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Taking the crown of Poland gives Jogaila a new problem - how to govern Lithuania.
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Taking the crown of Poland gives Jogaila a new problem - how to govern Lithuania.

With his own baptism, marriage, and coronation out of the way, Jogaila moves on to the other parts of his deal.

When Algirdas dies, he leaves his heir several problems. Their neighbors in Poland also have problems. Maybe they can help each other.

Dmitry Donskoy finds out that his victory was rather Pyrrhic.

Was the Battle of Kulikovo the beginning of liberation from the Mongols?

The stand off with Mamai reaches its inevitable conclusion and Dmitry of Moscow earns himself a new name.

As the Anarchy gets underway in the Horde, the Mamai, the commander of the western wing, tries to make himself the power behind the throne.

Metropolitan Aleksey helps Ivan’s son Dmitry claim his father’s throne, but faces new challenges to his own authority..

Meanwhile in Lithuania, Gediminas divides his realm among his seven sons.

As the plague ends, Moscow needs a new knyaz, and the Horde needs a way to recover.

Life in the steppe was different to sedentary Europe, and the effects of the plague were also different.

Ivan’s son Simeon take the throne, but soon faces a new threat - the Black Death.

This episode completes the story of these three contemporaries and their legacies.

Lithuania begins its expansion to the south.

This episode catches up on what has been happening in Galicia and Volhynia after Daniil of Galicia.

Gediminas follows his brother to establish a new dynasty in Lithuania.

With the Prussian Crusade over, the Order immediately launches a new crusade against Lithuania.

By the end of the thirteenth century, the Teutonic Order has established Prussia and Livonia, new Catholic states running from Poland to Est...

Following the death of Mindaugas, Lithuania goes through a period of instability before beginning to annex Rus territory.

Khan Ozbeg changes his policy and makes Ivan of Moscow his man in the northeast.
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