#188 - Mongol 13: O Lord, Why Are Thy Judgements So Deep?

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 23 March 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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King Bela IV of Hungary has a bit of a barbarian problem. You see, he let in some Cumans, but now some different barbarians are demanding that he give them back. So Bela does the sensible thing: he kills the Mongol emissaries. Batu Khan and General Subotai are less than pleased... Time Period Covered: c. 1239-1242 CE Major Historical Figures: Mongol Empire: Batu Khan [c. 1205-1255] General Subotai Ba'atur ("the Valiant") [c. 1175-1248] General Khadan [d. 125?] General Shiban [d. 1266] Kingdom of Greater Hungary: King Bela III [r. 1172-1196] King Andrew II [r. 1205-1235] King Bela IV [r. 1235-1265] Duke Coloman of Slavonia [d. 1241] Archbishop Ugolin of Kaolocsa [d. 1241] Duke Palatine of Hungary [d. 1241] Bishop Benedict of Oradea [d. 1241] Templar Master Rembald de Voczon [d. 1241] Archdeacon Thomas of Spalato [1200-1268] Master Roger of Torre Maggiore, Archdeacon of Varad [1205-1266] Cuman Tribes: Chieftain Khotan [d. 1140] Austria: Duke Frederick of Austria "the Quarrelsome" [d. 1245] Holy Roman Empire: Emperor Frederick II [r. 1220-1250] Conrad IV, King of Italy, Germany, the Romans, and Jerusalem [r. 1228-1254] Roman Catholic Church: Pope Gregory IX [r. 1227-1241] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:04.0	Hey there everyone, as the coronavirus continues to make its circuit of old planet Earth,
0:10.0	I hope that we're all doing our part to aid in its containment and the protection of those around us by staying inside, washing our hands, and wearing masks if you need to, and just generally making those tough but smart decisions for the good of yourself and everyone around you.
0:24.0	No matter where you might be from or are now, we all share one world and the virus doesn't
0:28.6	check passports.
0:30.6	So to maybe help out ever so little in keeping people safely indoors, this episode on the
0:36.1	Mongolian conquest of Hungary, which was made to be one of the bonus Mongol episodes, will be presented
0:41.5	in full to everyone. That way you can at least a little bit forget
0:44.8	about the problems of your own life in lockdown and can instead focus on the problems of
0:49.3	the citizens of Bella the 4th's Kingdom of Greater Hungary in 1242. And be glad at least that you're not in their shoes.
0:59.1	So stay safe, stay sane, and enjoy.
1:03.3	On with the show.
1:04.4	Hello and welcome to the show.
1:10.4	Hello and welcome to the history of China.
1:16.0	Mongol 13.
1:18.0	Oh Lord, why are thy judgments so deep?
1:25.2	Alas! Then sudden disaster struck.
1:27.2	Oh, what dire cruelty!
1:30.3	Free Hungary came to be tributary. Oh, what pain! I am forced to use a sorrowful tone tearfully lamenting upon this mournful and horrible manner.
1:42.0	I have not addressed this matter in order to denounce or dishonor
1:45.0	anyone, but rather for the sake of instruction so they that Reed may understand, who understand,
1:52.0	believe, who believe, observe, and who observe perceive that the days
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