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Episode 312 - The Mediterranean in the Crusading era with Nicholas Morton
November 6, 2024·1 hr 3 min·5 clips
A 14th-century writer claimed not a single Christian plank floated on the Mediterranean—how did Islamic fleets achieve such dominance?
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A grounded look at medieval sea power that makes ship capacity feel real.
The episode treats the medieval Mediterranean as a problem of power, routes, and ship design rather than a simple story about borders and ports.
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You want the story behind the ships that reshaped the medieval Mediterranean.
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