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Byzantium And The Crusades - May 05, 2024 14:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsJust a quick update to let you know if you like this podcast you can get the book on which it’s based for free on my website nickholmesauthor.com. It’s called The Byzantine World War, and it's about the origins of the First Crusade and suggests that it really began as the result of the defeat of...
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - 'Rome and Attila'
Byzantium And The Crusades - February 11, 2024 19:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsI wanted to let you know my latest book, Rome and Attila, is now available on Amazon in ebook and paperback, links in the episode notes. It’s about one of the most infamous figures in history—Attila the Hun. He’s a household name, but remarkably little is known about him and his popular legend a...
FREE BOOK ON MY WEBSITE
Byzantium And The Crusades - June 13, 2023 16:00 - 41 seconds ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsI wanted to let you know my book The Byzantine World War is available for free here. It's about the reign of Romanos Diogenes and his defeat at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 which led to the First Crusade. It’s a thrilling story and the book has nearly 400 Amazon reviews, so why not click on t...
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Fall of Rome
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 01, 2023 08:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsI wanted to let you know my latest book, The Fall of Rome, is now available on Amazon in ebook and paperback. It’s about how the unthinkable happened in AD 410 when Rome was sacked by the Goths. Although it's about Rome rather than Byzantium, you might be interested because it's very relevant as...
DISCOUNTED BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
Byzantium And The Crusades - September 20, 2022 05:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThis is just to let you know that you can get my ebook called The Roman Revolution, which accompanies the first part of my new podcast on the Fall of the Roman Empire, at a discounted price at Amazon for the next few days (until 29th September). It focuses on the transition from the classical Ro...
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Roman Revolution
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 16, 2022 15:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsI thought you might be interested to know that I've just published a book called The Roman Revolution. This is about the Roman Empire in the third century when Rome was truly revolutionized and ended up as a Christian monarchy. This was the origin of the Byzantine Empire, and so if you're intere...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 14 "The Conclusion"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 11, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsOn the 29th May, 1453, the city of Constantinople fell to the Ottoman Turks. It was the final end of Byzantium. It was also the final end of the Crusades. Indeed, many historians regard it as the end of the Middle Ages. I regret to say that this episode is also the end of this podcast. But I am ...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 13 "The Final Battle"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 04, 2021 06:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Ottoman Sultan, Mehmet II, has decided to launch an all-out attack on the city of Constantinople. But the brave defenders are prepared. They resist wave after wave of Turkish troops until their luck runs out with a cruel twist of fate. Fellowship One:Seven Fellowship One:Seven™ is biblical ...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 12 "The Silence Before the Storm"
Byzantium And The Crusades - November 27, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsFor seven weeks the Turks had besieged Constantinople. But all they had to show for it were heavy casualties and not a single victory either on land or at sea. The Turkish Sultan, Mehmet II, had a moment of doubt. Should he abandon the siege? Find out in this episode.
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 11 "The Strain of War"
Byzantium And The Crusades - November 20, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsConstantinople is surrounded. For seven weeks, it has endured Turkish attacks by land and sea. Its defenders have fought heroically but now they are exhausted. But so too are the Turks. Their losses have been huge and the Turkish Sultan, Mehmet II, starts to wonder whether he should call the sie...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 10 "The Last Hope"
Byzantium And The Crusades - November 13, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Ottoman Turks have dragged their ships overland into the Golden Horn and Constantinople is now surrounded on all sides. In desperation, the defenders plan for a night attack to destroy the Turkish fleet and a last appeal to the West for help.
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 9 "The Attack on the Golden Horn"
Byzantium And The Crusades - November 06, 2021 06:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsConstantinople was probably the best fortified city in the medieval world. But it had one weak spot. To the north of the city lay the Golden Horn, the wide estuary that was blocked to enemy ships by a great iron chain. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II pondered long and hard how to break into the Gol...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 8 "The Siege Begins"
Byzantium And The Crusades - October 30, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWith over 100,000 Turkish soldiers facing them, the 7,000 or so defenders of Constantinople awaited the first attack. All they could do was to hope and pray for a miracle.
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 7 "The Heroes of Constantinople"
Byzantium And The Crusades - October 23, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAs the Turkish army approached Constantinople in 1453, the Byzantine defenders were joined by a handful of Genoese, Venetians and other adventurers prepared to join the fight to save the great Christian city.
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 6 "Gunpowder and Cannons"
Byzantium And The Crusades - October 16, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsBy 1452, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II had decided to launch a huge attack on the ancient city of Constantinople. But as he gathered his army from all over his dominions, he knew that he would need more than soldiers. To breach the ancient walls he would need gunpowder and cannons!
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 5 "The Call to the West"
Byzantium And The Crusades - October 09, 2021 04:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWith the Ottoman Turks closing in on Constantinople, the Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologus made a last desperate appeal to the West for help. But would it be too little and too late?
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 4 "The Emperor and the Sultan"
Byzantium And The Crusades - October 02, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Ottoman onslaught against Constantinople is getting closer. Two new leaders emerge on either side. Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Emperor of Byzantium, and the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II, better known as Mehmet the Conqueror. Both men will go down in history as great heroes - discover wh...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 3 "Timur the Lame"
Byzantium And The Crusades - September 25, 2021 04:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn the fourteenth century, the growing power of the Ottoman Turks seemed unstoppable. But there was one man who checked it. This was Timur the Lame, or Tamerlane, as he was called in Europe. Of mixed Turkish and Mongol descent, he created a vast empire at the end of the fourteenth century that w...
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 2 "Seljuks and Ottomans"
Byzantium And The Crusades - September 18, 2021 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn the thirteenth century, the Mongols destroyed the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum in Anatolia. But after the Mongols left, a new Turkish dynasty began to rise to power in western Anatolia. This dynasty was that of the Ottomans.
The Fall of Constantinople Episode 1 "Byzantium - The Dying Empire"
Byzantium And The Crusades - September 11, 2021 06:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this new mini-series, we will hear about the fall of Byzantine Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Turks. Many people see it as a turning point in history, marking the end of the Middle Ages. But what really happened? Find out here.
The Last Crusades Episode 4 "The Triumph of the Ottoman Turks"
Byzantium And The Crusades - September 04, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe year is 1396. The Ottoman Turks are threatening to conquer Eastern Europe and take Constantinople from the Byzantines. A new Crusade against them is proclaimed, and a great international army from Hungary and Western Europe is raised to meet them in battle.
The Last Crusades Episode 3 "The Rise of the Ottoman Turks"
Byzantium And The Crusades - August 28, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAs Crusading enthusiasm faded in Europe in the fourteenth century, in the East an obscure Turkish emir called Osman founded a new dynasty. This would rise to become one of the greatest empires in the world: the Ottoman Turks. The response in Europe was to call for a new crusade.
The Last Crusades Episode 2 "The Alexandrian Crusade"
Byzantium And The Crusades - August 21, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsAlthough the Crusading spirit of the eleventh century had faded in Europe after the fall of Outremer in 1291, there was still enough interest in 1365 to launch one last Crusade to recover the Holy Land. It would be remembered for its particular destruction and brutality.
The Last Crusades Episode 1 "The Fall of the Templars"
Byzantium And The Crusades - August 14, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsWith Outremer destroyed in 1291, Christian Europe lost its final link with the original crusading ideology focused on the capture of Jerusalem. What then should happen to the three religious Military Orders which had been established to defend Outremer - the Templars, the Hospitallers and the Te...
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 12 "The Death of Outremer"
Byzantium And The Crusades - August 07, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe year is 1291. Outremer, as the Crusader states in the Middle East were called, has one last great battle to fight as a vast Mamluk army advances on Acre, the Crusader capital. Fellowship One:Seven Fellowship One:Seven™ is biblical podcast from Child Evangelism Fellowship®. On the... Listen ...
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 11 "Heading Towards Disaster"
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 31, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe year is 1287. The final countdown to the destruction of the Crusader states in the Holy Land has begun. But there is a strange air of complacency among the last Crusaders as the final storm begins to build.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 10 "The Return of the Mongols"
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 24, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn the 1280s, the age of the Crusaders was nearly over. But the Mongols, still the most powerful empire on the planet, were keen to unite with Christian Europe to defeat the Mamluks. So, what went wrong? Find out in this episode.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 9 "The Ninth Crusade"
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 17, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsBaibars, the Mamluk Sultan, is on the verge of destroying the Crusaders. But there is one last hope of help from the West. The English King Henry III has vowed to go on crusade. Now an old man, he sends his son, Prince Edward, to the Holy Land to lead the Ninth Crusade. Fellowship One:Seven Fell...
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 8 "The Fall of Antioch"
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 10, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsHaving defeated both the Crusaders and the Mongols, the Mamluk leader, Sultan Baibars, wanted to destroy the Crusaders once and for all. In 1268, he attacked Antioch, one of the most strongly fortified Crusader cities.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 7 "Sultan Baibars"
Byzantium And The Crusades - July 03, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn 1260, the Mamluk victory over the Mongols at the battle of Ain Jalut saved Islam. Under the leadership of their new Sultan, Baibars, they now turned their attention to destroying the Crusaders.
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