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Gone Medieval · Mar 16, 2026
Early Medieval Croatia
“First Crusade participant who traveled through Croatia, finding it difficult and perceiving it as pagan”
Early Medieval Slavic Settlement and AcculturationMedieval Croatian Kingdom Formation (9th-10th centuries)Byzantine-Frankish Competition in Dalmatia
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The First Crusade: The Road to Jerusalem
“Count and crusade leader; first magnate to take the cross alongside papal legate Adhemar”
First Crusade military strategy and tacticsPope Urban II and papal authority in 11th centuryByzantine-Latin Christian relations and Alexios I
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Pints With Aquinas · Mar 2, 2026
Thank God for the Crusades! (Dr. Thomas Madden) | Ep. 568
“Powerful southern French baron on First Crusade who refused to swear vassal oath to Byzantine emperor”
First Crusade (1096) - defensive response to Byzantine emperor's plea and Turkish territorial advancesIslamic expansion and territorial conquest in medieval Mediterranean (7th-11th centuries)Crusader motivation: pious idealism, penitential practice, and religious devotion vs. economic gain
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