Series 13: Byzantium Receding (1185 - 1264 AD)
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 western-Byzantine rivalry would finally come to a h...
10 Aug 25min
Medieval Hungary – an Aspiring Latin Empire
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 History, and lays the groundwork for their century of cha...
17 Jul 1h 14min
The Medieval Polish Patchwork
In this episode, we descend into the first 100 years of the Polish Fragmentation Period, wherein Boleslaw III Wrymouth's Seniorate System cracks, and then dissolves into an abundance of warring princi...
3 Apr 1h 4min
Series 12: Feudalization of the Frontier (1125 - 1241 AD)
In this Series Introduction, we discuss the rising western influence within Inner Europe, and talk more conceptually about how cultural influences manifest themselves into real organizational systems,...
19 Mar 20min
Royal Bohemia and Fall of the Staufers
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 the 13th. Throughout, it presents a useful case stu...
12 Mar 1h 11min
Emperor Barbarossa; the Welf-Staufer Divide
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 "Barbarossa", perhaps the most powerful Staufer emperor, and ...
5 Mar 56min
The Wendish Crusade
In this episode, we begin our series on the High Medieval Empire by focusing first on its northeastern frontier, where many factors would coalesce into a sudden, and permanent, push to the east by Sax...
5 Feb 58min
