HeyJaredThe Almost Forgotten
The podcast focuses on the lives and times of great historical figures that have mostly fallen through the cracks of our collective memories. We may have heard of these people, but they don't get the attention that some do. Here, they get their due.
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Episode 10.8 - Oda Nobunaga (opens the original)
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The end of the Sengoku Jidai, or Warring States Period, in Japan, was ushered in by Oda Nobunaga. Nobunaga pulled much of Honshu under his rule, and began the transition to united rule that would lead to the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Episode 10.7 - Jogaila and Vytautas Part II (opens the original)
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This episode, we return to eastern Europe to finish up the stories of Jogaila, who had become king of Poland, and Vytautas, who ruled as the Grand Duke of Lithuania. Theoretically Jogaila was Vytautas’s sovereign, and although at times it produced some tension, in 1410, they were in a tight alliance, ready to go to war as allies.
Episode 10.6 - Jogaila and Vytautas Part 1 (opens the original)
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For the next two episodes, we’ll look at Jogaila and Vytautas, two men who helped shaped eastern Europe for centuries to come. Together, they paved a path that would join a rapidly growing Lithuania with Poland, push back threats from the west, hold sway over lands to their east, and create a state that dominated the region for centuries.
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