HeyJaredFortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of Our Medieval Story
The Middle Ages—a time often dismissed, yet it is the crucible where the foundations of our modern world were forged. This era, full of brutal power struggles, explosive change, and unexpected alliances, laid the borders, cultures, and traditions we live by today.
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222: Brotherhood Fit For A Norman (opens the original)
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Support the Show: Buy Me A Coffee ! SEASON 9 : Architects of Stability EPISODE 222: Brotherhood Fit For A Norman There’s nothing quite like a brotherhood between Normans. They loved each other, they supported each other, they protected each other…until they wanted what the other had, or until it benefited them to turn on each other. So far as I can tell, there was no real hatred there, just competition, an understanding that the stronger man should prevail. This is a story of that sort of relati
221: End of the Age of Hauteville (opens the original)
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Donate: Buy Me A Coffee ! SEASON 9 : ARCHITECTS OF STABILITY EPISODE 221: End of the Age of Hauteville It began with William Iron Arm and Drogo, then passed to Humphrey, then was wrestled away by Robert Guiscard …These men all died in their turn, leaving but one remaining. Roger de Hauteville was left to keep his two rowdy nephews at arm’s length from each other while he consolidated his life’s work in Sicily and Calabria. Great Count Roger was without question the last great Norman conqueror, a
220: The Battle of the Field of Blood (opens the original)
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Donate: Buy Me A Coffee ! SEASON 9 : ARCHITECTS OF STABILITY EPISODE 220: The Battle of the Field of Blood The Crusade of 1101 had ended in catastrophe, but the struggle for the Holy Land was only beginning. In this special interview, Dr. Nicholas Morton takes us through the turbulent years that followed, as rivalries, shifting alliances, and relentless warfare reshape the crusader states and lead toward one of their most consequential battles: the Field of Blood. Contact Dr. Nicholas Morton: We
219: The Crusade of 1101, Part 2 (opens the original)
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Donate: Buy Me A Coffee ! SEASON 9 : ARCHITECTS OF STABILITY EPISODE 218: Crusade of 1101, Part 2 They don’t call the Crusade of 1101 “The Ill-Fated Crusade” for nothing, but the consequences of such a colossal failure brought more than doom and gloom to the fledgling Crusader States. Social Media: YouTube: Fortune’s Wheel Podcast Meta: https://www.facebook.com/fortunes.wheel.3 X: https://twitter.com/WheelPodcast Donate: Buy Me A Coffee !
218: The Crusade of 1101, Part 1 (opens the original)
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Donate: Buy Me A Coffee ! SEASON 9 : ARCHITECTS OF STABILITY EPISODE 218: Crusade of 1101, Part 1 They missed the First Crusade. Some even came home early, living out their days in utter shame for deserting such a holy cause. Now, they all have a chance to make it right. Thousands take the cross to reinforce the fledgling Crusader States, but an old enemy is waiting in Anatolia. Social Media: YouTube: Fortune’s Wheel Podcast Meta: https://www.facebook.com/fortunes.wheel.3 X: https://twitter.com/
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