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  • What Happens Next

    What Happens Next
    2025/07/15

    I talk about what will happen with the podcast next. Send your questions to thehistoryofbyzantium@gmail.com

    This Sunday the 20th July I will be hosting 3 Zoom calls for Patrons at 1, 5 and 9pm UK time. It looks like I will be doing an AMA on Reddit this weekend too. I’ll post the Reddit address on the website as soon as I have it.

    If you’d like a History of Byzantium podcast t-shirt to commemorate 13 years of this obscure hobby of yours then go to etsy.com/shop/ImperialWares

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    3 分
  • Episode 332 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang

    Episode 332 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang
    2025/07/13

    Mehmed II becomes Sultan in 1451 and immediately makes plans to conquer Constantinople.


    Period: 1448-53

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    1 時間 42 分
  • Episode 331 - The Last Hope

    Episode 331 - The Last Hope
    2025/06/20

    John VIII Palaiologos asks the Pope for an Ecumenical Council to reunite the churches. To his surprise the Pontiff says yes and a huge Byzantine contingent travels to Italy.


    Period: 1425-48

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    27 分
  • Episode 329 - Buying Time

    Episode 329 - Buying Time
    2025/06/06

    With the Ottoman civil war raging Manuel II Palaiologos tries to improve the Roman position and ensure his sons succeed him.


    Period: 1402-30

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    30 分
  • Episode 328 - In the Nick of Timur

    Episode 328 - In the Nick of Timur
    2025/05/30

    Manuel II Palaiologos refuses to play vassal to Sultan Bayezid. So the Ottomans set up a permanent blockade of New Rome. The siege would last for eight years and only a miracle could save the Romans.


    Period: 1391-1402

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    30 分
  • Episode 327 - Vassals and Pawns

    Episode 327 - Vassals and Pawns
    2025/05/23

    John V Palaiologos faces rebellions from his sons and Grandsons. Forcing the Romans to become both Ottomans vassals and the pawns of Venice and Genoa.


    Period: 1371-91

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    26 分
  • Episode 326 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 2

    Episode 326 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 2
    2025/05/15

    We look at the details of how the Ottomans ran their state. Including the creation of loyalty to the ruling dynasty, succession policy, military recruitment and slave trading.


    Period: 1280-1371

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    26 分
  • Episode 325 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 1

    Episode 325 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 1
    2025/05/09

    We follow the last century of narrative from an Ottoman point of view.

    Period: 1280-1371


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    19 分