Crusading Warfare in the East, 1099-1187

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages - A podcast by Richard Abels

Send us a textMy guest for this episode is Dr. Nicholas Morton, whom you may remember from our first episode about the Mongols. Today Nick and I will be talking about crusading warfare, in particular, about the military activities and challenges faced by the Crusader States established in the Levant by the First Crusade. Among the topics we will discussing are the different approaches to warfare practiced by the European Crusaders and their Turkish and Fatimid adversaries; how the crusa...