The Third Crusade Episode 2 "Frederick Barbarossa"
Byzantium And The Crusades
English - January 02, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsHistory Religion & Spirituality byzantine crusader medieval warfare turkish seljuk christian saladin roman islam Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, we hear how, on receiving news of Saladin's great victory at Hattin in 1187, and his taking of Jerusalem, the Monarchs of the West pledged to stop fighting each other and to march East on a Crusade to recover Jerusalem for Christendom. First among them was the German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa. He set out with a great army, taking the land route to Constantinople. But his passage through Anatolia would lead to a most unexpected outcome.