Episodios

  • What Happens Next
    Jul 15 2025

    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.

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    3 m
  • Episode 332 - Not with a Whimper but a Bang
    Jul 13 2025

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


    Period: 1448-53

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    1 h y 42 m
  • Episode 331 - The Last Hope
    Jun 20 2025

    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 m
  • Episode 329 - Buying Time
    Jun 6 2025

    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 m
  • Episode 328 - In the Nick of Timur
    May 30 2025

    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 m
  • Episode 327 - Vassals and Pawns
    May 23 2025

    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 m
  • Episode 326 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 2
    May 15 2025

    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 m
  • Episode 325 - The Rise of the Ottomans, Part 1
    May 9 2025

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

    Period: 1280-1371


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    19 m