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Send us a Text Message.While Kings, princes, and Lords marched or sailed across Europe to participate in the Second Crusade, one king used this opportunity to wage his own personal war against the Byzantine Roman Empire—Roger II of Sicily.The H
Send us a Text Message.King Louis and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, journey across Europe and traverse the hostile lands of Anatolia. They encounter multiple Turkic armies and face a near-total catastrophe before being whisked away to Antioch
Send us a Text Message.King Conrad embarked across Europe and entered the Byzantine Empire before crossing the Bosphorus into Anatolia. Despite warnings from the Greek Emperor, Conrad was determined to follow in the exact footsteps of the First
Send us a Text Message.The first wave of Crusaders left Southern England and consisted of a rough coalition of English, Norman, French, Flemish, and Germans. When the rough seas forced their fleet of 200 ships to find a safe harbor in Portugal,
Send us a Text Message.For the first and only time, we read a Papal Bull, the document that officiated the Second Crusade. It is a wild document written by the Pope that declares who, where, why, and how the Second Crusade will be carried out.
Send us a Text Message.There are many different characters from the second crusdade that all have their own motives for joining the crusade. And once we find out exactly what drove each King to join the campaign, its easier to understand why ev
Send us a Text Message.As the Latin Crusader Kingdoms squabbled amongst themselves, a new superhero was rising in the East. A man named Zengi rose up from the ranks of the Seljuks and united his fellow Turks and Muslims with the sword. Once he
Send us a Text Message.Emperor John Komnenos must deal with the Crusader States in the East. The Latins have betrayed the Greeks almost every day, despite being fellow Christians... they took the land that belonged to the Roman Empire and gover
Send us a Text Message.The formation of the crusader states created a vast new realm in Christendom, but the land was still foreign and hostile to Latin Christians. When 300 pilgrims were slaughtered on their way to the Dead Sea, it became app
Send us a Text Message.When John came to power he realized the most dangerous threat to the empire did not come from without, but it came from within. It was the bad trade deals set up by his father, that allowed Latin merchants to control the
Send us a Text Message.This is the final episode of the Alexiad mini-series, where we see the last years of Alexios and his battle against the heretics who have infiltrated the Western provinces of his empire. With the help of his brother Isaa
Send us a Text Message.In this episode, we discuss the amazing life of Tancred after the Crusades, specifically his campaigns and rise to power as the ruler of Antioch after his uncle Bohemond left for Europe and never returned. Tancred became
Send us a Text Message.In the episode, we wrap up the untimely end of Raymond of Toulouse; then we return to the story of Bohemond and return to Anna Komnene's The Alexiad to see how the rematch between Bohemond and Alexios show just how things
Send us a Text Message.As we talked more and more about the Armenian role in the Roman Empire and the Latin Crusader Kingdom, we decided to do an origin story episode of the Armenians. This is to show just how influential they were in Anatolian
Send us a Text Message.The Crusade called by Pope Pascal the 2nd is now underway, and they march across Europe and pass through Constantinople. Raymond of Toulouse is now a trusted servant of Emperor Alexios and he escorts the men through Anato
Send us a Text Message.History says that the 1st Crusade ended after the Battle of Ascalon, but for all of the main characters in the saga, this was far from over. A political battle was forming over who would be the one to rule the Holy City,
Send us a Text Message.Now that the Crusaders had made it to the Walls of Jerusalem... the final showdown began. If the 1st Crusade was a video game, this was the final boss. The soldiers were cut off from reinforcements, food, water, and suppl
Send us a Text Message.Antioch now lay in Christian hands, but the unity of the Crusaders was fractured. Different leaders argued over who would rule over their captured cities. Bohemond refused to honor his oath to Alexios and demanded the cit
Send us a Text Message.Less than a day after capturing the city of Antioch, the Crusaders were themselves besieged by a mighty army of 40,000 men, led by the commander Kerbogha. But instead of waiting behind the walls to starve, the Crusaders l
Send us a Text Message.Now that the Crusaders had made it all the way to the ancient city of Antioch, they gazed upon the mighty walls and set up their camps. Antioch was built on the side of a mountain, so that the city walls went right up int
Send us a Text Message.After trekking through Central Anatolia, the Crusaders come to a fork in the road in the middle of the hot summer. The Bulk of the Crusaders took the longer route through the mountains. At the same time, Tancred and Baldw
Send us a Text Message.Now that the Crusaders have crossed the seas from Europe to Asia Minor, they face their first major obstacle... the ancient city of Nicea. And the Crusaders proved themselves more fierce than the peasants who came this wa
Send us a Text Message.One by one, the leaders of the Crusading Armies swore their oaths of loyalty to the Roman Emperor Alexios before departing Constantinople for Anatolia. We also had a quick recap on the events that transpired in Jerusalem
Send us a Text Message.An army of a hundred thousand Soldiers, Knights, Lords, and Princes leave Europe and make their way to the Holy Land, to take Jerusalem back from the infidels and, if possible, win a little glory for themselves while they
Send us a Text Message.Peter the Hermit has made it to Constantinople after wreaking havoc on the kingdom of Hungary and laying waste to the city of Belgrade... but their luck is about to run out, and everyone is going to die.The History of Mod
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