Fall and Rise

This episode we will discuss the aftermath of the Afonso Henriques defeat at Badajoz and his two months of captivity by his then son in law, the King of Leon, Fernando II. Because the consequences of ...

8 Sep 20min

This is the last of our three episode tour of the twelfth century. This one is the eastern Mediterranean. The world that crusading built, the institutions that sustained it for a century, and the coll...

14 Aug 1h 2min

This episode we examine the moves of the Templar Master in Portugal, as he directed the construction of an innovative defensive line in the recently conquered territories in Alentejo, thanks to the ne...

17 Jul 18min

Last episode, we examined the political and military maneuvers undertaken by the various sovereigns of the peninsula as they sought to exploit the power vacuum left by the death of the emperor.In this...

22 Jun 23min

This episode, we examine the consequences of the death of the emperor and the typical game of musical chairs that begins whenever a vacuum of power presents itself. Join me on Patreon! patreon.com/his...

8 Jun 27min

This episode we examine the little we know about an attempt to launch an official crusade in the Peninsula and why that idea was doomed to fail. As well as the decade long mission by Afonso Henriques ...

25 Mai 26min

This episode we are examining the early Templars in Portugal. What part if any, did they play in the frontier defenses? Where were they located and how were they funded? We’ll take a closer look at th...

5 Mai 21min

Last time, we surveyed the Atlantic west, covering England, France in the 1100's This episode, we move east and south, into the heart of the continent and down into the Italian peninsula. And what we ...

17 Apr 35min