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In this episode, we look at the generations long project of revitalizing Balkan Christendom in the 13th century, through the wars and developments of new empires, kingdoms, and churches. Wars fought over ecclesiastical jurisdictions are just as fierce as those between warbands, or as those between neighboring valleys. Through it all, a revival in art, literature, law, and religion would emerge, and prepare the powers for the final act of independent Balkan statehood in the 14th century.

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Sources

Intro: Zachary Wheeler and Nathaniel Scarborough, "Hej, Sokoły" folk tune

Outro: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (London Symphony Orchestra 1960)

Fine, John VA Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans. University of Michigan Press, 1994.

Obolensky, Dimitri. The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe 500-1453. Praeger Publishers, 1971.

Berend, Nora. Urbanczyk, Przemyslaw. Wiszewski, Przemyslaw. Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland, C.900-C.1300. Cambridge University Press, 2014.