<p>What if everything you think you know about medieval Croatia is wrong?</p><p>Dr Eleanor Janega is joined by Professor Florin Curta to uncover how Dalmatia’s coastal cities defied “Dark Age” collapse, why Slavic identity may have been a political invention, and how frontiers became homelands in a zone contested by Franks, Byzantines, Venetians and Hungarians. Discover the extraordinary archives, churches and cultures that made medieval Croatia uniquely complex.</p><br><p><strong>MORE</strong></p><p><strong>The Hussite Wars: Crusades Against Bohemia</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-hussite-wars-crusades-against-bohemia/id1564113746?i=1000712606235" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2uElzdB0FwWTaQ3GAQ7490" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p><strong>Teutonic Knights</strong></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teutonic-knights/id1564113746?i=1000683294739" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Apple</a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gUpGPLW74wnhDm7MI5h6V" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Listen on Spotify</a></p><br><p>Gone Medieval is presented by Dr. Eleanor Janega. Audio editor is Tim Arstall, the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.</p><p>All music used is courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.</p><p><em>Gone Medieval is a History Hit podcast.</em></p><br><p><strong>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week. Sign up at </strong><a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><u>https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</u></strong></a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>