The World that Gave Birth to the Crusades

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A discussion with J Stephen Roberts concerning the Mediterranean world just before the Crusades. What was the state of Latin Christendom? The Byzantines? The various Islamic civilizations? We'll take a look at the fascinating 11th century from a broad perspective.

Sources for this podcast:
-Madden, Thomas - The New Concise History of the Crusades, (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006)
-Tyerman, Christopher - God’s War, (Harvard University Press, 2006)
-Verbruggen, J.F. - The Art of Warfare in Western Europe During the Middle Ages, (Boydell, 1997)

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