Ep. 78: Frederick II (1196-1250) - Sixth Crusade - A Crusade without Crusaders

History of the Germans from the Middle Ages to Reunification

Dirk Hoffmann-Becking

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 551 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This is a story I was looking forward to telling for quite some time. It has everything – crossed wires, stubbornness and vitriol as well as diplomacy, cultural awareness and stunning success. It is the story of the crusade of Frederick II, that has no parallel, for one because Frederick did undertake it whilst banned by the pope and further, because he brought Jerusalem back under Christian control for one last time, without a shot being fired. The latter had not been achieved since the Frist Crusade and will not be repeated in the Middle Ages happen again before the British for Palestine in 1918.As always, this episode has a dedicated website with the transcript and maps, pictures and additional comments to read along. It is to be found at https://historyofthegermans.com/78-2/ The music for the show is Flute Sonata in E-flat major, H.545 by Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach (or some claim it as BWV 1031 Johann Sebastian Bach) performed and arranged by Michel Rondeau under Common Creative Licence 3.0. As always: Homepage with maps, photos, transcripts and blog: www.historyofthegermans.com Facebook: @HOTGPod Twitter: @germanshistory Instagram: history_of_the_germans Reddit: u/historyofthegermans Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Historyofthegermans

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the history of the Germans, episode 78, a crusade without crusaders.
0:11.5	This is the second recording of this episode. I don't do that very often, but this time I really had to.
0:18.2	The previous version sounded incredibly rushed and there was a mistake in it.
0:22.1	I kept on saying the year 1217 when I meant 1227.
0:26.5	So I did it all again.
0:29.1	If you have listened to the previous version and did not abandon the podcast, thank you so
0:33.0	much.
0:34.1	If you gave up halfway through, this version hopefully will be better. So, without further ado, here we go.
0:41.3	This is the story I was looking forward to telling for quite some time.
0:44.3	It has everything. Mindless fighting, stubbornness, fake armies,
0:49.3	as well as elaborate diplomacy, cultural awareness and stunning success.
0:53.3	It is the story of the Crusade of Frederick II that has no parallel elaborate diplomacy, cultural awareness and stunning success.
0:54.6	It is the story of the Crusade of Frederick II that has no parallel, for one because
0:59.9	Frederick did undertake it whilst Dick's communicated, and further because he brought Jerusalem
1:05.3	back under Christian control for one last time without a shot being fired.
1:14.7	The latter had not been achieved since the first crusade and will not happen again before modern times.
1:19.3	Before we start, just a reminder.
1:22.2	The history of the Germans podcast is advertising free
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1:35.4	All you have to do is sign up at patreon.com slash history of the Germans or on my website
1:41.4	history of the Germans.com. You find all the links in the show notes.
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