Episode 265 - The 10 Greatest Emperors with Anthony Kaldellis
The History of Byzantium
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The Second Crusade and the Venetian Arrest
The Venetians are your defense against the Normans. They have been since Alexius's day. So to do that is to me to say, I'm leaving the door open for theNormans. And it was a Norman attack during the second crusade that sort of alerted him to the danger of the crusading movement potentially being aligned with an aggressive power like the Norman. "I think we shouldn't be thinking in terms of 1203"
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