Episode 279 - Catching up with Max Lau

The History of Byzantium

Robin Pierson

History

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

50 episodes ago Dr Maximilian Lau came on the podcast to talk about John II Komnenos. Max kindly shared his book with me before publication to guide the podcast through John's reign.

Now he is back on the show to catch up on the next century of Byzantine history and to give us the great news that the book has been published.

The book is 'Emperor John II Komnenos: Rebuilding New Rome 1118-1143'. You can buy the book here and if you use the discount code AAFLYG6 you can 30% off.

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0:02.4	10 UK winners are guaranteed to be millionaires.
0:05.1	That's 10 more reasons to dance.
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0:10.2	Celsius.
0:11.3	10 UK winners are guaranteed to be millionaires this Friday.
0:14.6	New or millions from the National Lottery.
0:16.3	Play on our game.
0:17.2	Cal terms and procedures are playing.
0:18.8	There must be 18 or over. Hello everyone and welcome to the history of Boisantium episode 279
0:36.1	catching up with Max Lough. Thank you all so much for the messages of sympathy while I was ill. I hope you enjoyed some kind of break over the holiday season.
0:48.0	I will be sitting down across a Zoom call with Anthony Cordellis soon to bring you parts three and four of our series.
0:55.4	But today we are catching up with Max Lough.
0:58.6	Dr Lough came on the show 50 episodes ago to talk about his book, which covered the life and career of John Comney
1:04.9	Noss, Alexius's son Manaweel's father. Max lent me the manuscript of his book which heavily influenced my coverage of John's career and now the good news is the book has been published.
1:19.0	We talk about how you can buy the book and why you might want to in the interview and if you'd like a
1:24.3	discount then go to the history of Byzantine.com find the page for episode 279 and the
1:29.5	details are all there. After talking about the book, I decided to quiz Max on everything we've been through since.
1:37.0	Manaweels Reign, the collapse of the Empire, and the Fourth Crusade,
1:41.0	to see what insights he can offer and the different opinions he has on what went down.
1:47.0	It's a wide-ranging discussion of the past 50 episodes or so. I hope you enjoy.
1:57.0	Dr Maximilian Low, welcome back to the history of Byzantine. Good to be here.
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