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Episode 100: Endgame
In this episode we wrap-up the Third Crusade. Richard the Lionheart will battle Saladin to very end for Jerusalem. We will see how Richard's misunder…
6 years, 8 months ago
Episode 99: Battlefield Acre
Richard the Lionheart, King of England and the Angevin Empire, arrived in the Holy Land in June, 1191. When he arrived he found the crusaders already…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 98: The Surging Wave
In this episode we set the stage for the Third Crusade. Frederick Barbarossa will make an overland march to Asia Minor while Richard I and Philip Aug…
6 years, 9 months ago
Episode 97: Frederick Barbarossa
In this episode we follow the career and reign of the ruler widely considered to be Germany's greatest medieval Monarch: Frederick Barbarossa. In tot…
6 years, 10 months ago
Episode 96: Saladin and the Leper King
In this episode Saladin cements his hold over the Near East by subduing Damascus, Aleppo, and Mosul. Then he turns his attention to the Crusader Stat…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 95: The Goodness of the Faith
In this episode we turn back to the Near East as the fortunes of the Crusader States continue to fall. Nur al-Din presses his empire further and furt…
6 years, 11 months ago
Episode 94: The Perils of Prosperity
When we last left off, Henry of Normandy and Aquitaine had just become King Henry II of England. Now, in this episode, we will follow the reign of on…
7 years ago
Episode 93: A Royal Mess
In this episode we return to our narrative though not to the Crusades. We will head back to the year 1095 when the First Crusade was launched and set…
7 years ago
Supplemental: Early Medieval Music
In this supplemental episode we examine music in the Early Middle Ages. Essentially, this comes down to Gregorian Chanting (Religious) and secular mu…
7 years ago
Supplemental: Early Medieval Architecture
In this episode, I cover some of the major architectural trends of the early to mid-Middle Ages. So, yeah, castles and churches.
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7 years, 1 month ago