, from their origins through the Arpad Dynasty to their raids on Europe, the establishment of a royal dynasty, and their integration into Western civilization, marking the transition from the Magyars to Hungarians.
-
-
Half truth is a whole lie
- Von Kovács Zsolt Csaba Am hilfreichsten 08.08.2020
-
John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854
- The History of the Outbreak and Its Impact on Public Health Measures
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 41 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Plague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly, they’ve often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus, the maladies were often ascribed to wrathful supernatural forces.
-
The Anglo-Zulu War
- The History and Legacy of the British Empire’s Conflict with the Zulu Kingdom in South Africa
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 52 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man, who had forcefully entered the continent during a particularly hubristic and dynamic phase of European history. In 1884, Prince Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war.
-
Weird Rome
- A Collection of Mysterious Stories, Odd Anecdotes, and Strange Superstitions from the Ancient Romans
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Daniel Houle
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 13 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
"Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city.” In that short line, Anatole Broyard, a 20th century American writer, compactly captures the timeless and enchanting beauty that resides within the Eternal City of Rome. This tourist destination is often one of the highest ranked on bucket lists, for how could one not want to experience its marvelous ruins, mirror-like rivers, and spectacular stretches of aqueducts, firsthand?
-
The Umayyad Caliphate
- The History and Legacy of the Second Islamic Kingdom Established After Muhammad’s Death
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Daniel Houle
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 17 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The split between the two forms of Islam was already in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad had constructed around himself not only a potent new religious movement but also a powerful young state called the Ummah (the "Community" for lack of a better translation). Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but in that time it managed to become one of the most influential of the major caliphates established following him.
-
The Great Schism
- The History and Legacy of the Split Between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches in 1054
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Stephen Platt
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 53 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
For nearly a thousand years following its foundation, there was only one Christian church. Centered in the city of Rome, the church expanded and grew until it became the dominant religion in Europe and beyond. The early growth of the Church had been suppressed by the Romans until the Emperor Constantine became the first to convert the empire to Christianity. From that point forward, the growth of the Church was inextricably linked with the Roman Empire - the most powerful military, economic, and political force in the ancient world.
-
The Battle of Cannae
- The History and Legacy of Ancient Rome's Most Decisive Military Defeat
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Kevin Kollins
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 56 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Although the Romans gained the upper hand over Carthage in the wake of the First Punic War, the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal brought the Romans to their knees for over a decade during the Second Punic War. While military historians are still amazed that he was able to maintain his army in Italy near Rome for nearly 15 years, scholars are still puzzled over some of his decisions, including why he never attempted to march on Rome in the first place.
-
The European Union
- :The History of the Political and Economic Union of Europe’s Nations After World War II
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 48 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Less than 21 years after the end of the First World War, the Second World War broke out in September 1939 when, on the third day of that month, the United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany, which had invaded Poland two days earlier. The Second World War would last for nearly six years (although some historians consider the war to have started in Asia in 1937), and all of Europe was ravaged.
-
The Cumans and Magyars
- The History and Legacy of the Steppe Nomads Who Raided Europe Throughout the Late Middle Ages
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 23 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Of all the steppe peoples in the medieval period, perhaps none were more important to European history than the Magyars. Like the Huns and Avars before them and the Cumans and Mongols after them, the Magyars burst into Europe as a destructive, unstoppable horde, taking whatever they wanted and leaving a steady stream of misery in their wake. They used much of the same tactics as the other steppe peoples and lived a similar, nomadic lifestyle.
-
-
If you like contradictions ...
- Von Kovács Zsolt Csaba Am hilfreichsten 21.09.2020
-
The Muscovite-Lithuanian Wars
- The History of the Russian Conflicts Against the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Daniel Houle
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 58 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Though history is usually written by the victors, the lack of a particularly strong writing tradition from the Mongols ensured that history was largely written by those who they vanquished. Because of this, their portrayal in the West has been extraordinarily negative for centuries, at least until recent revisions to the historical record. The Mongols have long been depicted as wild horse-archers galloping out of the dawn to rape, pillage, murder and enslave, but the Mongol army was a highly sophisticated, minutely organized and incredibly adaptive and innovative institution.
-
The Anarchy
- The History and Legacy of the Civil War in England and Normandy During the 12th Century
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Colin Fluxman
- Spieldauer: 1 Std. und 48 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Today, "the Anarchy" is used to describe the period in English history from the death of Henry I in 1135 to the Treaty of Winchester signed by King Stephen and his successor Henry II in 1153. Despite the name, it was an episode of civil war rather than of lawlessness and is interesting for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that it was the first time in English history that a woman claimed the throne of England in her own right.
-
The Roman Empire and the Plague
- The History of the Worst Pandemics to Strike Rome and the Byzantines in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Jim Johnston
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 46 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
The success of the Five Good Emperors ironically brought about the worst plague in Rome’s epic history. Due to constant warfare on the borders and attempts to defend positions against various groups, Roman soldiers came into contact with foreign diseases, and they unwittingly brought them home when campaigns ended. This culminated around 165 CE, when an unidentified disease brought the empire to its knees and afflicted an untold number of individuals, one of whom may have been Lucius Verus, the co-emperor of Rome alongside Marcus Aurelius.
-
The Tatars
- The History of the Tatar Ethnic Groups and Tatar Confederation
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Stephen Platt
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 42 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
A history of the Tatar peoples covers a huge expanse of territory, time, and the rise and fall of many Tatar communities. As such, they played a role in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East over several centuries, and from Genghis Khan to Ivan the Terrible and Josef Stalin, some of history’s most infamous tyrants have played a key role in this story. Crucially, the history of the Tatars is one that seems to take place at the fringes of the great empires.
-
Rome and Germania
- The History of the Roman Empire’s Conflicts and Interactions with Germanic Tribes
- Geschrieben von: Charles River Editors
- Gesprochen von: Gregory T. Luzitano
- Spieldauer: 2 Std. und 16 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Despite all the accomplishments and widespread victories and conquests throughout the long history of Republican and Imperial Rome, general perception still deems the Romans to have failed in one crucial conquest: the subjugation of Germany. Indeed, historians have singled out this one failure as central to the ultimate downfall of the entire empire, as the constant wars against the Germanic tribes and the need to defend the frontier on the Rhine at great expense against those tribes, helped bring the empire to its knees.
Das könnte dir auch gefallen
Weitere Titel des Autors
Weitere Titel des Sprechers
Das sagen andere Hörer zu The Battle on the Ice
Rezensionen - mit Klick auf einen der beiden Reiter können Sie die Quelle der Rezensionen bestimmen.
Top 10
Welche Titel finden Audible-HörerInnen besonders gut? Die beliebtesten Hörbücher und Hörspiele aus allen Genres gibt’s hier jeden Monat neu.
Exklusive Podcasts kostenlos für Abonnenten
Exklusive und wöchentlich neue Reportagen, Interviews, Comedy und Hintergrundgeschichten.



SPIEGEL Bestseller
Welche Titel haben es in die SPIEGEL-Bestseller-Liste für Belletristik und Sachbuch geschafft?