Over 900 years ago, thousands of Christians invaded the Middle East, intent on taking the Holy Land from the Muslims. The following 200 years were marked by a series of military campaigns known as the Crusades. Join us to follow the history of the Crusades from 1095 onwards. Castles, battles, religious clashes, Richard the Lionheart, the Assassins, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Saladin, the Knights Templar - all will feature as we examine one of the most interesting periods in history.
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The new podcast series "Reconquista" which carries on from the History of the Crusades Podcast is now available.
7/25/2020 • 2 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 321 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXVI - The End
12/20/2019 • 27 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 320 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXV - The decline of the Teutonic Order
12/13/2019 • 23 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 319 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXIV - Many endings
12/6/2019 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 318 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXIII - Coronation crisis
11/29/2019 • 23 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 317 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXII - The Great Conference of 1427
11/22/2019 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 316 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XXI - War and peace
11/15/2019 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 315 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XX - Catching up on news from home
11/8/2019 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 314 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XIX - The Council of Constance Part 3
11/1/2019 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 313 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XVIII - The Council of Constance Part 2
10/25/2019 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 312 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XVII - The Council of Constance Part 1
10/18/2019 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
Episode 311 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XVI - The Hunger War
10/11/2019 • 19 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 310 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XV - A new Grandmaster
10/4/2019 • 21 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 309 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XIV - Michael and the Emperor
9/27/2019 • 20 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 308 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XIII - Tales of intrigue and suspicion
9/20/2019 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 307 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XII - The First Peace of Thorn
9/13/2019 • 24 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 306 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict XI - The siege of Marienburg
9/6/2019 • 21 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 305 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict X - To Marienburg
8/30/2019 • 23 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 304 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict IX - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 3
8/23/2019 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Episode 303 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict VIII - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 2
8/16/2019 • 21 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 302 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict VII - The Battle of Tannenberg Part 1
8/9/2019 • 22 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 301 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict VI - A troubled peace
8/2/2019 • 22 minutes, 1 second
Episode 300 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict V - Samogitia erupts
7/26/2019 • 22 minutes, 7 seconds
Episode 299 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict IV - Tensions rise
7/19/2019 • 22 minutes, 3 seconds
Episode 298 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict III - Trying times
7/12/2019 • 21 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 297 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict II - Rebellion and war
7/5/2019 • 22 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 296 - The Baltic Crusades
The Lithuanian Conflict I - The Gotland War
6/28/2019 • 21 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 295 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade LII - Internal strife
6/21/2019 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 294 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXVI - Samogitian revolt
6/14/2019 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 293 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXV - The end of the Samogitian Crusade
6/7/2019 • 21 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 292 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXIV - The second siege of Vilnius
5/31/2019 • 22 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 291 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXIII - Vytautus victorious
5/24/2019 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 290 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXII - Grandmaster Conrad von Wallenrode
5/17/2019 • 20 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 289 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XXI - The crusade of Henry Bolingbroke
5/10/2019 • 21 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 288 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XX - Vytautus strikes back
5/3/2019 • 21 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 287 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade - Samogitian defiance
4/26/2019 • 22 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 286 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XVIII - Poland and Lithuania
4/18/2019 • 24 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 285 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XVII - Jogaila v Vytautas
4/12/2019 • 23 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 284 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XVI - The Supreme Prince of Lithuania
4/5/2019 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 283 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XV - Jogaila
3/29/2019 • 22 minutes, 42 seconds
Episode 282 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XIV - The Battle of Rudau
3/22/2019 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 281 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade LI - Border raids
3/15/2019 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 280 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XIII - The siege of Kaunas 1362
3/8/2019 • 21 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 279 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XII - A failed conversion
3/1/2019 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 278 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade XI - Dobrin
2/22/2019 • 23 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 277 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade X - Grandmaster Winrich von Kniprode
2/15/2019 • 22 minutes, 34 seconds
Episode 276 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade IX - The battle on the Strebe
12/21/2018 • 23 minutes
Episode 275 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade VIII - Grand Duke Algirdas of Lithuania
12/14/2018 • 21 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 274 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade L - The Great Estonian Insurrection Part 3
12/7/2018 • 20 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 273 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLIX - The Great Estonian Insurrection Part 2
11/30/2018 • 20 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 272 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLVIII - The Great Estonian Insurrection Part 1
11/23/2018 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 271 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade VII - King Casimir of Poland
11/16/2018 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 270 - The Baltic Crusades
The battle of Płowce
11/9/2018 • 23 minutes, 42 seconds
Episode 269 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLVII - The end of the civil war
11/2/2018 • 22 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 268 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade V - 1328-1330
10/26/2018 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 267 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLVI - Lithuania rising
10/19/2018 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 266 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLV - The letters of Gediminas
10/12/2018 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 265 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLIV - The civil war rolls on
10/5/2018 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 264 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade IV - Samogitian focus
9/28/2018 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 263 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLIII - Papal investigations
9/21/2018 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Episode 262 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade III - Grandmaster Karl von Trier
9/14/2018 • 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Episode 261 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade II - Vytenis v Heinrich von Plötzke
9/7/2018 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 260 - The Baltic Crusades
The Samogitian Crusade I - Setting the scene
8/31/2018 • 23 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 259 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLII - Archbishop Friedrich of Riga
8/24/2018 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 258 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XLI - Archbishop Isarnus of Riga
8/17/2018 • 20 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 257 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XL - Civil war
8/10/2018 • 24 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 256 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXIX - The merchants of Riga
8/3/2018 • 24 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 255 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XXI - A less fuzzy end
7/27/2018 • 24 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 254 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XX - A fuzzy end
7/20/2018 • 22 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 253 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XIX - So many Master Conrads
7/13/2018 • 22 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 252 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XVIII - The Third Prussian Insurrection
7/6/2018 • 23 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 251 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXVIII - The late 1270s
6/29/2018 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 250 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXVII - The early 1270s
6/22/2018 • 23 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 249 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XVII - The end of the Second Insurrection
6/15/2018 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 248 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XVI - Samland surrenders
6/8/2018 • 22 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 247 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XV - Pagan victories
6/1/2018 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 246 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXVI - The Order fights back
5/25/2018 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 245 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XIV - The siege of Königsberg
5/18/2018 • 22 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 244 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XIII - The Second Prussian Insurrection
5/11/2018 • 20 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 243 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXV - Crisis
5/4/2018 • 23 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 242 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXIV - The Battle of Durben
4/27/2018 • 23 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 241 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XII - The First Prussian Insurrection
4/20/2018 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 240 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXIII - Albert Suerbeer
4/13/2018 • 24 minutes, 7 seconds
Episode 239 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXII - Samogitian defiance
4/6/2018 • 23 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 238 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXXI - The Southern Push Part 3
3/29/2018 • 23 minutes, 22 seconds
Episode 237 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXX - The Southern Push Part 2
3/23/2018 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 236 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXIX The Southern Push Part 1
3/16/2018 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
Episode 235 - The Baltic Crusades
The Mongol Invasions
3/9/2018 • 26 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 234 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade XI - The Four Bishoprics
3/2/2018 • 24 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 233 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade X - Bishop Christian
2/23/2018 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 232 - The Baltic Crusades
The Crusade to Novgorod
12/22/2017 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 231 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXVIII - The end of the Swordbrothers
12/15/2017 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 230 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXVII - Trouble for the Swordbrothers
12/8/2017 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 229 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXVI - Overreach
12/1/2017 • 21 minutes, 1 second
Episode 228 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXV - Baldwin of Alna
11/24/2017 • 23 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 227 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade IX - The Charter of Kulm
11/17/2017 • 18 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 226 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade VIII - Legalities
11/10/2017 • 19 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 225 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade VII - Vogelsang
11/3/2017 • 19 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 224 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade VI - The Golden Bull of Rimini
10/27/2017 • 18 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 223 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade V - The Teutonic Knights
10/20/2017 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
Episode 222 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade IV - 1221-1226
10/13/2017 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 221 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade III - Bishop Christian
10/6/2017 • 22 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 220 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade II - Poland
9/29/2017 • 22 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 219 - The Baltic Crusades
The Prussian Crusade I - Pre-Christian Prussia
9/22/2017 • 19 minutes, 35 seconds
Episode 218 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXIV - 1227: a finishing point
9/15/2017 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 217 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXIII - William of Modena
9/8/2017 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 216 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXII - Changing fortunes
9/1/2017 • 23 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 215 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XXI - The Estonian uprisings
8/25/2017 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 214 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XX - 1221-1222
8/18/2017 • 21 minutes, 42 seconds
Episode 213 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade IXX - Danish ascendancy
8/11/2017 • 20 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 212 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XVIII - The Danish conquest of Estonia
8/4/2017 • 21 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 211 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XVII - The Danish Checkmate
7/28/2017 • 20 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 210 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XVI - Two Alberts
7/21/2017 • 20 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 209 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XV - The Fourth Lateran Council
7/14/2017 • 22 minutes, 16 seconds
Episode 208 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XIV - 1212-1215
7/7/2017 • 21 minutes, 59 seconds
Episode 207 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XIII - The Estonian problem
6/30/2017 • 21 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 206 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XII - Livonia under attack
6/23/2017 • 24 minutes, 37 seconds
Episode 205 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade XI - Attacking the neighbours
6/16/2017 • 22 minutes
Episode 204 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade X - Headaches for Bishop Albert
6/9/2017 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 203 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade IX - 'Life is not fair. Praise God'
6/2/2017 • 24 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 202 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade VIII - External threats
5/26/2017 • 20 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 201 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade VII - Livonian uprising
5/19/2017 • 17 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 200 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade VI - Polotsk
5/12/2017 • 23 minutes, 17 seconds
The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade V - The Christian Pageant
5/5/2017 • 14 minutes, 51 seconds
Episode 198 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade IV - The Swordbrothers
4/28/2017 • 22 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 197 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade III - Bishop Albert
4/21/2017 • 21 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 196 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade II - An unpromising start
4/13/2017 • 19 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 195 - The Baltic Crusades
The Livonian Crusade I - Latin-Christian expansion
4/7/2017 • 24 minutes, 22 seconds
Episode 194 - The Baltic Crusades
The Christianisation of Poland
3/31/2017 • 26 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 193 - The Baltic Crusades
The Teutonic Knights
3/24/2017 • 24 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 192 - The Baltic Crusades
The Wendish Crusade III - In the shadow of the Crusade
3/17/2017 • 25 minutes, 14 seconds
Episode 191 - The Baltic Crusades
The Wendish Crusade II - Wrong bird!
3/10/2017 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 190 - The Baltic Crusades
The Wendish Crusade I - Henry the Lion
3/3/2017 • 20 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 189 - The Baltic Crusades
Meet the Balts
2/24/2017 • 27 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 188 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Cathar legacy
12/23/2016 • 33 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 187 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The last Cathars
12/16/2016 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 186 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The last Cathar Perfect
12/9/2016 • 27 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 185 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The trial of Bernard Delicieux
12/2/2016 • 34 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 184 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The dark years: 1309 & 1310
11/25/2016 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 183 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The net closes
11/18/2016 • 23 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 182 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Montaillou
11/11/2016 • 18 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 181 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Betrayal
11/4/2016 • 21 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 180 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Majorcan Plot
10/28/2016 • 18 minutes, 35 seconds
Episode 179 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Royal Visit
10/21/2016 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 178 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The storming of The Wall
10/14/2016 • 26 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 177 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Have we not horns?
10/7/2016 • 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 176 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Bernard Delicieux
9/30/2016 • 22 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 175 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Authie Brothers
9/23/2016 • 19 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 174 - The Crusade against the Cathars
14th century France
9/16/2016 • 25 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 173 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The end of the 13th century
9/9/2016 • 19 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 172 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Montsegur 1244
9/2/2016 • 23 minutes, 50 seconds
Episode 171 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The last stand
8/26/2016 • 18 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 170 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Inquisition : resistance rises
8/19/2016 • 22 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 169 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Inquisition : the early years
8/12/2016 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 168 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The beginning of the Inquisition
8/5/2016 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 167 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The end of the Crusade
7/29/2016 • 25 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 166 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The crusade of King Louis VIII
7/22/2016 • 23 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 165 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Deliverance
7/15/2016 • 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Episode 164 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Post mortem
7/8/2016 • 21 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 163 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Lo lop es mort!
7/1/2016 • 23 minutes, 3 seconds
Episode 162 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Toulouse 1218
6/24/2016 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 161 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Toulouse 1217
6/17/2016 • 20 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 160 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The rebel invasion
6/10/2016 • 21 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 159 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Toulouse 1216
6/3/2016 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 158 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Beaucaire
5/27/2016 • 26 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 157 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Early 1216
5/20/2016 • 19 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 156 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Eccumenical Council
5/13/2016 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 155 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Prince Louis's Crusade
5/6/2016 • 24 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 154 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Council of Montpellier 1215
4/29/2016 • 21 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 153 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Exit King John
4/22/2016 • 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 152 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Casseneuil
4/15/2016 • 26 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 151 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Narbonne 1214
4/8/2016 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 150 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Rebel resistance rises
4/1/2016 • 20 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 149 - The Crusade against the Cathars
To the end of 1213
3/24/2016 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 148 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Muret - aftermath
3/18/2016 • 18 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 147 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Muret - analysis
3/11/2016 • 19 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 146 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Battle of Muret - Part II
3/11/2016 • 25 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 145 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Battle of Muret Part I
2/26/2016 • 19 minutes, 24 seconds
Episode 144 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Towards Muret
2/19/2016 • 19 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 143 - The Crusade against the Cathars
We need to talk about King John
2/12/2016 • 21 minutes, 1 second
Episode 142 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The decision of Pope Innocent III
2/5/2016 • 21 minutes, 44 seconds
Episode 141 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Kingdom Strikes Back
12/18/2015 • 26 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 140 - The Crusade against the Cathars
King Peter II of Aragon Part 2
12/11/2015 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 139 - The Crusade against the Cathars
King Peter II of Aragon Part 1
12/4/2015 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 138 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Moissac
11/27/2015 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 137 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The invasion of the Agenais
11/20/2015 • 20 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 136 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Hautpol and the siege of St-Antonin
11/13/2015 • 24 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 135 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The winter campaign of 1212
11/6/2015 • 20 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 134 - The Crusade against the Cathars
To the end of the year 1211
10/30/2015 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 133 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The battle of Saint-Martin-la-Lande
10/23/2015 • 21 minutes, 16 seconds
Episode 132 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Castelnaudry
10/16/2015 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 131 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Toulouse
10/9/2015 • 25 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 130 - The Crusade against the Cathars
To Toulouse
10/2/2015 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 129 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The surrender of Cabaret and the siege of Lavaur
9/25/2015 • 24 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 128 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The flight of St Martin's bird
9/18/2015 • 19 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 127 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Termes
9/11/2015 • 24 minutes, 1 second
Episode 126 - The Crusade against the Cathars
To Termes
9/4/2015 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 125 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The siege of Minerve
8/28/2015 • 26 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 124 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Atrocities
8/21/2015 • 26 minutes, 4 seconds
Episode 123 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Reversals of fortune
7/31/2015 • 23 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 122 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Viscount Simon de Montfort
7/24/2015 • 22 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 121 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The fall of Carcassonne
7/17/2015 • 22 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 120 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Siege of Carcassonne
7/10/2015 • 25 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 119 - The Crusade against the Cathars
To Carcassonne
7/3/2015 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 118 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The sack of Beziers
6/26/2015 • 26 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 117 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Gathering Force
6/19/2015 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 116 - The Crusade against the Cathars
"Forward then soldiers of Christ!"
6/12/2015 • 25 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 115 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Murder
6/5/2015 • 22 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 114 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The Papal Legates
5/29/2015 • 22 minutes, 54 seconds
Episode 113 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Count Raymond VI of Toulouse
5/22/2015 • 21 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 112 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The heresy takes root
5/15/2015 • 21 minutes, 7 seconds
Episode 111 - The Crusade against the Cathars
The origins of the Cathars
5/8/2015 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 110 - The Crusade against the Cathars
Languedoc in 1208
5/1/2015 • 20 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 109 - The Crusade against the Cathars
A short introduction
4/24/2015 • 11 minutes, 43 seconds
Special Announcement!
A new episode is available: King Peter of Cyprus and the Last Crusade. Listen to this announcement to hear how to download the episode. The episode can be purchased from here:https://historyofthecrusades.bandcamp.com/releases
3/6/2015 • 4 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 107 - The Fall of Acre
12/19/2014 • 26 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 106 - The Fall of Tripoli
12/12/2014 • 19 minutes, 31 seconds
Episode 105 - Party Like There's No Tomorrow
12/5/2014 • 23 minutes, 36 seconds
Episode 104 - Troubled Times
11/28/2014 • 21 minutes, 53 seconds
Episode 103 - The Last Crusades
11/21/2014 • 22 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 102 - The Fall of Antioch
11/14/2014 • 22 minutes, 35 seconds
Episode 101 - Baibars attacks!
11/7/2014 • 23 minutes, 38 seconds
Episode 100 - Baibars
10/31/2014 • 22 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 99 - Egyptian Resistance
10/24/2014 • 21 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 98 - The Mongol Invasion
10/17/2014 • 21 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 97 - The Warring Merchants
10/10/2014 • 20 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 96 - King Louis' Crusade VI
Aftermath
10/3/2014 • 24 minutes, 3 seconds
Episode 95 - King Louis' Crusade V
Defeat
9/26/2014 • 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 94 - King Louis' Crusade IV
The battle of Mansourah
9/19/2014 • 21 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 93 - King Louis' Crusade III
To Mansourah
9/12/2014 • 24 minutes, 50 seconds
Episode 92 - King Louis' Crusade II
To Damietta
9/5/2014 • 23 minutes, 18 seconds
Episode 91 - King Louis' Crusade I
Preparations and recruitment
8/29/2014 • 23 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 90 - Disaster Strikes
8/22/2014 • 23 minutes, 28 seconds
Episode 89 - The Barons' Crusade
8/15/2014 • 24 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 88 - Emperor Frederick's Crusade II
8/8/2014 • 21 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 87 - Emperor Frederick's Crusade I
8/1/2014 • 23 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 86 - Emperor Frederick II
7/25/2014 • 22 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 85 - The Fifth Crusade IV
Conclusion
7/18/2014 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 84 - The Fifth Crusade III
In the swamp
7/11/2014 • 21 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 83 - The Fifth Crusade II
To Damietta
7/4/2014 • 25 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 82 - The Fifth Crusade I
Recruitment
6/27/2014 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 81 - The Children's Crusade
6/20/2014 • 21 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 80 - Meanwhile, back in the Holy Land...
What has been happening in the Holy Land while we've been away on the Fourth Crusade?
6/13/2014 • 24 minutes, 17 seconds
Episode 79 - The Fourth Crusade X
Aftermath
6/6/2014 • 28 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 78 - The Fourth Crusade IX
The sack of Constantinople
5/30/2014 • 25 minutes, 11 seconds
Episode 77 - The Fourth Crusade VIII
The second siege of Constantinople
5/23/2014 • 29 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 76 - The Fourth Crusade VII
Victory?
5/16/2014 • 25 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 75 - The Fourth Crusade VI
The First Siege of Constantinople
4/17/2014 • 25 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 74 - The Fourth Crusade V
To Constantinople
4/11/2014 • 24 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 73 - The Fourth Crusade IV
A change of plan
4/4/2014 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 72 - The Fourth Crusade III
The siege of Zara
3/28/2014 • 27 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 71 - The Fourth Crusade II
Venice
3/21/2014 • 24 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 70 - The Fourth Crusade I
Pope Innocent III
3/14/2014 • 25 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 69 - The German Crusade
3/7/2014 • 28 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 68 - Life In the Crusader States
2/28/2014 • 23 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 67 - Christianity in the Crusader States
We take a closer look at the local Middle Eastern Christian religions in the Crusader States.
2/21/2014 • 28 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 66 - The Third Crusade XIV
The Treaty of Jaffa
2/14/2014 • 31 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 65 - The Third Crusade XIII
The fate of Kings
2/7/2014 • 22 minutes, 25 seconds
Episode 64 - The Third Crusade XII
12 Miles
1/31/2014 • 22 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 63 - The Third Crusade XI
Stalemate
1/24/2014 • 25 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 62 - The Third Crusade X
To Jaffa!
1/17/2014 • 29 minutes, 6 seconds
Episode 61 - The Third Crusade IX
Aftermath of the siege of Acre
12/20/2013 • 23 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 60 - The Third Crusade VIII
Victory at Acre
12/13/2013 • 26 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 59 -The Third Crusade VII
The arrival of the Kings
12/6/2013 • 24 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 58 - The Third Crusade VI
The siege of Acre Part 3
11/29/2013 • 25 minutes, 45 seconds
Episode 57 - The Third Crusade V
The siege of Acre Part 2
11/22/2013 • 22 minutes, 29 seconds
Episode 56 - The Third Crusade IV
The siege of Acre Part 1
11/15/2013 • 25 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 55 - The Third Crusade III
The Crusade of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa
11/8/2013 • 24 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 54 - The Third Crusade II
To Sicily
11/1/2013 • 25 minutes, 30 seconds
Episode 53 - The Third Crusade I
Setting the scene
10/25/2013 • 27 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 52 - The Fall of Jerusalem
10/18/2013 • 25 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 51 - The Horns of Hattin
The epic show-down between Saladin and the Latin Christians takes place at the battle of Hattin.
10/11/2013 • 35 minutes, 47 seconds
Episode 50 - The very short reign of King Baldwin V
The very short reign of young King Baldwin V and its aftermath
10/4/2013 • 24 minutes, 49 seconds
Episode 49 - Tensions rise...and a King dies
9/27/2013 • 27 minutes, 23 seconds
Episode 48 - The Decline of Byzantium
9/20/2013 • 26 minutes, 39 seconds
Episode 47 - The year 1180
This year sees the marriage of King Baldwin's sister Sibylla and the death of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel.
9/13/2013 • 27 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 46 - The Rise of Saladin
9/6/2013 • 27 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 45 - The Leper King
The reign of King Baldwin IV commences.
8/30/2013 • 24 minutes, 40 seconds
Episode 44 - The Fall of Giants
The year 1174 was a major one with the unexpected deaths of two main players.
8/23/2013 • 28 minutes, 57 seconds
Episode 43 - Krak des Chevaliers
An episode about the famous Crusader Castle - Krak des Chevaliers
8/16/2013 • 29 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 42 - Egypt Part III
The battle for Egypt concludes
8/9/2013 • 30 minutes, 4 seconds
Episode 41 - Egypt Part II
8/2/2013 • 26 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 40 - Egypt Part I
7/26/2013 • 25 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 39 - Frankish Revival
7/19/2013 • 24 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 38 - Changing Fortunes
7/10/2013 • 25 minutes, 21 seconds
Episode 37 - The Second Crusade IX
Aftermath
7/5/2013 • 25 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 36 - The Second Crusade VIII
Damascus
6/28/2013 • 27 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 35 - The Second Crusade VII
Onward to Antioch
6/21/2013 • 22 minutes, 27 seconds
Episode 34 - The Second Crusade VI
Across Anatolia
6/14/2013 • 23 minutes, 7 seconds
Episode 33(b) - The Second Crusade V continued
Contains the missing 3 minutes from the end of episode 33
6/8/2013 • 4 minutes, 9 seconds
Episode 33 - The Second Crusade V
Onward to Constantinople!
6/7/2013 • 20 minutes, 50 seconds
Episode 32 - The Second Crusade IV
Diversions and preparations
5/31/2013 • 24 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 31 - The Second Crusade III
"Crosses, give us crosses!"
5/23/2013 • 28 minutes, 26 seconds
Episode 30 - The Second Crusade II
The fall of Edessa
5/17/2013 • 25 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 29 - The Second Crusade I
Zangi attacks!
5/10/2013 • 30 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 28 - Eleanor of Aquitaine Part IV
Featuring an ageing Queen Eleanor, Thomas Becket and some Kings.
5/3/2013 • 32 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 27 - Eleanor of Aquitaine Part III
In which Eleanor Queen of France, becomes Eleanor Queen of England
4/26/2013 • 21 minutes, 41 seconds
Episode 26 - Eleanor of Aquitaine Part II
In which Eleanor goes on Crusade
4/19/2013 • 28 minutes, 19 seconds
Episode 25 - Eleanor of Aquitaine Part I
Mostly about the year 1137
4/12/2013 • 27 minutes, 4 seconds
Episode 24 - The Assassins
A short study of the Nizari Isma'ili sect
4/5/2013 • 22 minutes, 58 seconds
Episode 23 - The Knights Templar Part II
The rise and fall of the Knights Templar.
3/28/2013 • 24 minutes, 52 seconds
Episode 22 - The Knights Templar Part I
The establishment of the Knights Templar
3/22/2013 • 21 minutes, 8 seconds
Episode 21 - The Crusader States : The Kingdom of Jerusalem
3/15/2013 • 30 minutes, 43 seconds
Episode 20 - The Crusader States - The County of Edessa and the County of Tripoli
3/8/2013 • 26 minutes, 5 seconds
Episode 19 - The Crusader States : The Principality of Antioch
3/1/2013 • 31 minutes, 13 seconds
Episode 18 - After the Conquest 1100-1101
The aftermath of the First Crusade and the tumultuous events of the years 1100 and 1101
2/22/2013 • 29 minutes, 48 seconds
Episode 17 - The First Crusade XIII
The Siege of Jerusalem
2/15/2013 • 32 minutes, 2 seconds
Episode 16 - The First Crusade XII
Onwards to Jerusalem
2/8/2013 • 27 minutes, 35 seconds
Episode 15 - The First Crusade XI
The Siege of Marrat an-Numan
2/1/2013 • 24 minutes
Episode 14 - The First Crusade X
Delay, discord, disease and indecision.
1/25/2013 • 24 minutes, 46 seconds
Episode 13 - The First Crusade IX
The Siege of Antioch continues...and concludes.
1/18/2013 • 39 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 12 - First Crusade VIII
The Siege of Antioch continues...
12/21/2012 • 37 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 11 - The First Crusade VII
The Siege of Antioch
12/14/2012 • 38 minutes, 56 seconds
Episode 10 - The First Crusade VI
The journey of Tancred of Hauteville and Baldwin of Boulogne
12/7/2012 • 27 minutes, 32 seconds
Episode 9 - The First Crusade V
Onward to Antioch
11/30/2012 • 25 minutes, 12 seconds
Episode 8 - The First Crusade IV
The Battle near Dorylaeum
11/23/2012 • 21 minutes, 10 seconds
Episode 7 - The First Crusade III
The siege of Nicaea
11/16/2012 • 33 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 6 - The First Crusade II
Latin Christendom to Constantinople.
11/9/2012 • 33 minutes, 20 seconds
Episode 5 - The First Crusade I
Planning, preparations, pogroms and principal players
11/2/2012 • 40 minutes, 16 seconds
Episode 4 - The Peasants' Crusade
10/26/2012 • 26 minutes, 15 seconds
Episode 3 - The speech that launched the Crusades
Pope Urban II and his speech at Clermont which started the crusading movement
10/19/2012 • 24 minutes, 33 seconds
Episode 2 - The Middle East and the Byzantine Empire prior to the First Crusade
10/12/2012 • 18 minutes, 55 seconds
Episode 1 - Latin Christendom in 1090
A description of Latin Christendom shortly before the First Crusade
