64.2 Russo-Turkish War 1788 and the Reforms of Joseph II

64.2 Russo-Turkish War 1788 and the Reforms of Joseph II

The Origins of the French Revolutionary Wars can be dated to 17th August 1787, when in Constantinople the Ottomans arrested the Russian ambassador Count Bulgakov in the Topkapi palace, and declared war on St Petersburg. Catherine the Great had deliberately provoked the Turks and now dragged in the reluctant Austrians into the war. The Austrian Emperor was Joseph II, the archetypal enlightened despot, who worked hard to reform his empire but from the top down. His reforms provoked the so-called Brabantine Revolution 1789-90 in the Netherlands which was similar in some ways to the contemporary French Revolution.


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Music from Joseph Haydn (Symphony 94, 'Surpise'), Christoph Gluck (the opera 'Iphigenie En Tauride') and Mozart (the Turkish March), courtesy of www.musopen.org


Picture - January Suchodolski - the Siege of Ochakov 1788

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17.4 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 4

17.4 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 4

The army of the First Crusade arrives at the Holy City of Jerusalemwww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuropePicture: Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, 15th July 1099 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

3 Heinä 201534min

17.3 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 3

17.3 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 3

Christian warriors from around Europe converge on the Holy Land to fight the First Crusade. Despite many challenges the campaign starts well at the siege of Nicaea before reaching Antioch. One group, led by Baldwin of Flanders splits off from the main army and captures Edessawww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuopePicture: Baldwin of Boulogne entering Edessa in Feb 1098 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Kesä 201523min

17.2 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 2

17.2 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 2

Build-up to the First Crusade from the perspective of the Byzantine Empire, the Turks in Asia Minor and the Levant, the area about to be invadedwww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuropePicture: Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 Kesä 201524min

17.1 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 1

17.1 Siege of Jerusalem 1099, First Crusade, Part 1

Build-up to the First Crusade. The Investiture Controversy between Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII, plus the growing influence of the Normans under Robert Guiscard, and the reasons behind the call to crusade by Pope Urban IIwww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuropePicture: Henry IV begging forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII at Canossa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Kesä 201526min

16.4 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 4

16.4 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 4

The capture of Toledo, the capital of the old Visigothic kingdom, by Alfonso VI The Brave from the Muslims. Also the final days of El Cidwww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuropePicture: Alfonso VI conquers Toledo, May 1085 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

23 Touko 201522min

16.3 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 3

16.3 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 3

The early Medieval Spain of El Cid. The story of King Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile and his sons Sancho and Alfonso, as depicted in the epic Hollywood film. Plus, the conflict between Aragon and Muslim Zaragoza, the arrival of crusaders from across the Pyrenees, and the Siege of Barbastrowww.historyeurope.netwww.patreon.com/historyeuropePicture: Monument to El Cid in Burgos, Spain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Touko 201529min

16.2 Tenth Century Spain, Almanzor, Collapse of Umayyad Caliphate

16.2 Tenth Century Spain, Almanzor, Collapse of Umayyad Caliphate

The golden age of Muslim Spain, the military dictatorship of Almanzor, the collapse of the caliphate into petty kingdoms (taifas), Sancho III El Mayor of Navarre, and the rise of Castile and Aragonwww.historyeurope.netPicture: Almanzor, military leader and statesman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Touko 201541min

16.1 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 1, Medieval Spain

16.1 Fall of Toledo 1085, Part 1, Medieval Spain

The History of early medieval Spain from the Islamic conquest in 711 to the establishment of the magnificent Caliphate of Cordoba, and the first successful Christian resistance which will ultimately lead to the reconquest, or Reconquista, of the Iberian peninsula www.historyeurope.net Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2 Touko 201538min

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