Crusades
Crusades is a four-part documentary series presented by Terry Jones, recounting the Crusades by exploring the lives of pivotal figures, the technology and the politics of the era. The first episode recounts Byzantine Emperor Alexius' appeal to Pope Urban II for help in fighting Muslim Turks. The second episode covers hardships encountered by crusaders as they neared the Holy City, including intense heat and starvation. The third episode chronicles the response that the Arab world gave to the gains of the Crusades. And the fourth and final episode examines the massacres during the siege of Acre, the Treaty of Ramla in 1192, and the establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
| Episode 1 - Pilgrims in Arms |
Episode 1 - Pilgrims in Arms
This episode recounts Byzantine Emperor Alexius' appeal to Pope Urban II for help in fighting Muslim Turks, the first crusaders as they neared Jerusalem, and the first casualties of the crusades: Jews massacred in Worms and Cologne, Germany.
Episode 2 - Jerusalem
This episode covers hardships encountered by crusaders as they neared the Holy City, including intense heat and starvation. Also the Siege of Antioch and Turkish retaliation.
Episode 3 - Jihad
This episode chronicles the response that the Arab world gave to the gains of the Crusades. Jones takes the viewer from Syria to Jordan to shed light on the Arabs counter-crusade led by Muslim leader Saladin.
Episode 4 - Destruction
This episode examines the massacres during the siege of Acre, the Treaty of Ramla in 1192 when Richard was forced to concede Jerusalem to Saladin, and the establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople.
| Related Links |
| Crusades - wikipedia The Crusades were a series of wars taking place in Asia Minor and the Levant between 1095 and 1291, in which Western European nations engaged using the propaganda of religious expeditionary wars. |
| In Our Time, Third Crusades Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the highs and lows of the Third Crusade. In 1095 Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade and by the end of the 11th century an army of Franks had driven what they called the 'infidel arab' out of Jerusalem. |
| The Crusades: Crescent and the Cross This is a two-part History Channel documentary series presenting the epic battle between two Middle Age superpowers: the Christian Crusaders and the Muslims. |
| Terry Jones' Medieval Lives This is a BBC documentary series presented by Terry Jones, looking at the Medieval world with the intent of finding out what it was really like. |