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Renaissance #204 – A Coalition of Competing Interests (The Crusades part 13)
This episode finds the Crusaders marching through the Anatolian desert, doing deals with French pirates, selling their armour and watching pack animals sliding down wet mountain paths, until…
Renaissance #203 – Dorylaeum (The Crusades part 12)
After the Crusaders had their first big victory at Nicaea, they continued their journey towards Jerusalem. While they camped at Dorylaeum on July 1, 1097, the Turks swooped…
Renaissance #202 – The Siege of Nicaea (The Crusades part 11)
The attack on Nicaea during the First Crusade was victorious thanks to the support of Emperor Alexius. But the Crusaders were very unhappy that he wouldn't let them…
Renaissance #201 – The Crusader with No Nose (The Crusades part 10)
In May 1097, the Christian Princes of France, accompanied by a man with a cut-off nose, arrived in Nicaea, Turkey, the capital of the Seljuk kingdom. It sat…