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Lions' Forge: The Epic True Story of 5 Kings and the Lion Queen
Hosted by Karen Markle Knab, Narrated by Beckett Isaiah Arnold · EN
This is the true story about the almost unbelievable life of the woman we know as Eleanor of Aquitaine. In her 80 years, she inherited one of the greatest fortunes of Western Europe, married two kings who would fight each other throughout their lives for her wealth, gave birth to two other monarchs, went on Crusade, led a war, spent fifteen years in prison, crossed the alps on horseback in her seventies, raised a king's ransom, and ruled her own lands longer than any other woman except Queen Elizabeth II. This podcast is adapted from the book, Lions' Forge, written by Karen Markle Knab; look for it soon!
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Season 3, Epsiode 17: Lackland
Apr 21, 202500:46:47Tap to summarizeThe tumultuous reign of John Lackland, the only English king to be named John, who inherits----and loses---- an empire.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 16: The Greatest Lion
Apr 7, 202500:30:12Tap to summarizeRichard Lionheart, survivor of endless battlefields, comes at last to Chalus-Chabrol as the 12th century sees its last spring.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 15: The Fair Castle on the Rock
Mar 24, 202500:26:12Tap to summarizeLionheart, once again in command, dominates the last years of the 12th century, from Normandy to Flanders, from Brittany to the empire of the Germans.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 14: My Heart is Filled with Gladness
Mar 10, 202500:29:12Tap to summarizeKnights and horses are set in never-ending battle array as Richard Lionheart returns from Germany to rule his lands again.
Transcribe →Season3, Episode 13: A King's Ransom
Feb 24, 202500:26:18Tap to summarizeThe Plantagenet empire pays what we would call more than two billion dollars to bring its Crusader King home.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 12: Captivity
Feb 10, 202500:26:30Tap to summarizeShipwrecked twice on his way home from his Crusade, Richard finds that Leopold of Austria has a very long memory.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 11: Striving For Heaven
Jan 27, 202500:26:00Tap to summarizeRichard Lionheart, Saladin, and their last battle for Jerusalem
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 10: Even the Greatest King Can Lose His Way
Jan 13, 202500:27:30Tap to summarizeRichard, supreme on the battlefields of the Third Crusade, suddenly finds that neither Jerusalem nor England can be bent to his will.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 9: The Great Season of Richard Lionheart
Dec 30, 202400:28:35Tap to summarizeRichard wins against everything Saladin and the Muslim world can throw at him and his invincible Crusaders.
Transcribe →Season 3, Episode 8: So Much Left to Fate
Dec 16, 202400:28:11Tap to summarizeEven winning could not answer all of the questions in this Crusade.
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