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Villains and Virgins History Podcast

Eva Schubert
Villains and Virgins History Podcast
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  • The First Crusade Ep 4: Rise of the Crusader Kings
    The Crusaders have taken Jerusalem but they face one final battle.  When the men start to head home, the legend of the First Crusade is born, and a massive new wave of Crusaders heads east.  Not everyone wants to go home however; Godfrey of Bouillon becomes ruler of Jerusalem.  His brother Baldwin manages to take control of Edessa, and one Crusader aspires to be not just a prince, but to take the imperial throne for himself.  Along the way there are devious marriages, murder plots, and total disasters as the Crusaders defend their kingdoms in the east.    
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  • The First Crusade Ep 3: Jerusalem in Flames
    The Crusaders narrowly escape annihilation when they attempt to fight their way out of Antioch.  Some men credit the miracle of the Holy Lance for their amazing escape.  Divisions emerge amongst the nobles, while the army starves.  Some Crusaders turn to cannibalism, and a fiery trial by ordeal ends the career of a peasant preacher.  The Crusadering army finally arrives at the walls of Jerusalem in 1099, and the stories of what they do when they get inside are hair raising. Faith, violence, hate, and ambition are all rolled together in this dramatic episode.
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  • The First Crusade Ep 2: Siege of Antioch
    As Western knights and nobles ride toward Jerusalem, there are many other cities they must take along the way.  Their first battlefield encounter with the Turks leaves a lasting impression on both sides, but they are soon occupied with besieging fortified cities.  Heads are brandished on spears and bodies hang on display from the ramparts. The siege of Antioch comes close to ending the entire crusade on more that one occasion, with starvation, desertion, and enemy armies of much larger size.  Heroic feats, cannibalism, and nearly miraculous escapes are all part of this gripping story. 
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  • The First Crusade: Call to Arms
    The First Crusade became the stuff of legend soon after it finished.  Western knights headed to Constantinople and ultimately to Jerusalem, to rescue pilgrimage sites from the control of Muslim invaders.  The crusade involved close to 100,000 people from Western Europe heading east, in a journey that would cover thousands of miles, mostly on foot.  It’s often told as a struggle of East vs. West, and Christianity against Islam.  The history is more complicated.  What set so many knights off on this journey to the east?  Why did so many ordinary people make the crusade?  Find out in this episode. Related episodes include: The Great Schism The Normans in Italy  
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  • Knights, Jousts, and Courtly Love
    The image of the knight in shining armour has had a very long shadow in Western culture, from King Arthur to Monty Python.  The reality of life for medieval knights, obsessed with honour and reputation is the subject of this episode.  We meet a real Spanish knight, Suero de Quinones, who wore an iron collar and broke hundreds of lances for the love of a lady.  What was courtly love and how did it work?  How were jousting matches organised? Enter the world of a medieval knight!    
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About Villains and Virgins History Podcast

A history podcast with a focus on violence, religion, and gripping stories, created by Eva Schubert, history nerd, college instructor, and jazz aficionado.
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