In this episode, we cover the events leading up to and immediately proceeding the Great Byzantine Revolts of 1185, and follow the histories of the Serbian prince Stefan Nemanja and the founders of the Second Bulgarian Empire, the Asen Brothers, Theodore (Peter), Ivan, and Kaloyan, as well as looking the compositions of their new holdings.

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Sources

Intro: Zachary Wheeler and Nathaniel Scarborough, "Hej, Sokoły" folk tune

Outro: Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Strings, Op. 22 (London Symphony Orchestra 1960)

Fine, John VA Jr. The Early Medieval Balkans. University of Michigan Press, 1991.

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