Byzantium And The Crusades

The Last Crusades Episode 3 "The Rise of the Ottoman Turks"

August 28, 2021 Nick Holmes Season 11 Episode 3
Byzantium And The Crusades
The Last Crusades Episode 3 "The Rise of the Ottoman Turks"
Show Notes

As Crusading enthusiasm faded in Europe in the fourteenth century, in the East an obscure Turkish emir called Osman founded a new dynasty. This would rise to become one of the greatest empires in the world: the Ottoman Turks. The response in Europe was to call for a new crusade.