BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'Rome and Attila'

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'Rome and Attila'

I wanted to let you know my latest book, Rome and Attila, is now available on Amazon in ebook and paperback, links in the episode notes. It’s about one of the most infamous figures in history—Attila the Hun. He’s a household name, but remarkably little is known about him and his popular legend as a brutal tyrant is not necessarily correct. I delve into the primary sources in search of the real Attila and find someone very different from the legend—a complex, captivating personality who despis...

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The Second Crusade Episode 2 "The Road to Defeat"

The Second Crusade Episode 2 "The Road to Defeat"

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19 Syys 202024min

The Second Crusade Episode 1 "The Gathering of the Kings"

The Second Crusade Episode 1 "The Gathering of the Kings"

In this episode, after the fall of Edessa to Zengi in 1144, the Kingdom of Jerusalem appeals to Pope Eugenius III for help. The great preacher, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux gives an electrifying sermon ...

12 Syys 202026min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 6 "The Fall of Edessa"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 6 "The Fall of Edessa"

In this episode, we hear how King Fulk of Jerusalem died leaving the Kingdom of Jerusalem to his widow, Queen Melisende, and how the Crusaders' most feared enemy, Imad al-Din Zengi used this as an opp...

5 Syys 202021min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 5 "The Return of Byzantium"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 5 "The Return of Byzantium"

This podcast series tells how the Crusades were inextricably linked with the Byzantine Empire. In this episode, we hear how Byzantium, in the 1130s and 1140s, tried to re-establish its control over An...

29 Elo 202029min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 4 "War with Egypt"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 4 "War with Egypt"

This podcast series tells how the Crusades were inextricably linked with the Byzantine Empire. In this episode, we hear about how the Egyptian Fatimid Caliphate tried to destroy the newly established ...

22 Elo 202025min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 3 "The County of Tripoli"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 3 "The County of Tripoli"

This podcast series tells how the Crusades were inextricably linked with the Byzantine Empire. In this episode, we hear about the creation of the fourth Crusader state - called the County of Tripoli. ...

15 Elo 202024min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 2 "Byzantium And Bohemond"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 2 "Byzantium And Bohemond"

This podcast series tells the story of the Crusades from the Byzantine angle. In this episode, we hear how one of the greatest leaders of the First Crusade, Bohemond, the ruler of the Principality of ...

8 Elo 202026min

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 1 "The Crusades of 1101"

The Kingdom of Jerusalem Episode 1 "The Crusades of 1101"

This podcast series tells the story of the Crusades from the Byzantine angle. In this episode, the year is 1101. The First Crusaders have achieved what seemed impossible. They have saved Byzantium fro...

1 Elo 202028min

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