Ep 227 - July Mailbag
Added 2025-07-02 06:00:04 +0000 UTCpatrons, here is your ad-free regular episode for the week.
folks, we're back with more patron questions, this time for the month of July. we talk everything from which weapon we'd want in a Medieval battle, Hanseatic League piracy, Medieval Futurism, the connections between Lollards and Hussites, throat singing, and more!
also, quick reminder: patrons use code URBAN at checkout at welcometothecrusades.com if you're going to buy our limited series on the First Crusade with the fellas from American Prestige. that discount code will get you 20% off the price, which has probably gone up to $10 by now.
Comments
On baltic pirates there were the Victual Brotherhood. They started as maritime mercenaries in a civil war but then their employer lost so they transitioned to piracy. Their motto "God's friends and the whole world's enemies" is metal as all hell.
Ville Uusivuori
2025-07-07 11:20:10 +0000 UTCShoutout to the pirates who stole Memling's Last Judgement altarpiece on its way to Italy and donated it to the cathedral in Gdaลsk, how pious of them ๐
Barbara
2025-07-02 16:57:30 +0000 UTC
