A History of Europe Key Battles
By Carl Rylett
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Reviews: 2
Episodes: 240
Eoin Dunning
Jan 4, 2021
Just stumbled on this recently. I have only listened to a few episodes so far but it's really good.
Chris
Dec 23, 2019
Good reviews of key battles; it's not overly militaristic but mostly describes the battles from a historical and societal perspective.
Description
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 to some extent how each battle was won or lost by particular decisions, tactics, technology or fortune. But the aim of each main narrative will be to place each battle in the context of the overall history of Europe.
New series on the Interwar Years 1918-1945 begins 18th July 2025
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79.3 Turkish National Struggle 1919-1922
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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79.2 World War 1 in the Caucasus and Greece
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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79.1 Ottoman Empire, World War 1, Battle for Gaza
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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78.3 Polish-Soviet War - Conclusion
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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78.2 Polish-Soviet War - Part 2
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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78.1 Polish-Soviet War 1919-1921 (Intro)
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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77.4 Russian Civil War, Conclusion
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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77.3 Russian Civil War Part 3
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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77.2 Russian Civil War, Beginning
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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77.1 October Revolution 1917
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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76.5 Battle of Lake Peipus 1242, Teutonic Knights vs Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod
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Jul 05, 2025 |
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76.4 Novgorod, Alexander Nevsky
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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76.3 Conquest of Livonia 1185-1238
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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76.2 Teutonic Knights - Origins & First Campaigns
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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76.1 The Baltic Sea, Early History and Wendish Crusade
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Announcement - The Interwar Years
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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75.1 Interview with Stuart E Eizenstat
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May 29, 2024 |
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74.19 Treaty of Versailles
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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74.18 Endgame, 1918
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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74.17 The Final Gamble, 1918
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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74.16 War of Attrition on the Western Front 1917
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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74.15 The Russian Revolution 1917
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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74.14 Battles of Verdun and The Somme 1916
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Jun 30, 2023 |
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74.13 Eastern and Western Fronts 1915
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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74.12 Turkey and Italy Enter the War, 1915
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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74.11 The Eastern Front 1914
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May 26, 2023 |
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74.10 The Western Front 1914
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May 12, 2023 |
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74.9 Europe Goes to War 1914
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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74.8 Countdown to Catastrophe (First World War)
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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74.7 The Balkan Wars 1912-13
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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74.6 Italian Invasion of Libya 1911-12
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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74.5 Battle of Adowa 1896, Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
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Mar 10, 2023 |
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74.4 The Annexation of Bosnia 1908
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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74.3 The Red Sultan and the Young Turks Revolution
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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74.2 The Russo-Japanese War and Revolution of 1905
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Feb 10, 2023 |
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74.1 First World War - Introduction, and Treaty Of Berlin 1878
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Feb 03, 2023 |
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73.3 Russo-Turkish War 1877-78
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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73.2 Russo-Turkish War 1877-78
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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73.1 Russo-Turkish War 1877-78 - Background
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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72.1 Philippa Gregory Interview
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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71.2 Franco-Prussian War 1870-71
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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71.1 Franco-Prussian War 1870-71 - Background
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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70.2 Battle of Königgrätz 1866
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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70.1 Battle of Königgrätz 1866 - Background
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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69.2 Schleswig War of 1864
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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69.1 Schleswig War of 1864 - Background
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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68.2 War of Italian Unification
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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68.1 War of Italian Unification - Background
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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67.4 Crimean War - Siege of Sevastopol
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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67.3 Crimean War - Russia invades Moldavia and Wallachia
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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67.2 Crimean War 1853 - Beginning
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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67.1 Crimean War 1853 - Background
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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66.4 Revolution of 1848 - Conclusion
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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66.3 Revolutions of 1848
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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66.2 French Revolution of July 1830, and Greek War of Independence
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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66.1 Congress of Vienna 1814, Post Napoleonic War Period
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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65.3 Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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65.2 Napoleon's Conquest of Central Europe, and the Peninsular War
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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65.1 Napoleonic Wars - Intro
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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64.6 Battles of the Nile 1798 and Marengo 1800
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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64.5 French Revolutionary Wars - Napoleon's Conquest of Italy
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Jan 21, 2022 |
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64.4 French Revolutionary Wars, Battle of Valmy 1792 and the Reign of Terror
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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64.3 The French Revolution 1789
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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64.2 Russo-Turkish War 1788 and the Reforms of Joseph II
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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64.1 French Revolutionary Wars - Intro
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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63.2 Annexation of Crimea and Catherine the Great
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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63.1 Russo-Turkish War 1768-74
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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62.2. Seven Years War 1756-1763, Part 2
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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62.1 Seven Years War 1756-63, Part 1
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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61.4 War of Austrian Succession Concludes
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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61.3 War of Austrian Succession 1740-48
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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61.2 War of Polish Succession 1733–35
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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61.1 The Rise of Prussia
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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60.4 Battle of Poltava and Great Northern War
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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60.3 Charles XII, Peter the Great and Ivan Mazepa
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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60.2 Charles XII of Sweden, Great Northern War
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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60.1 17th Century Russian Expansion
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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59.4 Conclusion of the War of Spanish Succession
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May 21, 2021 |
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59.3 Battles of Ramillies and Oudenaarde
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May 14, 2021 |
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59.2 The Battle of Blenheim 1704
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May 07, 2021 |
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59.1 War of Spanish Succession 1701-1715 Begins
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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58.2 Nine Years War 1688-97
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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58.1 Early Wars of Louis XIV
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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57.2 Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim 1690
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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57.1 King William III and Irish Catholic Resistance 1688-91
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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56.1 Glorious Revolution 1688
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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55.3 Siege of Vienna 1683
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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55.2 Build-up to Siege of Vienna 1683
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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55.1 Emperor Leopold I and the History of Austria
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Dec 25, 2020 |
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54.4 Anglo Dutch Wars of 17th Century
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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54.3 Death of Oliver Cromwell and the Restoration
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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54.2 The First Anglo Dutch War 1652-54
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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54.1 End of the English Civil War
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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53.3 The Ruin and the Deluge
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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53.2 The Swedish Deluge, Poland 1655
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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53.1 Khmelnitsky Cossack Rebellion 1648
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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52.3 The English Civil War
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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52.2 Build-up the English Civil War
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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52.1 King James I of England (VI of Scotland)
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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51.7 Peace of Westphalia
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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51.6 The French Enter the Thirty Years War
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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51.5 Battle of Lutzen 1632
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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51.4 Early Wars of Gustavus Adolphus
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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51.3 Invasion of Christian IV of Denmark
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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51.2 The Bohemian Revolt, Defenestration of Prague 1618
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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51.1 Thirty Years War 1618-48, Background
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May 29, 2020 |
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50.4 Battle of Khotyn 1621
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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50.3 Build-up to the Battle of Khotyn 1621
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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50.2 Ottoman Empire - Beginning of the Decline
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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50.1 The Cossacks
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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49.5 Anglo-Spanish War 1585-1604
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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49.4 The Spanish Armada 1588
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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49.3 Spain Fights Back against the Dutch Rebels
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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49.2 The Dutch Revolt Begins
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Jul 05, 2019 |
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49.1 The Reign of Mary of England and Philip Habsburg
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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48.1 Interview with Jacob F. Field
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Apr 26, 2019 |
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47.4 French Wars of Religion - Conclusion
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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47.3 St Bartholomew's Day Massacre
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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47.2 French Wars of Religion - Background
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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47.1 Martin Luther, the Reformation and the Printing Press
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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46.4 Livonian Wars 1558-1583
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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46.3 Ivan the Terrible and the Oprichnina
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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46.2 History of Medieval Scandinavia and Hanseatic League
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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46.1 Battle of Ermes 1560, Fall of the Livonian Order
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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45.5 Battle of Lepanto 1571
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Jan 04, 2019 |
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45.4 Ottoman Invasion of Cyprus
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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45.3 Siege of Malta
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Dec 14, 2018 |
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45.2 Charles V and Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
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Nov 30, 2018 |
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45.1 Conflict in the Mediterranean
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Podcast Update, 11 June 2018
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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44.3 Siege of Kazan 1552
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May 25, 2018 |
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44.2 Ivan the Terrible - Early Years
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May 18, 2018 |
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44.1 Muscovy and her Asiatic neighbours 1400s-early 1500s
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May 11, 2018 |
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43.2 Battle of Mohacs 1526
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Apr 06, 2018 |
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43.1 Battle of Mohacs 1526 Background
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Mar 30, 2018 |
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42.4 Battle of Diu 1509
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Feb 16, 2018 |
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42.3 Portuguese Conquests in India
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Feb 09, 2018 |
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42.2 Portuguese Discovery of India
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Feb 02, 2018 |
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42.1 Portuguese Voyages of Discovery
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Jan 26, 2018 |
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41.2 Russo-Lithuanian Wars 1500-1503
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Dec 29, 2017 |
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41.1 Conquest of Novgorod by Ivan III of Moscow
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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40.5 Battle of Fornovo 1495
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Nov 24, 2017 |
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40.4 Charles VIII of France Invades Naples
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Nov 17, 2017 |
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40.3 Lorenzo the Magnificent, Florence
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Nov 10, 2017 |
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40.2 Renaissance Florence & Medici
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Nov 04, 2017 |
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40.1 Italy in 1400's
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Oct 27, 2017 |
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39.3 Battle of Nancy 1477, Fall of Burgundy
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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39.2 Burgundy in the 1470's
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Sep 22, 2017 |
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39.1 Western Europe in late 1400's
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Sep 15, 2017 |
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38.2 The Hussite Wars 1419-1434
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Aug 18, 2017 |
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38.1 Early History of Bohemia (Czech Republic)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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37.4 Battle of Castillon 1453, End of the Hundred Years War
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Jul 21, 2017 |
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37.3 French Recovery Begins (100 Years War)
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Jul 14, 2017 |
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37.2 The English Kingdom in France
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Jul 07, 2017 |
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37.1 History of Burgundy, French Civil War in 1400's
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Jun 30, 2017 |
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36.2 Battle of Agincourt 1415
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May 26, 2017 |
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36.1 Hundred Years War, Build-up to Agincourt 1415
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May 19, 2017 |
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35.4 Battle of Grunwald/Tannenberg 1410
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May 06, 2017 |
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35.3 Battle of Grunwald 1410 Part 3, Lithuania
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Apr 28, 2017 |
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35.2 Teutonic Knights and Medieval Poland
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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35.1 Baltic Region in 13th Century
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Apr 14, 2017 |
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34.2 Battle of Kulikovo 1380
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Mar 17, 2017 |
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34.1 Rise of Muscovy. Russia under the 'Tatar Yoke'
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Mar 10, 2017 |
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33.1 Battle of Poitiers 1356, Hundred Years War
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Feb 17, 2017 |
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32.1 Battle of Crecy 1346, Hundred Years War
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Feb 03, 2017 |
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31.1 Battle of Sluys 1340. Hundred Years War
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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30.2 Hundred Years War Introduction Part 2
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Dec 30, 2016 |
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30.1 Hundred Years War Introduction Part 1
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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29.3 Battle of Rio Salado, Gibraltar Crusades (Rio Salado Part 3)
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Sep 02, 2016 |
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29.2 Gibraltar Crusades, Castile, Granada and Morocco (Rio Salado Part 2)
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Aug 26, 2016 |
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29.1 Thirteenth Century Spain (Rio Salado Part 1)
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Aug 19, 2016 |
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28.3 Battle of The Kalka River 1223, Mongols vs Kievan Rus
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Jul 23, 2016 |
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28.2 The Mongols Invade Eastern Europe
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Jul 15, 2016 |
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28.1 Golden Age of Kievan Rus 988-1200. Rise of Vladimir Suzdal and Novgorod
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Jul 08, 2016 |
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27.5 Siege of Cherson 988, Conversion of Russians to Christianity
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Jun 17, 2016 |
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27.4 Early Kievan Rus. Rurik to Svyatoslav
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Jun 10, 2016 |
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27.3 Slavs, Their Origins and Early History
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Jun 04, 2016 |
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27.2 Crimea and Black Sea 500BC-800AD
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May 27, 2016 |
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27.1 Early History of The Black Sea, Perspectives on Ukrainian and Russian History
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May 20, 2016 |
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26.1 Albigensian Crusade, Second Half 1215-1229
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Apr 30, 2016 |
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25.3 Battle of Muret 1213, Part 3, Simon de Montfort vs King Peter II of Aragon
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Apr 24, 2016 |
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25.2 Albigensian Crusade in Languedoc, France Meets Resistance
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Apr 15, 2016 |
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25.1 Cathars, Albigensian Crusade in Southern France
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Apr 08, 2016 |
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24.3 Battle of Bouvines 1214, Part 3, Decisive Battle in Medieval France
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Mar 18, 2016 |
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24.2 King John of England prepares to Invade France
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Mar 11, 2016 |
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24.1 German Emperors Frederick I, Henry VI, Otto IV Brought into Capetian-Plantagenet Conflict
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Mar 04, 2016 |
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23.5 Las Navas de Tolosa 1212, Part 5
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Feb 12, 2016 |
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23.4 Las Navas de Tolosa 1212, Part 4
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Feb 05, 2016 |
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23.3 Las Navas de Tolosa 1212, Part 3, Medieval Spain, Rise of the Almohads
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Jan 29, 2016 |
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23.2 Las Navas de Tolosa 1212, Part 2
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Jan 22, 2016 |
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23.1 Early Muslim Medieval Spain
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Jan 16, 2016 |
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22.1 End of The Hundred Years War, Guest Episode on History of England Podcast
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Jan 06, 2016 |
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21.4 Chateau Gaillard 1203-04, Part 4, King John, Philip II Augustus
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Dec 12, 2015 |
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21.3 Sons of King Henry II of England Rebel, Encouraged by Philip II of France
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Dec 03, 2015 |
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21.2 Louis VII of France Builds a Power Base
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Nov 27, 2015 |
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21.1 Chateau Gaillard 1203-04, Part 1, Angevin Empire
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Nov 21, 2015 |
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20.2 Constantinople 1204, Part 2, Fourth Crusade
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Oct 24, 2015 |
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20.1 Constantinople 1204, Part 1, Fourth Crusade
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Oct 17, 2015 |
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19.1 Third Crusade 1189-1192
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Sep 26, 2015 |
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18.4 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 4
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Aug 22, 2015 |
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18.3 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 3, Saladin
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Aug 15, 2015 |
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18.2 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 2, The Second Crusade
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Aug 08, 2015 |
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18.1 Battle of Hattin 1187, Part 1, Crusader States,
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Aug 01, 2015 |
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17.4 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 4
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Jul 03, 2015 |
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17.3 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 3
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Jun 26, 2015 |
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17.2 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 2
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Jun 19, 2015 |
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17.1 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 1
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Jun 13, 2015 |
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16.4 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 4
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May 23, 2015 |
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16.3 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 3
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May 15, 2015 |
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16.2 Tenth Century Spain, Almanzor, Collapse of Umayyad Caliphate
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May 10, 2015 |
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16.1 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 1, Medieval Spain
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May 02, 2015 |
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15.1 The Battle of Manzikert 1071
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Mar 29, 2015 |
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14.2 The Battle of Hastings 1066, Part 2
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Mar 01, 2015 |
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14.1 The Battle of Hastings 1066, Part 1
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Feb 22, 2015 |
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13.4 The Battle of Civitate 1053 AD, Part 4
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Jan 25, 2015 |
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13.3 The Battle of Civitate 1053 AD, Part 3
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Jan 18, 2015 |
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13.2 The Battle of Civitate 1053 AD, Part 2
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Jan 11, 2015 |
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13.1 The Battle of Civitate 1053 AD, Part 1
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Dec 30, 2014 |
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12.1 The Battle of Kleidion 1014 AD
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Nov 30, 2014 |
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11.2 The Battle of Lechfeld 955 AD, Part 2
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Nov 01, 2014 |
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11.1 The Battle of Lechfeld 955 AD, Part 1
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Oct 26, 2014 |
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10.3 The Battle of Brunanbuhr 937 AD, Part 3
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Sep 07, 2014 |
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10.2 The Battle of Brunanbuhr 937 AD, Part 2
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Aug 31, 2014 |
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10.1 The Battle of Brunanbuhr 937 AD
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Aug 25, 2014 |
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09.1 The Battle of Tours 732 AD
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Jul 20, 2014 |
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08.2 The Battle of Yarmouk 636 AD, Part 2
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Jun 22, 2014 |
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08.1 The Battle of Yarmouk 636 AD, Part 1
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Jun 15, 2014 |
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07.3 The Battle of The Catalaunian Fields 451 AD, Part 3
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May 18, 2014 |
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07.2 The Battle of The Catalaunian Fields 451 AD, Part 2
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May 11, 2014 |
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07.1 Goths Invade Roman Empire, Battle of Adrianople 378AD
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May 04, 2014 |
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06.1 The Battle of The Milvian Bridge 312 AD
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Apr 13, 2014 |
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05.2 The Battle of The Teutoburg Forest 9 AD, Part 2
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Mar 23, 2014 |
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05.1 The Battle of The Teutoburg Forest 9 AD, Part 1
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Mar 16, 2014 |
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04.2 The Battle of Zama 202 BC, Part 2
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Mar 02, 2014 |
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04.1 The Battle of Zama 202 BC, Part 1
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Feb 23, 2014 |
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03.2 The Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, Part 2
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Feb 09, 2014 |
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03.1 The Battle of Gaugamela 331 BC, Part 1
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Feb 02, 2014 |
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02.2 The Battle of Marathon 490 BC, Part 2
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Jan 19, 2014 |
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02.1 The Battle of Marathon 490 BC, Part 1
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Jan 12, 2014 |
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01.1 A History of Europe, Introduction
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Dec 28, 2013 |