The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 12 "The Lombard Wars"
The Lombard Wars were a period of civil war in the Crusader states between the German Emperor Frederick II's Lombard troops and the Crusader barons in Cyprus and Palestine. Why did the Muslim states n...
1 Maj 202120min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 11 "The Hollow Victory"
The German Emperor Frederick II has achieved the impossible - the recovery of Jerusalem for Christendom. But is there rejoicing in the West? Not at all. For Frederick has been excommunicated and is re...
24 Apr 202121min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 10 "Frederick and the Recovery of Jerusalem"
The German Emperor Frederick II was an unusual medieval monarch. He shocked contemporaries by keeping a harem in his court at Palermo, and was excommunicated three times by the Pope. Yet he was the on...
17 Apr 202120min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 9 "The Fifth Crusade: Defeat Snatched from Victory"
The Fifth Crusade is poised for victory in Egypt. But its final offensive ends in catastrophe. Find out what went wrong in this episode. Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you...
10 Apr 202121min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 8 "The Fifth Crusade: The Siege of Damietta"
The Fifth Crusade has struck at Egypt. Can its fanatical leader, Cardinal Pelagius, achieve the greatest victory since the First Crusade? Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where y...
3 Apr 202121min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 7 "The Fifth Crusade"
The Fifth Crusade isn't as well known as it should be. It was actually one of the most significant military expeditions that set out to recover Jerusalem. Please take a look at my website nickholmesa...
27 Mars 202121min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 6 "The Children's Crusade of 1212"
This episode looks at one of the strangest episodes in the whole history of the Crusades when, in 1212, groups of children in France and Germany followed child preachers on a wildly unrealistic expedi...
20 Mars 202120min
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 5 "The Crusaders in Constantinople"
How did the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade rule their new city of Constantinople and their lands in Greece? And how did the break-away Byzantine states oppose them? Find out in this episode. Please t...
13 Mars 202120min
