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"Hello! I'm Ken and this is Teach Medieval!"
Are you interested in the medieval period? Are you studying it at school, college or university? Then we're here for you! 'Teach Medieval' is a podcast channel dedicated to bringing you the most engaging and accessible conversations with the finest experts in the period! So what are you waiting for? Get listening ... and get learning!!
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Step into one of the most dramatic and disastrous chapters of medieval history with our brand-new two-part podcast series on the Second Crusade. In Episode 1, we plunge into the story itself—from the shocking fall of Edessa in 1144 and the rallying cry across Europe to the march eastward of kings and humiliating defeat at the gates of Damascus. Then, in Episode 2, we go deeper, asking the big question: why did the Second Crusade fail so completely? Was it poor leadership, Byzantine hostility, or the growing unity of Muslim forces? Guiding us through this fascinating mix of ambition, betrayal, and miscalculation is Associate Professor Nicholas Morton of Nottingham Trent University, a leading expert in crusader history. If you want gripping storytelling, sharp analysis and expert insight, this is a series you won’t want to miss. The Second Crusade like you’ve never heard it before!
This episode is part of a mini-series:
Ep.1: Narrative - What's the story of the Second Crusade?
Ep.2: Analysis - Why did the Second Crusade fail?
Recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
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Step into one of the most dramatic and disastrous chapters of medieval history with our brand-new two-part podcast series on the Second Crusade. In Episode 1, we plunge into the story itself—from the shocking fall of Edessa in 1144 and the rallying cry across Europe to the march eastward of kings and humiliating defeat at the gates of Damascus. Then, in Episode 2, we go deeper, asking the big question: why did the Second Crusade fail so completely? Was it poor leadership, Byzantine hostility, or the growing unity of Muslim forces? Guiding us through this fascinating mix of ambition, betrayal, and miscalculation is Associate Professor Nicholas Morton of Nottingham Trent University, a leading expert in crusader history. If you want gripping storytelling, sharp analysis and expert insight, this is a series you won’t want to miss. The Second Crusade like you’ve never heard it before!
This episode is part of a mini-series:
Ep.1: Narrative - What's the story of the Second crusade?
ep.2: Analysis - Why did the Second Crusade fail?
Recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
The Field of Blood: The Battle for Aleppo and the Remaking of the Medieval Middle East
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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The early Islamic response to the First Crusade was deeply disunited, with rivalry, distrust and self-interest undermining all hope of any real cooperation. This lack of unity was a major factor in the Crusaders’ remarkable success, allowing them to seize territory and establish the states of Outremer. In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas Brosset explores the nature and extent of this early disunity before turning to the emergence of key leaders who, in time, managed to coordinate a stronger, more muscular response to the Frankish presence in the Near East.
This episode is one of a two-part mini-series:
Ep.1: How disunited was the response in the early decades?
Ep.2: How and when did unity begin to emerge?
This mini-series was part-inspired by:
Dr Thomas Brosset refers to this work in 'Ep.1: Disunity':
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History (4th Ed.)
Social media:
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The early Islamic response to the First Crusade was deeply disunited, with rivalry, distrust and self-interest undermining al hope of any real cooperation. This lack of unity was a major factor in the Crusaders’ remarkable success, allowing them to seize territory and establish the states of Outremer. In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas Brosset explores the nature and extent of this early disunity before turning to the emergence of key leaders who, in time, managed to coordinate a stronger, more muscular response to the Frankish presence in the Near East.
This episode is one of a two-part mini-series:
Ep.1: How disunited was the response in the early decades?
Ep.2: How and when did unity begin to emerge?
This mini-series was part-inspired by:
Dr Thomas Brosset refers to this work in 'Ep.1: Disunity':
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History (4th Ed.)
Social media:
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The Assassins and Templars are two of the most iconic and enigmatic groups associated with the medieval Near East to the point where, even today, myths continue to swirl around their very names and huge entertainment franchises such as Ubisoft's 'Assassin's Creed' are founded on their legacy. But behind the (admittedly thrilling) fantasy, what's the reality? What part did these two groups play in what Dr Steve Tibble has called "the crazy, bloody world of the medieval Near East"?
This episode is one of a three-part mini-series:
Ep.1: Who were the real Assassins?
Ep.2: Who were the real Templars?
Ep.3: What parallels can we see between them?
This mini-series is based on:
Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood
Other recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:
Templars: The Knights who made Britain
Crusader Criminals: The Knights who went Rogue in the Holy Land
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History (4th Ed.)
Social media:
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The Assassins and Templars are two of the most iconic and enigmatic groups associated with the medieval Near East to the point where, even today, myths continue to swirl around their very names and huge entertainment franchises such as Ubisoft's 'Assassin's Creed' are founded on their legacy. But behind the (admittedly thrilling) fantasy, what's the reality? What part did these two groups play in what Dr Steve Tibble has called "the crazy, bloody world of the medieval Near East"?
This episode is one of a three-part mini-series:
Ep.1: Who were the real Assassins?
Ep.2: Who were the real Templars?
Ep.3: What parallels can we see between them?
This mini-series is based on:
Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood
Other recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:
Templars: The Knights who made Britain
Crusader Criminals: The Knights who went Rogue in the Holy Land
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History (4th Ed.)
Social media:
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The Assassins and Templars are two of the most iconic and enigmatic groups associated with the medieval Near East to the point where, even today, myths continue to swirl around their very names and huge entertainment franchises such as Ubisoft's 'Assassin's Creed' are founded on their legacy. But behind the (admittedly thrilling) fantasy, what's the reality? What part did these two groups play in what Dr Steve Tibble has called "the crazy, bloody world of the medieval Near East"?
This episode is one of a three-part mini-series:
Ep.1: Who were the real Assassins?
Ep.2: Who were the real Templars?
Ep.3: What parallels can we see between them?
This mini-series is based on:
Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood
Other recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:
Templars: The Knights who made Britain
Crusader Criminals: The Knights who went Rogue in the Holy Land
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History (4th Ed.)
Social media:
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It is over 750 years since Simon de Montfort called his 1265 parliament. Is his failed revolution still worth talking about today? Did it even matter at the time?
This episode part of a mini-series:
Ep.1: What were the causes of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.2: What were the events of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.3: What is the significance of the Second Barons' War?
This mini-series is based on:
The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry
Further reading:
Adrian Jobson (ed.): Baronial Reform and Revolution in England 1258-67
David Carpenter: Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258
David Carpenter: Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272
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From 1264 to 1267, Henry III of England was at war with many of his barons. What form did this conflict take? And how, ultimately, did it end?
This episode part of a mini-series:
Ep.1: What were the causes of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.2: What were the events of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.3: What is the significance of the Second Barons' War?
This mini-series is based on:
The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry
Further reading:
Adrian Jobson (ed.): Baronial Reform and Revolution in England 1258-67
David Carpenter: Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258
David Carpenter: Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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From 1264 to 1267, Henry III of England was at war with many of his barons. Why? What had gone wrong during Henry's reign to make so many of his barons and bishops so frustrated with his rule?
This episode part of a mini-series:
Ep.1: What were the causes of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.2: What were the events of the Second Barons' War?
Ep.3: What is the significance of the Second Barons' War?
This mini-series is based on:
The Song of Simon de Montfort: England's First Revolutionary and the Death of Chivalry
Further reading:
Adrian Jobson (ed.): Baronial Reform and Revolution in England 1258-67
David Carpenter: Henry III: The Rise to Power and Personal Rule, 1207-1258
David Carpenter: Henry III: Reform, Rebellion, Civil War, Settlement, 1258-1272
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
Instagram: @teachmedieval
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In the decades immediately following the First Crusade, an isolated and outnumbered Frankish elite managed to establish four new states in the Levant. How were they able to do this? In this mini-series, Associate Professor Nicholas Morton explores the four main contributory factors. In this final episode, he considers the role played by the states' supporters abroad. Just how significant was it?
This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did Muslim disunity play?
Ep.3: What role did political leadership play?
Ep.4: What role did external support play?
This mini-series is based on:
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Other recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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In the decades immediately following the First Crusade, an isolated and outnumbered Frankish elite managed to establish four new states in the Levant. How were they able to do this? In this mini-series, Associate Professor Nicholas Morton explores the four main contributory factors. In this third episode, he considers the role played by the leaders' political decision-making. Just how skilled were they?
This episode is the third in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did Muslim disunity play?
Ep.3: What role did political leadership play?
Ep.4: What role did external support play?
This mini-series is based on:
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Other recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
Instagram: @teachmedieval
Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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LinkedIn: Teach Medieval
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In the decades following the First Crusade, an isolated and outnumbered Frankish elite managed to establish four new states in the Levant. How were they able to do this? In this mini-series, Associate Professor Nicholas Morton explores the four main contributory factors. In this second episode, he considers the role played by their Muslim opponents’ disunity.
This episode is the second in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did Muslim disunity play?
Ep.3: What role did political skill play?
Ep.4: What role did external support play?
This mini-series is based on:
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Other recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
Instagram: @teachmedieval
Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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LinkedIn: Teach Medieval
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In the decades immediately following the First Crusade, an isolated and outnumbered Frankish elite managed to establish four new states in the Levant. How were they able to do this? In this new mini-series, Associate Professor Nicholas Morton explores the four main contributory factors. In this first episode, he considers the role played by the crusaders’ military skill.
This episode is the first in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did Muslim disunity play?
Ep.3: What role did political skill play?
Ep.4: What role did external support play?
This mini-series is based on:
The Crusader States and their Neighbours: A military history 1099-1187
Other recommended works by Associate Professor Nicholas Morton:
Encountering Islam on the First Crusade
The Mongol Storm: Making and Breaking Empires in the Medieval Near East
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
Instagram: @teachmedieval
Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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LinkedIn: Teach Medieval
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The First Crusade 1095-99 was an astonishing success against all the odds. Why? In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas W Smith explores the four main contributory factors one at a time and in substantial depth. In this fourth episode, he considers the part played by divisions within the Muslim world at the time. Did they play a crucial role? Or can they be overplayed?
This episode is the fourth in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did religious fervour play?
Ep.3: What role did Byzantine support play?
Ep.4: What role did Muslim disunity play?
This mini-series is based on:
Other recommended works by Dr Thomas W Smith:
Curia and Crusade: Pope Honorius III and the Recovery of the Holy Land 1216-27
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: The Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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The First Crusade 1095-99 was an astonishing success against all the odds. Why? In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas W Smith explores the four main contributory factors one at a time and in substantial depth. In this third episode, he considers the role played by the crusaders’ Byzantine allies. Has their contribution to the crusade’s ultimate success been underplayed?
This episode is the third in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did religious fervour play?
Ep.3: What role did Byzantine support play?
Ep.4: What role did Muslim disunity play?
This mini-series is based on:
Other recommended works by Dr Thomas W Smith:
Curia and Crusade: Pope Honorius III and the Recovery of the Holy Land 1216-27
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: The Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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The First Crusade 1095-99 was an astonishing success against all the odds. Why? In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas W Smith explores the four main contributory factors one at a time and in substantial depth. In this second episode, he considers the role played by the crusaders’ religious fervour. Just how central was it to their inexorable progress and ultimate victory?
This episode is the second in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did religious fervour play?
Ep.3: What role did Byzantine support play?
Ep.4: What role did Muslim disunity play?
This mini-series is based on:
Other recommended works by Dr Thomas W Smith:
Curia and Crusade: Pope Honorius III and the Recovery of the Holy Land 1216-27
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: The Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
Instagram: @teachmedieval
Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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LinkedIn: Teach Medieval
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The First Crusade 1095-99 was an astonishing success against all the odds. Why? In this new mini-series, Dr Thomas W Smith explores the four main contributory factors one at a time and in substantial depth. In this first episode, he considers the role played by the crusaders’ martial prowess. Just how significant was it in their ultimate victory?
This episode is the first in a mini-series of four. The complete mini-series includes:
Ep.1: What role did military skill play?
Ep.2: What role did religious fervour play?
Ep.3: What role did Byzantine support play?
Ep.4: What role did Muslim disunity play?
This mini-series is based on:
Other recommended works by Dr Thomas W Smith:
Curia and Crusade: Pope Honorius III and the Recovery of the Holy Land 1216-27
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: The Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
If you would like to keep up to date with all things ‘Teach Medieval’, you can find us on:
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Twitter: @TeachMedieval
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LinkedIn: Teach Medieval
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The four Crusader States established in the wake of the First Crusade survived remarkably well until their near total collapse following Saladin’s victory at the battle of Hattin in 1187. In this episode, Dr Steve Tibble discusses how the Crusader States desperately tried to cling to survival in the face of the rise of Saladin.
This episode is the sixth in a mini-series of six:
Ep.1: Did the crusaders actually have a clear set of strategies?
Ep.2: What was the strategy on the coast and why did it succeed?
Ep.3: What was the strategy towards Aleppo and Damascus and why did it fail?
Ep.4: What was the strategy in governing the states and why did it succeed?
Ep.5: What was the strategy towards Egypt and why did it fail?
Ep.6: What was the strategy in regard to Saladin and why did it fail?
This mini-series is based on Dr Steve Tibble's:
Other recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:
Templars: The Knights who made Britain
Crusader Criminals: The Knights who went Rogue in the Holy Land
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
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The four Crusader States established in the wake of the First Crusade survived remarkably well until their near total collapse following Saladin’s victory at the battle of Hattin in 1187. In this episode, Dr Steve Tibble discusses how the crusaders tried to capture Fatimid Egypt to their south, arguably their last shot at long-term survival.
This episode is the fifth in a mini-series of six:
Ep.1: Did the crusaders actually have a clear set of strategies?
Ep.2: What was the strategy on the coast and why did it succeed?
Ep.3: What was the strategy towards Aleppo and Damascus and why did it fail?
Ep.4: What was the strategy in governing the states and why did it succeed?
Ep.5: What was the strategy towards Egypt and why did it fail?
Ep.6: What was the strategy in regard to Saladin and why did it fail?
This mini-series is based on Dr Steve Tibble's:
Other recommended works by Dr Steve Tibble:
Templars: The Knights who made Britain
Crusader Criminals: The Knights who went Rogue in the Holy Land
Further reading:
Andrew Jotischky: Crusading and the Crusader States (2nd Ed.)
Jonathan Phillips: The Crusades 1095-1204
Jonathan Riley-Smith: The Crusades: A History
Music by Aroshanti
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