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Renaissance #210 – Jesus Starves (The Crusades part 19)
By Christmas of 1097, the Crusaders continued to lay siege to Antioch but it has gone on so long they are running out of supplies. One out of…
Renaissance #209 – The Siege of Antioch (The Crusades part 18)
The brutal siege of Antioch began late in 1097, and continued well into 1098. The Crusaders surrounded the city but quickly ran out of supplies. The inhabitants of…
Renaissance #208 – Omar Comin' (The Crusades part 17)
Kerbogha, the governor of Mosul, with a massive coalition army he'd built, on his way to relieve Antioch, paused to eliminate Baldwin in Edessa. One of his new…
Renaissance #207 – Big Balls Baldwin (The Crusades part 16)
Baldwin solidifies his new kingdom in Edessa, using his new wealth to buy or bribe new alliances. But he's also allowing the Muslims to have some power and…