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Season 10 Episode 478
It’s September of 1096, and Duke Robert was setting out on Crusade, intent on taking the main pilgrim road to Rome and Norman Italy. Joining him wer…
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Deus Did Not Vult: The People’s Crusade
Season 10 Episode 477
Everyone in England was angry with Rufus. He was fining, taxing, and now torturing his way through the country. And Rufus was mad at everyone in Eng…
1 year, 3 months ago
Lords and Landlords Sample
Season 10 Episode 476
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The Crackdown
Season 10 Episode 476
In 1096, Robert de Mowbray, the former Earl of Northumbria, was living in Windsor. And he better get comfy, because his majesty seemed quite happy t…
1 year, 4 months ago
Medieval Urbanization Sample
Season 10 Episode 475
We strive in this one to prove you can be urban without being urbane. You can hear the full episode by signing up for membership.
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The Fall of Mowbray
Season 10 Episode 475
Night fell… and gradually, everything within Bamburgh and the Malvoisin went quiet. Sure, there were the occasional patrols, and the occasional muff…
1 year, 4 months ago
Malvoisin, the Evil Neighbor
Season 10 Episode 474
Rufus was marching North to directly challenge de Mowbray and anyone foolish enough to follow him. And of course he was. There was only one respon…
1 year, 4 months ago
Stage Management
Season 10 Episode 473
So, when we left off, Anselm finally had his Pallium, and Rufus got… well… Rufus got all the independence and freedom from Church interference that h…
1 year, 5 months ago
Radicals
Season 10 Episode 472
We have spent a lot of time with the situation between Anselm and Rufus, and all their messy interpersonal drama, but we haven’t really discussed the…
1 year, 5 months ago
How To Lose Friends and Irritate People
Season 10 Episode 471
It was January of 1095 and Rufus was still at war with his eldest brother, Duke Robert. A war that could have been avoided if the Red King had simpl…
1 year, 6 months ago