A History of Europe Key Battles

By Carl Rylett

A podcast on European conflicts from the perspective of each side to provide an alternative to the traditional national narratives. Going chronologically from the Ancient Greeks onwards I described

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A History of Europe Key Battles episodes:

August 22, 2015 18.4 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 4
The Battle of Hattin fought on 4th July between Saladin and a considerable Christian army was a major turning point in the history of the Crusader Stateswww.historyeurope.net
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40min
August 15, 2015 18.3 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 3, Saladin
The emergence of Saladin as preeminent Muslim ruler of the Levant, and the struggle for Egypt between Saladin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. www.historyeurope.net
Picture: Saladin coin
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22min
August 08, 2015 18.2 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 2, The Second Crusade
The Second Crusade (1145-1449), triggered by the Fall of Edessa. Conrad III of Germany and Louis VII of France lead the military campaign to boost the Crusader States in the Levant
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Picture: Raymond of Poitiers welcoming Louis VII in Antioch
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33min
August 01, 2015 18.1 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 1, Crusader States,
The first years of the Crusaders States between the First and Second Crusades. The Fall of Edessa in 1144www.historyeurope.net
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32min
July 03, 2015 17.4 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 4
The army of the First Crusade arrives at the Holy City of Jerusalem
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Picture: Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099
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35min
June 26, 2015 17.3 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 3
Christian warriors from around Europe converge on the Holy Land to fight the First Crusade. Despite many challenges the campaign starts well at the siege of Nicaea before reaching Antioch. One group, led by Baldwin of Flanders splits off from the main army and captures Edessa
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Picture: Baldwin of Boulogne entering Edessa in Feb 1098
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24min
June 19, 2015 17.2 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 2
Build-up to the First Crusade from the perspective of the Byzantine Empire, the Turks in Asia Minor and the Levant, the area about to be invaded
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Picture: Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos
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25min
June 13, 2015 17.1 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 1
Build-up to the First Crusade. The Investiture Controversy between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, plus the growing influence of the Normans under Robert Guiscard, and the reasons behind the call to crusade by Pope Urban II
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Picture: Henry IV begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII at Canossa
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27min
May 23, 2015 16.4 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 4
The capture of Toledo, the capital of the old Visigothic kingdom, by Alfonso VI The Brave from the Muslims. Also the final days of El Cid
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Picture: Alfonso VI conquers Toledo, May 1085
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23min
May 15, 2015 16.3 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 3
The early Medieval Spain of El Cid. The story of King Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile and his sons Sancho and Alfonso, as depicted in the epic Hollywood film. Plus, the conflict between Aragon and Muslim Zaragoza, the arrival of crusaders from across the Pyrenees, and the Siege of Barbastro
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Picture: Monument to El Cid in Burgos, Spain
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30min

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