Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of Our Medieval Story
By Jonathon LaRosa
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The Middle Ages—a time often dismissed, yet it is the crucible where the foundations of our modern world were forged. This era, full of brutal power struggles, explosive change, and unexpected alliances, laid the borders, cultures, and traditions we live by today. Through relentless research and gripping storytelling, this podcast resurrects the forgotten world of our medieval ancestors, unraveling the tangled web spanning innumerable stories. The modern world was never born in isolation—it was fought for, built, and connected across continents.
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209: Ground Zero: Jerusalem
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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208: A Crusade Divided
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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207: Antioch & the Gate of Heaven
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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206: Antioch & the Harrowing of Hope
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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205: Antioch & the Winter in Hell
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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204: Antioch & the Edge of Damnation
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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203: Before the Walls of Antioch
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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202: Routes & Ruptures
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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201: The Secret Drama of Treachery
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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200: God's Mercs, Pt2
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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199: God's Mercs, Pt1
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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198: Poor People's Crusade
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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197: The Fez Massacre
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Nov 29, 2025 |
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196: Blood on the Rhine
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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195: Did God Will It?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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194: Deus Vult!
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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193: Eastern Rome on the Eve of Crusade
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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192: The World of the First Crusade
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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191: Chapter 9: The Pecheneg Problem
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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190: Chapter 8: The Wolf's Mouth
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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189: Chapter 7: Appointments, Penance, Delegation & Threats
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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188: Chapter 6: April 4, 1081
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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187: Chapter 5: Cheese Week
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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186: Chapter 4: The Writing on the Wall
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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185: Chapter 3: Alexios & the Erymanthian Boar
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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184: Chapter 2: Bryennios's Rebellion
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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183: Chapter 1: Roussel de Balliol
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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182: Book of Alexios: Prologue
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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181: The Papacy of Pope Alexander II
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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180: Poland Remains
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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179: The Worthy Brother
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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178: But It's Not Too Heavy
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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177: Heavy Is the Crown
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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176: The Many Wars of Boleslaw
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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175: A Foundation to Build Upon
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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174: King of the North
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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173: Eadric the Wild
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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172: Flanders In Crisis
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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171: Was Matilda Really A Monster?
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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170: Forsaken Son
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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169: Ireland After Clontarf
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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168: A Pisan Delegation
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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167: Duke Bonifacio of Canossa
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Podcast Update - July 2025
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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166: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 3
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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PHIL005: Plato's Triad: Soul, Society & Virtue
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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165: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 2
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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164: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 1
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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163: Exorcising Her Demons
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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162: Henry IV Strikes Back!
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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PHIL004: Plato: The Shape of Reality
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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161: Rise of Pope Urban II
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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160: Pope Victor III
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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159: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt. 2
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May 26, 2025 |
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158: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt1
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May 11, 2025 |
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157: Catholic Corridors to the East
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May 04, 2025 |
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PHIL003: Socrates: Ideas Worth Dying For
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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PHIL002: Socrates In Context
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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PHIL 001: Foundations: The Pre-Socratics
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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156: The Beginning of the Reconquista
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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155: End of the Taifa Era
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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154: Fingers in the Dam
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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153: The Henry Factor
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Mar 02, 2025 |
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152: Rufus's New Archbishop
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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151: Rufus & The Northern Border
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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150: A Brother Rejected
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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149: The Price of Rebellion
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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148: The Green Tree Prophecy, Part 2
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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147: The Green Tree Prophecy, Part 1
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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146: Inheritance & Division
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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145: The Next Turn of the Wheel
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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144: An Example For All
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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143: Hic Terror Mundi, Guiscardo
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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142: The Norman Sack of Rome
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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141: Castel Sant'Angelo
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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140: Unbathed & Unshaven
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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139: Henry IV Wants More Than Some Kingdoms
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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138: Aftermath of Durazzo
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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137: Battle of Durazzo, 1081
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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136: The Adriatic At War
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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135: Arrival of the...Venetians?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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134: The Fall of Corfu
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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133: The Winter of Their Discontent
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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132: April 4, 1081
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Jul 13, 2024 |
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131: Cheese Week
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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130: The Writing on the Wall
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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129: Bryennios's Rebellion
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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128: Some People Just Don't Know When to Go Away
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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127: The Walk to Canossa
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May 26, 2024 |
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126: Meanwhile...In the Mezzogiorno
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May 20, 2024 |
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125: False Monk
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May 12, 2024 |
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124: Dictatus Papae
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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123: The Holy Satan's First Year, Pt. 2
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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122: The Holy Satan's First Year, Pt. 1
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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121: The Firebrand & the Reluctant Wife
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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120: Two Brothers, Two Paths
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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119: Palermo: Take Two
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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118: Siege of Bari
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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117: A Ship Becalmed
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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116: Siege of Palermo, 1064
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Off the Cuff: Podcast Update (Feb 2024)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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115: Battle of Cerami
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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114: Locking Down Troina
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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113: All Over A Girl
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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112: Conquering the Val Demone
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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111: Securing Messina
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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110: Roger's First Steps
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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109: The Norman-Papal Alliance
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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108: Cracks in the Bulwark
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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107: Manzikert!
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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106: Eudokia's Vow
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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105: Machiavellian Moves
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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104: Isaac I Komnenos
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Oct 21, 2023 |
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103: The Reluctant Emperor
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Oct 14, 2023 |
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102: The Reluctant Rebel
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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101: The Rudderless Empire
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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100: Popes, Kings, Sailors & One Really Important Road
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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099: Still At It
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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098: The Longest Shadow
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Jun 25, 2023 |
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097: Always On The Move
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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096: Everybody Hates Will: Bishops & Barons
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May 14, 2023 |
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095: Everybody Hates Will: A Continental Conspiracy
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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094: Everybody Hates Will: The Revolt of the Earls
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Apr 08, 2023 |
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093: Shifting Winds
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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092: The Siege of Ely
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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091: The Sack of Peterborough
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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090: Hereward the Exile
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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089: A Scottish Marriage
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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088: Reeling
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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087: Analysis of a Harrying
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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086: The Harrying of the North
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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085: The Last Straw
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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084: A Deadly Game of Tug-of-War
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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083: Edwin & Morcar's Rebellion
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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082: 1069
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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081: Causam et Remedium
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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080: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 3
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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079: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 2
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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078: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 1
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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077: The Ties That Bind
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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076: The Matriarch
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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075: Sparks
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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074: The Coronation of King William I
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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073: London Calling
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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072: An English Catastrophe
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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071: El Cid, Pt. 5: Valencia
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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070: El Cid, Pt. 4: The Road to Valencia
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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069: El Cid, Pt. 3: The Battle of Sagrajas
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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068: El Cid, Pt.2: The Fall of Toledo
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May 30, 2022 |
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067: El Cid, Pt.1: Mercenary
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May 28, 2022 |
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066: Sancho II vs. Alfonso VI
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May 13, 2022 |
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065: A Tale of Two Empires
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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060: Iberia Has No End***
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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064: Trouble From Within
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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063: Wagadu Uncovered
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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062: Across the Sahara
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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061: The Tables Have Turned
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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059: What Was Gained
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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058: What Was Lost
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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057: Abd al-Rahman
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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056: Of Taifas and Berbers
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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055: Scattered Pearls
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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054: Heresy in Orleans
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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053: The Greatest of Heroes
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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052: The Woman of a Thousand Summers Back
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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051: A New Age
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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050: Death of a Legend, Death of an Age
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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049: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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048: Northumbria Erupts
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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047: The Distant Beat of Drums
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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046: Hardrada
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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O45: The Bastard vs. the Hammer
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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044: Great Schism of 1054
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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043: Godwine, Pt. 2
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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042: An Unstoppable Force
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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041: An Immovable Object
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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040: A King Finds His Legs
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Jun 15, 2021 |
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039: "First" Norman Conquest of England?
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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038: The Reluctant King
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Jun 01, 2021 |
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037: Pivot!
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May 24, 2021 |
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036: Godwine, Pt. 1
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May 17, 2021 |
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035: PODCAST UPDATE - A Look Ahead
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May 11, 2021 |
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034: Pope P.O.W. the First
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May 11, 2021 |
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033: The Rise of Guiscard
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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032: In Which Harald Serves a Foreign Emperor, Pt. 2
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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031: In Which Harald Serves A Foreign Emperor, Pt. 1
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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030: In Which Harald Enters Miklegard
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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029: In Which Harald Learns
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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028: In Which Harald Flees
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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027: The Kievan Rus
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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026: William the Duke
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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025: William the Bastard
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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024: William the Illegitimate
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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023: The FIRST First Crusade?
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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022: Of Empires & Mercenaries, Pt. 2
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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021: Of Empires & Mercenaries, Pt.1
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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020: Tancred the Fertile
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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019: A Church For A Tomb
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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018: So the Dead Shall Not Rise
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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017: The Edge of the Coin
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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016: The Wild Hunt
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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015: Normandy Stirs
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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014: Emma of England...Again
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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013: Emma of England
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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012: Emma of Normandy
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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011: Cnut (Not Quite) the Great
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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010: Because Aethelred
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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009: A Snake in the Grass
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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008: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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007: BONUS - Man Under the Mountain
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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006: Imperator Scottorum
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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005: The Rise of Brian Boru
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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004: Off the Map
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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003: A Storm In Every Port
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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002: The Battle of Maldon, 991
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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001: The Saxon & the Viking
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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000: The First Spin of the Wheel
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Jun 08, 2020 |