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 battering the walls of Acre surrounded on the othe...
5 Apr 201938min
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 Augustus use naval transportation for the first time e...
22 Mar 201932min
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 total Frederick will conduct six Italian campaigns, ba...
10 Mar 20191h 12min
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 State: the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the death o...
15 Feb 201955min
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 further into the declining Latin Kingdoms while both Nu...
1 Feb 201931min
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 one of England's strongest kings as he navigates conf...
18 Jan 201955min
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 about catching the rest of Europe back up to speed...
4 Jan 201936min
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 music.
21 Des 201820min
