History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 34 the Second Crusade Roman numeral 6.

Hello again.

Last week we followed the French and German armies as they travelled to Constantinople.

This week we will see what happens when they cross the Bosphorus into hostile territory.

As we saw last week, King Conrad and the German army crossed into Anatolia much earlier than the French,

despite having previously agreed to wait for the French contingent in Constantinople.

Now there's two things you need to keep in mind before we go any further.

The first one is, although much of Anatolia is part of the Byzantine Empire, many parts of it are only loosely controlled by Constantinople.

The Celiuk Turks who control Central Anatolia and the Danishman Turks to the northeast

are doing a pretty good job of ensuring that much of Anatolia is hostile

and Christian interests are often under threat.

Secondly, the peace accord signed by Emperor Manuel and the Seluk Turks doesn't extend to the Latin Christians.

So while the Seluk Turks have agreed not to attack Byzantine territory in Anatolia,

they are free to fight the invading Latin Christian armies.

Right, so here we are.

King Conrad and tens of thousands of German knights, foot soldiers, attendants, clerics, pilgrims, and hangars on, are all

camped at Kausidon, waiting to march across Anatolia towards the principality of Antioch. King Conrad to

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to provide the Emperor to provide him with guides for the journey,

and Manuel acceded to this request.

The Emperor then gave the German king two sound pieces of advice.

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