In episode 31, I explore the turbulent reigns of Hisham and al-Hakam I of Córdoba—two emirs who faced family conspiracies and uprisings that threatened the very survival of an independent Umayyad Emirate in al-Andalus.
https://t.co/kSyWPcCS3J
In episode 29 I uncover the battles and conquests of the Franks prior to the conquest of Barcelona, the role Muslims and Hispano-Goths played in the expansion of the Carolingian Empire, and how the Franks suppressed the Adoptionist Heresy.
https://t.co/f10qveX0X3
I discussed the Fourth Crusade on my FIRST ever PODCAST appearance!
We talked about the long path to 1204, the context, what led to it.
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