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Mongols and Mamluks Episode 6 "The Victory of the Mamluks"
Byzantium And The Crusades - June 26, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn 1258, the Mongols sacked Baghdad, possibly the largest city in the world at that time and the centre of Islamic culture. It seemed as if Islam was doomed. But the powerful army of the Mamluks in Egypt was mustering to confront the Mongols. A great battle was about to be fought.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 5 "The Sack of Baghdad"
Byzantium And The Crusades - June 19, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn the mid-thirteenth century, the Mongol Empire was the most powerful state on the planet. In 1256, a huge Mongol army advanced into the Middle East. Its first major objective was Baghdad, one of the largest and most splendid cities in the world at the time.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 4 "The Defeat of the Seventh Crusade"
Byzantium And The Crusades - June 12, 2021 08:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Seventh Crusade was the last major military effort by Western Europe to recover Jerusalem. Brilliantly successful to begin with, it met fierce opposition from the Egyptian Mamluk army, led by its brilliant general Baibars, who was poised to seize power in Egypt and establish a Mamluk empire ...
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 3 "The Seventh Crusade: Triumph and Tragedy"
Byzantium And The Crusades - June 05, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear how the last major Crusade - the Seventh Crusade - led by King Louis IX of France, achieved outstanding success initially only to fail along the banks of the River Nile.
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 2 "Mongols At The Gates"
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 29, 2021 09:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn the the first half of the thirteenth century, it seemed as if nothing could stop the Mongols. Their empire stretched from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean. Yet hopes grew in Europe that they would convert to Christianity and unite with the Kings of Europe in the greatest of all Crusades.
Season 10 Mongols and Mamluks Episode 1 "Genghis Khan"
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 22, 2021 08:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe last fifty years of the Crusader states were dominated by two new emerging superpowers - the Mongols and the Mamluks. In this episode, we hear the extraordinary story of the man who created the Mongol Empire - Genghis (or Jenghiz) Khan.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 14 "The Beginning of the End"
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 15, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode we reach a turning point in the history of the later Crusades, as the Crusaders face a devastating battle against Ayub, Sultan of Egypt. This marks not just the beginning of the end for the Crusaders but the start of the rise to power of the Mongols and the Mamluks, both of which...
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 13 "The Fall of Jerusalem"
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 08, 2021 13:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn 1239, the Barons' Crusade arrived in Palestine to help the Kingdom of Jerusalem. But it achieved little and, in 1244, Jerusalem was captured and sacked by a group of Turkish nomads. It would be nearly 700 years before a Christian army regained the city.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 12 "The Lombard Wars"
Byzantium And The Crusades - May 01, 2021 09:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe 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 not attack the Crusaders when they were weakened by civil war? Find out in this episode.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 11 "The Hollow Victory"
Byzantium And The Crusades - April 24, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe 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 reviled both in the West and in Outremer. The next events will reveal how superficial his victory ...
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 10 "Frederick and the Recovery of Jerusalem"
Byzantium And The Crusades - April 17, 2021 14:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe 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 only monarch to succeed in recovering Jerusalem.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 9 "The Fifth Crusade: Defeat Snatched from Victory"
Byzantium And The Crusades - April 10, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Fifth Crusade is poised for victory in Egypt. But its final offensive ends in catastrophe. Find out what went wrong in this episode.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 8 "The Fifth Crusade: The Siege of Damietta"
Byzantium And The Crusades - April 03, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Fifth Crusade has struck at Egypt. Can its fanatical leader, Cardinal Pelagius, achieve the greatest victory since the First Crusade?
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 7 "The Fifth Crusade"
Byzantium And The Crusades - March 27, 2021 15:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe 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.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 6 "The Children's Crusade of 1212"
Byzantium And The Crusades - March 20, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThis 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 expedition to liberate Jerusalem. It provides a fascinating insight into the medieval mind, dominated ...
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 5 "The Crusaders in Constantinople"
Byzantium And The Crusades - March 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsHow 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.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 4 "The Sack of Constantinople"
Byzantium And The Crusades - March 06, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe Fourth Crusade was initiated as a plan to attack Egypt. But with the Crusaders short of money, and the emergence of a Byzantine pretender, claiming that he would help the Crusaders if they helped him, things started to develop somewhat differently. With the scheming Venetians in the backgrou...
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 3 "The Fourth Crusade"
Byzantium And The Crusades - February 27, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsThe First Crusade had saved Byzantium. Now the Fourth Crusade would be directed against it. How and why did this happen? Find out in this episode.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 2 "The German Crusade of 1197"
Byzantium And The Crusades - February 20, 2021 15:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsEver heard of the German Crusade of 1197? Probably not. It must be one of the most overlooked Crusades. And yet it could have been a game-changer. Discover why in this episode.
The Second Age of the Crusaders Episode 1 "The Death of Saladin"
Byzantium And The Crusades - February 13, 2021 16:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we move onto what can be called the Second Age of the Crusaders, that is the period after the Third Crusade, when the Crusader states were weakened but still controlled the coast of Palestine. After Richard the Lionheart's departure from the Holy Land in 1192, it wasn't long bef...
The Third Crusade Episode 7 "Richard the Lionheart's Last Battle"
Byzantium And The Crusades - February 06, 2021 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear how Richard the Lionheart was close to giving up on ever capturing Jerusalem. He had defeated Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, but he knew that Saladin's army was still numerically superior to his, and that even if captured Jerusalem, it would be virtually impossible to h...
The Third Crusade Episode 6 "The Road to Jerusalem"
Byzantium And The Crusades - January 30, 2021 15:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsKing Richard the Lionheart has won a great victory over Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf in 1191. The tide seems to have turned in the Crusaders' favour. The road to Jerusalem lies open. Or is it? Saladin's army has been defeated but not destroyed. The Crusaders remain divided in their loyalties b...
The Third Crusade Episode 5 "The Battle of Arsuf"
Byzantium And The Crusades - January 23, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, the Kings of England and France arrive in the Holy Land. Richard the Lionheart leads the English while Philip II leads the French. Not only are the two men enemies but they find the surviving Crusaders are also divided between King Guy and Conrad of Montferrat. Yet for once, Isl...
The Third Crusade Episode 4 "Richard the Lionheart"
Byzantium And The Crusades - January 16, 2021 15:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear about the journey of the English and French Kings to the Holy Land to try to save the last Crusader states from Saladin. The English King was Richard the Lionheart, who has passed into history as one of the most heroic of all the Kings of England. He is also central to t...
The Third Crusade Episode 3 "The Siege of Acre"
Byzantium And The Crusades - January 09, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsFrederick Barbarossa's Crusade had failed miserably when the German Emperor accidentally drowned in a river while crossing Turkish-held Anatolia. The Crusaders left in the Middle East were desperately hanging onto Tyre, Tripoli and Antioch. Quarrels between them undermined their hopes of resis...
The Third Crusade Episode 2 "Frederick Barbarossa"
Byzantium And The Crusades - January 02, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn 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, F...
The Third Crusade Episode 1 "Horror in the West"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 24, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsSaladin had been victorious. In 1187, he defeated the main Crusader army at Hattin and recaptured Jerusalem. Despite his compassionate treatment of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, sparing the entire Christian population, and even allowing most to leave the city on payment of a small ransom, there ...
The Decline of the Crusaders Episode 12 "The Fall of Jerusalem"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 19, 2020 15:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear how Saladin followed up his great victory at the Battle of Hattin in 1187. Having surrounded and captured most of the Crusader army, including King Guy, the way ahead now seemed relatively easy. But some Crusaders had escaped from Hattin and were now trying to rally res...
The Decline of the Crusaders Episode 11 "The Battle of Hattin"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 12, 2020 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear about the continuing quarrels between the Crusaders, just as Saladin was gathering the greatest army Islam had put into the field since the Battle of Manzikert, a century before. The clock was now ticking down to one of the largest and most decisive battles of the Middle...
The Decline of the Crusaders Episode 10 "The Crusaders Divided"
Byzantium And The Crusades - December 05, 2020 16:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 53 ratingsIn this episode, we hear how the Crusader states in the 1180s were unable to find unity or strong leadership to face the growing threat of Saladin. Instead, the death of the leper King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem resulted in a fractious and divided political environment. Matters were only made worse...
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