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A frozen Lake Peipus played host to a dramatic fight between 2,000 Catholic Crusaders and 6,000 Orthodox Christians on 5th April, 1242.\nThe invading forces were the Teutonic Knights, armed with spears and swords to \u2018Christianize\u2019 what they saw as a Pagan society. Novgorod\u2019s defender, Prince Alexander Nevsky, lured the Germans to the lake, where his troops could take them down one by one, in a battle that went down in Russian lore.\xa0\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly reveal how much of the imagery of the battle was in fact crystallised by a controversial twentieth-century filmmaker; consider why the Knights were so unprepared for this particular confrontation; and ask what actual theological differences separated the warring factions\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018Lake Peipus: Battle on the Ice\u2019 (Warfare History Network, 2005): https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/lake-peipus-battle-on-the-ice/\n\u2022 \u2018Alexander Nevsky - Prince of Novgorod and Kiev\u2019: https://www.thoughtco.com/alexander-nevsky-profile-p2-1788255\n\u2022 \u2018Alexander Nevsky\u2019 (Sergei Eisenstein, 1938): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq4PaJfod4w\nWe'll be back on Monday - unless you join \U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\U0001f334, where we give you ad-free listening AND a full-length Sunday episode every week!\nPlus, weekly bonus content, unlock over 70 bonus bits, and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Ollie Peart.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2024.\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices