Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of the Late Middle Ages Podcast
1) 197: The Fez Massacre
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 197: The Fez MassacreThis is an older Patreon episode about another Jewish pogrom taking place in Fez in modern Morocco decades before the Rhineland massacres during...Show More
2) 196: Blood on the Rhine
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 196: Blood on the RhineThe First Crusade hadn’t even started yet, so why was the Rhine flowing red?  No More Paywalls! How?If you believe in what’s happening here – ...Show More
3) 195: Did God Will It?
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 195: Did God Will It?Where does a pope get off telling thousands of armed men to march across the known world with a promise of eternal salvation? This wasn’t a whim...Show More
4) 194: Deus Vult!
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 194: Deus Vult!Clermont., France.November 27, 1095.Pope Urban II lit the match that set Europe ablaze. This episode dives into the conflicting accounts of that speec...Show More
5) 193: Eastern Rome on the Eve of Crusade
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 193: Eastern Rome on the Eve of CrusadeOn this episode, we hear from Dr. Warren Treadgold -- retired professor, historian, and author -- who has spent a decades-long...Show More
6) 192: The World of the First Crusade
SEASON 8: The First CrusadeEPISODE 192: The World(view) Behind the First CrusadeLet’s take a moment to survey Europe by 1095. What was the world like on the Eve of the First Crusade? What were the var...Show More
7) 191: Chapter 9: The Pecheneg Problem
Patreon Series: Book of AlexiosEpisode 191: The Pecheneg ProblemNOTE: This is the last episode in our Patreon episodes covering the rise and early reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos! But his story co...Show More
8) 190: Chapter 8: The Wolf's Mouth
Patreon Series: Book of AlexiosEpisode 190: Chapter 8: The Wolf's MouthToday, two future legends meet. Bohemond of Taranto meets the Byzantine living legend Emperor Alexios I—a moment that will ignite...Show More
9) 189: Chapter 7: Appointments, Penance, Delegation & Threats
Patreon Series: Book of AlexiosEpisode 189: Chapter 7: Appointments, Penance, Delegation & ThreatsThe purple robes are his, but the work has only begun. In his first month on the throne, Emperor Alexi...Show More
10) 188: Chapter 6: April 4, 1081
Patreon Series: Book of AlexiosEpisode 188: Chapter 6: April 4, 1081NOTE: This is a repeat of Episode 132, but in the interest of the flow of this series, I've decided to include it for continuity.The...Show More