Podcast Episodes

Revitalizing Balkan Christendom

Season 13 Episode 3

In this episode, we look at the generations long project of revitalizing Balkan Christendom in the 13th century, through the wars and developments of…

12 hours ago

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The Rise of Stefan Nemanja and the Asens

Season 13 Episode 2

In this episode, we cover the events leading up to and immediately proceeding the Great Byzantine Revolts of 1185, and follow the histories of the Se…

1 month, 1 week ago

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Series 13: Byzantium Receding (1185 - 1264 AD)

Season 13

In this series introduction, we discuss the collapse of the Theme System and the corrupt, fragile state of the Balkans in the late 12th century. The …

2 months ago

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Medieval Hungary – an Aspiring Latin Empire

Season 12 Episode 4

In this episode, we focus on the Kingdom of Hungary from the mid 12th century to the start of the 13th. This is an important time in Hungarian Histor…

2 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Medieval Kievan Rus

Season 12 Episode 3

In this episode, we descend upon the Greater Riverlands, to discuss the last century of organized political life in the Kievan Rus. Like elsewhere in…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Medieval Polish Patchwork

Season 12 Episode 2

In this episode, we descend into the first 100 years of the Polish Fragmentation Period, wherein Boleslaw III Wrymouth's Seniorate System cracks, and…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Series 12: Feudalization of the Frontier (1138 - 1241 AD)

Season 12 Episode 1

In this Series Introduction, we discuss the rising western influence within Inner Europe, and talk more conceptually about how cultural influences ma…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Royal Bohemia and Fall of the Staufers

Season 11 Episode 4

In this episode, we recount the changing customs and organization of the Bohemian duchy in the 12th century, and witness its elevation to kingdom in …

6 months, 4 weeks ago

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Emperor Barbarossa; the Welf-Staufer Divide

Season 11 Episode 3

In this episode, we look at the latter half of the 12th century within Inner Europe; namely, this means looking at the rule of Frederick I "Barbaross…

7 months ago

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The Wendish Crusade

Season 11 Episode 2

In this episode, we begin our series on the High Medieval Empire by focusing first on its northeastern frontier, where many factors would coalesce in…

8 months ago

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