Jerusalem has fallen to the First Crusade. There is massed bloodshed and wanton murder, and those of the cities inhabitants that survive are subjected to the indignity of ransom, or wandering across Muslim Syria in search of support.

But where are the forces of the Great Seljuk Sultanate or the Fatimid Caliphate, I hear you ask!?

Tune in to find out more...

#Crusades #Jerusalem #Fatimids #Seljuks

Welcome back to Tink's Medieval Times and thank you for your patience in the hiatus between episodes 11 and 12. I have fixed some technical issues and got the old (Crusades O') Clock back on track, with the promise of complex siege craft, messy politics and leech infested water awaiting you.

This episode has all of the above and more! Questionable cures for snakebites, all the more questionable strategic decisions from the Fatimid Caliphate, and some embarrassing negotiations from our old friend Alexios Komnenos sit amongst a couple of dead carrier pigeons and a man cemented alive inside a wall...

Spoiler, Jerusalem falls to the Crusaders...

Anti-Spoiler, I hope no one is rooting for Raymond of Toulouse.

I hope you enjoy it!

#deusvult #Crusade #Jerusalem #pigeon #snakebite

Thanks for tuning into another episode of Tink's Medieval Times. Having taken Antioch, the Crusaders have to decide what to do with their new possession, and how best to continue the journey to Jerusalem.

Get ready for another jam-packed adventure with cattle based ambushes, cannibalism and Peter Bartholomew undertaking the Ordeal of Fire. A treat not to be missed.

#Crusade #fire #GodWillsIt

Here we have the making of a legend. No sooner had Antioch fallen to the First Crusade in early June 1098, than the mighty force of Kerbogha of Mosul, consisting of thousands of troops from across the Seljuk Empire, descended on the city to put it under a second siege.

The Crusaders' defence of the city, and the epic showdown the starving Christian knights foist on Kerbogha outside Antioch's walls, is the stuff of legend. Why haven't they made a blockbuster epic out of this? Where are you Ridley Scott?

I hope you enjoy it anyway, especially the part where Mad Hugh defends a tower by himself, breaking spears with his bare hands!

Any questions of feedback welcome at [email protected]

#medieval #crusades #epic #siege #antioch #battle

It looks as though the great Crusader conflict around Antioch will take 3 episodes now! There is so much ground to cover, what with Kerbogha of Mosul on the move (slowly), Armenian armourers to arrange the betrayal of the city (less slowly) and Armenian woodcutters to decapitate Yaghi Siyan (very quickly). This next exciting installment sees the Crusader siege end, but on a bit of cliff hanger, for Kerbogha's army of 45,000 men is poised to lay siege to the Christians! The big showdown will be in our next episode, but this one's pretty cool too. It contains a night assault, with some more top quality action from Bohemond of Taranto. It's not to be missed.

#Crusade #Antioch #decapitation

Welcome back folks! With apologies for this being a little late - rather an epic! Siege of Antioch Episode Part 2 will be hot on its tails!

Highlights of this episode include:

- The creation of donkey kebabs.

- A lot of armies blundering into each other.

- Epic ambushes, counter ambushes and full scale battles between Turkish horsemen and armoured knights.

So... what are you waiting for?

#Antioch #Crusade #donkeys #knights

This episode creates a very exciting build up to the big event - the siege and battles of Antioch, which we will see more of in a fortnight's time.

But...

If you can't wait until then for some epic clashes and action, you're in luck! The Crusaders have to get to Antioch first, and in doing so they will fight some more Turks, very briefly each other, and will finish with a bizarre Armenian adoption ceremony that leads to Baldwin of Boulogne being involved (or not...) in a plot that sees his adopted father thrown from the top of Edessa's citadel! (Though that wasn't part of the ceremony...) Friends will be made, some of those friends become enemies, and many of those end up getting killed in battle or tortured to death. If you want duplicitous politics, epic scenery and knights riding on cows, you have come to the right place.

Oh - and Godfrey de Bouillon nearly gets eaten by a bear...

#Antioch #Edessa #Crusades #bears

Enjoy!

We've made it! The First Crusade is heading out, and it has Jerusalem in its sights. This episode sees the Crusader leaders meet Alexios Komnenos, the Byzantine Emperor. Between them, they establish their goals, before crossing the border into Muslim territory...

But their first opponent, the Sultan of Rum Kiliq Arslan, has got cocky, and is besieging a city on his eastern border! Watch the mayhem unfold as the Princes Crusade and their Byzantine allies besiege and capture Kiliq Arslan's capital and defeat him and his allies in two major battles. A spectacle not to be missed!

#Crusades #Byzantium #Nicaea #Dorylaeum

The year is 1096. People across Europe have heard Pope Urban's call and are making their preparations for Crusade. Before the elite forces of the Princes' Crusade have fully made their preparations, tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in a series of expeditions known as the People's Crusade. This fifth episode of Crusades O'Clock charts the progress of these ultimately doomed contingents of armed pilgrims. Some of these forces became bogged down in anti-Jewish violence in France and Germany, or were defeated and dispersed by the forces of the King of Hungary, in whose lands they were causing a disturbance. Those that did make it to Muslim lands were cleverly and comprehensively defeated by the young Sultan of Rum, Kiliq Arslan.

The First Crusade is underway! This promises to be an exciting, but in places somewhat troubling episode, and lays the way for the first of our series of narratives on the more successful Princes Crusade, to be released in a fortnight's time.

#Crusade #Byzantium #Seljuks

Welcome back! The focus of this episode is medieval marketing. How did Urban II sell his idea for a Crusade to the peoples of Catholic Europe? Who did he want to recruit? Who did he want to discourage? And why on earth did anyone want to go? These questions, amongst others, will be answered in Episode 4 of Crusades O'Clock. The next episode, on popular crusading movements and the People's Crusade, will be available on 17th September.

#crusades #medieval #popes #marketing