Qualla: Battle of Saint George https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:40:35 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Saint George https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george Battle of Saint George: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ Andronikos Asen had just taken a castle he was not supposed to have, and he knew the Latin relief army was on its way. So he left the enemy's own banners flying from the battlements. When the Achaean force arrived at the castle of Saint George in the mountains of Skorta on 9 September 1320, they saw their own flags overhead and assumed the Byzantines had abandoned the siege. They were wrong. Asen had simply set a trap. The ambush that followed changed the balance of power in the Peloponnese — and it did so through a general who understood that a well-timed deception could accomplish what a frontal assault could not.

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/s/battle-of-saint-george-wp/sqxs-battle-of-saint-george-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Saint George: A Principality in Disarray https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ The Latin Principality of Achaea had held most of the Morea — the Peloponnese — for over a century when the Battle of Saint George took place. But by 1320, the principality was in serious trouble. The princely succession had been contested for years: a Catalan invasion in support...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/s/battle-of-saint-george-wp/sqxs-battle-of-saint-george-a-principality-in-disarray.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Saint George: The Siege and the Ruse https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ In 1320, Asen launched a campaign into Arcadia. His target was the castle of Saint George in Skorta — a fortress the Latins had built in the early 1290s as part of a chain protecting the mountain passes. The Chronicle of the Morea, preserved in French and Aragonese versions, desc...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/s/battle-of-saint-george-wp/sqxs-battle-of-saint-george-the-siege-and-the-ruse.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Saint George: Arcadia Falls to Byzantium https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ Asen's 1320 campaign did not end with Saint George. In the same operation — the sources disagree on the precise sequence — the Byzantines acquired, through bribes to their commandants, three additional castles: Karytaina, Akova, and Polyphengos. These fortresses had formed the ba...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/s/battle-of-saint-george-wp/sqxs-battle-of-saint-george-arcadia-falls-to-byzantium.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Saint George: Aftermath and the Long Decline https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ The shock of Asen's campaign was severe enough that the leading barons of the principality sent a Franciscan prior, Peter Gradenigo, to the Doge of Venice in June 1321, offering to place the principality under Venetian sovereignty. Venice declined. The Angevins sent a new baillie...

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]]> Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/q/x/s/battle-of-saint-george-wp/sqxs-battle-of-saint-george-aftermath-and-the-long-decline.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Saint George: The Mountains of Skorta from the Air https://qualla.com/battle-of-saint-george/ The castle of Saint George in Skorta stood in the Arcadian mountain region at approximately 37.441°N, 22.019°E, in the rugged interior of the Peloponnese. The terrain here is steep and heavily dissected — a landscape of narrow valleys and rocky ridgelines that made these mountain...

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