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The First Crusade | 2. On the road
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos had asked the pope for a small crack team of western knights to aid him with his struggles in Asia Minor – a plea for help which had set crusading wheels into motion. But, he was shocked when waves of unruly crusaders began arriving in waves outside the walls of his capital. In this second episode of our latest HistoryExtra podcast series, we’ll reconstruct the journey that saw the crusaders end up outside Constantinople, dealing with logistical challenges and fraught relationships along the way.
The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed.
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Released:
Oct 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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