The History of Byzantium

John VIII Palaiologos asks the Pope for an Ecumenical Council to reunite the churches. To ... more

With the Ottoman civil war raging Manuel II Palaiologos tries to improve the Roman positio... more

Manuel II Palaiologos refuses to play vassal to Sultan Bayezid. So the Ottomans set up a p... more

John V Palaiologos faces rebellions from his sons and Grandsons. Forcing the Romans to bec... more

We look at the details of how the Ottomans ran their state. Including the creation of loya... more

We follow the last century of narrative from an Ottoman point of view. Period: 1280-1371 H... more

John V Palaiologos takes charge of the Empire but finds he has only one option left to sav... more

Finally in sole control of the Empire John Kantakouzenos makes plans to restore the Roman ... more

In order to gain the throne John Kantakouzenos destroys what is left of the Roman Empire. ... more

Andronikos III Palaiologos died on the 15th June 1341. Four months later his nearest and d... more

Andronikos III Palaiologos takes charge of a Roman state still recovering from the loss of... more

This is part two of my Q&A with Father John Strickland. We talk about the Protestant refor... more

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We look at listener questions about feudalism, the Catalans, the Armenians and many other ... more

We look at listener questions about Andronikos II. Why was he so useless? Why did no one o... more

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It's time we talked about Orthodoxy in more detail. I ask Father John Strickland to explai... more

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Professor Nicholas Morton returns to tell us about developments on the sea during the Crus... more

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When Andronikos' son dies he ponders whether to disinherit his Grandson Andronikos III. Th... more

Andronikos roles the dice and hires the Catalan Grand Company to fight the Turks. Those wh... more

We look at Andronikos II Palailogos' domestic arrangements and European wars. After disban... more

The arrival of the Mongols in Anatolia would eventually lead to the expulsion of the Roman... more

The Union of Lyons had unleashed bitter division within Byzantium. We follow Michael and h... more

The Pope responds with despair to the news of Constantinople's fall. He calls for a Crusad... more