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Fortune's Wheel: A Podcast History of Our Medieval Story — 217 episodes
209: Ground Zero: Jerusalem
208: A Crusade Divided
207: Antioch & the Gate of Heaven
206: Antioch & the Harrowing of Hope
205: Antioch & the Winter in Hell
204: Antioch & the Edge of Damnation
203: Before the Walls of Antioch
202: Routes & Ruptures
201: The Secret Drama of Treachery
200: God's Mercs, Pt2
199: God's Mercs, Pt1
198: Poor People's Crusade
197: The Fez Massacre
196: Blood on the Rhine
195: Did God Will It?
194: Deus Vult!
193: Eastern Rome on the Eve of Crusade
192: The World of the First Crusade
191: Chapter 9: The Pecheneg Problem
190: Chapter 8: The Wolf's Mouth
189: Chapter 7: Appointments, Penance, Delegation & Threats
188: Chapter 6: April 4, 1081
187: Chapter 5: Cheese Week
186: Chapter 4: The Writing on the Wall
185: Chapter 3: Alexios & the Erymanthian Boar
184: Chapter 2: Bryennios's Rebellion
183: Chapter 1: Roussel de Balliol
182: Book of Alexios: Prologue
181: The Papacy of Pope Alexander II
180: Poland Remains
179: The Worthy Brother
178: But It's Not Too Heavy
177: Heavy Is the Crown
176: The Many Wars of Boleslaw
175: A Foundation to Build Upon
174: King of the North
173: Eadric the Wild
172: Flanders In Crisis
171: Was Matilda Really A Monster?
170: Forsaken Son
169: Ireland After Clontarf
168: A Pisan Delegation
167: Duke Bonifacio of Canossa
Podcast Update - July 2025
166: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 3
PHIL005: Plato's Triad: Soul, Society & Virtue
165: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 2
164: The Council of Piacenza, Pt. 1
163: Exorcising Her Demons
162: Henry IV Strikes Back!
PHIL004: Plato: The Shape of Reality
161: Rise of Pope Urban II
160: Pope Victor III
159: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt. 2
158: Rebellions & Conquests: Hauteville Edition, Pt1
157: Catholic Corridors to the East
PHIL003: Socrates: Ideas Worth Dying For
PHIL002: Socrates In Context
PHIL 001: Foundations: The Pre-Socratics
156: The Beginning of the Reconquista
155: End of the Taifa Era
154: Fingers in the Dam
153: The Henry Factor
152: Rufus's New Archbishop
151: Rufus & The Northern Border
150: A Brother Rejected
149: The Price of Rebellion
148: The Green Tree Prophecy, Part 2
147: The Green Tree Prophecy, Part 1
146: Inheritance & Division
145: The Next Turn of the Wheel
144: An Example For All
143: Hic Terror Mundi, Guiscardo
142: The Norman Sack of Rome
141: Castel Sant'Angelo
140: Unbathed & Unshaven
139: Henry IV Wants More Than Some Kingdoms
138: Aftermath of Durazzo
137: Battle of Durazzo, 1081
136: The Adriatic At War
135: Arrival of the...Venetians?
134: The Fall of Corfu
133: The Winter of Their Discontent
132: April 4, 1081
131: Cheese Week
130: The Writing on the Wall
129: Bryennios's Rebellion
128: Some People Just Don't Know When to Go Away
127: The Walk to Canossa
126: Meanwhile...In the Mezzogiorno
125: False Monk
124: Dictatus Papae
123: The Holy Satan's First Year, Pt. 2
122: The Holy Satan's First Year, Pt. 1
121: The Firebrand & the Reluctant Wife
120: Two Brothers, Two Paths
119: Palermo: Take Two
118: Siege of Bari
117: A Ship Becalmed
116: Siege of Palermo, 1064
Off the Cuff: Podcast Update (Feb 2024)
115: Battle of Cerami
114: Locking Down Troina
113: All Over A Girl
112: Conquering the Val Demone
111: Securing Messina
110: Roger's First Steps
109: The Norman-Papal Alliance
108: Cracks in the Bulwark
107: Manzikert!
106: Eudokia's Vow
105: Machiavellian Moves
104: Isaac I Komnenos
103: The Reluctant Emperor
102: The Reluctant Rebel
101: The Rudderless Empire
100: Popes, Kings, Sailors & One Really Important Road
099: Still At It
098: The Longest Shadow
097: Always On The Move
096: Everybody Hates Will: Bishops & Barons
095: Everybody Hates Will: A Continental Conspiracy
094: Everybody Hates Will: The Revolt of the Earls
093: Shifting Winds
092: The Siege of Ely
091: The Sack of Peterborough
090: Hereward the Exile
089: A Scottish Marriage
088: Reeling
087: Analysis of a Harrying
086: The Harrying of the North
085: The Last Straw
084: A Deadly Game of Tug-of-War
083: Edwin & Morcar's Rebellion
082: 1069
081: Causam et Remedium
080: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 3
079: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 2
078: Behind Every Great Man, Pt. 1
077: The Ties That Bind
076: The Matriarch
075: Sparks
074: The Coronation of King William I
073: London Calling
072: An English Catastrophe
071: El Cid, Pt. 5: Valencia
070: El Cid, Pt. 4: The Road to Valencia
069: El Cid, Pt. 3: The Battle of Sagrajas
068: El Cid, Pt.2: The Fall of Toledo
067: El Cid, Pt.1: Mercenary
066: Sancho II vs. Alfonso VI
065: A Tale of Two Empires
060: Iberia Has No End***
064: Trouble From Within
063: Wagadu Uncovered
062: Across the Sahara
061: The Tables Have Turned
059: What Was Gained
058: What Was Lost
057: Abd al-Rahman
056: Of Taifas and Berbers
055: Scattered Pearls
054: Heresy in Orleans
053: The Greatest of Heroes
052: The Woman of a Thousand Summers Back
051: A New Age
050: Death of a Legend, Death of an Age
049: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
048: Northumbria Erupts
047: The Distant Beat of Drums
046: Hardrada
O45: The Bastard vs. the Hammer
044: Great Schism of 1054
043: Godwine, Pt. 2
042: An Unstoppable Force
041: An Immovable Object
040: A King Finds His Legs
039: "First" Norman Conquest of England?
038: The Reluctant King
037: Pivot!
036: Godwine, Pt. 1
035: PODCAST UPDATE - A Look Ahead
034: Pope P.O.W. the First
033: The Rise of Guiscard
032: In Which Harald Serves a Foreign Emperor, Pt. 2
031: In Which Harald Serves A Foreign Emperor, Pt. 1
030: In Which Harald Enters Miklegard
029: In Which Harald Learns
028: In Which Harald Flees
027: The Kievan Rus
026: William the Duke
025: William the Bastard
024: William the Illegitimate
023: The FIRST First Crusade?
022: Of Empires & Mercenaries, Pt. 2
021: Of Empires & Mercenaries, Pt.1
020: Tancred the Fertile
019: A Church For A Tomb
018: So the Dead Shall Not Rise
017: The Edge of the Coin
016: The Wild Hunt
015: Normandy Stirs
014: Emma of England...Again
013: Emma of England
012: Emma of Normandy
011: Cnut (Not Quite) the Great
010: Because Aethelred
009: A Snake in the Grass
008: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
007: BONUS - Man Under the Mountain
006: Imperator Scottorum
005: The Rise of Brian Boru
004: Off the Map
003: A Storm In Every Port
002: The Battle of Maldon, 991
001: The Saxon & the Viking
000: The First Spin of the Wheel