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The Crusades

Michael Evans


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The Crusades

A Clash of Civilisations?

Were the crusades part of an ongoing clash between the West and Islam?

The Capture of Jerusalem

The First Crusade achieves its goal

The Siege of Antioch

A crucial turning-point of the First Crusade

The First Crusade (2): The Road to Antioch

The deceptively easy early successes of the First Crusade

The First Crusade (1): Leaders and Knights

Who led the First Crusade, and why did they go?

Crusade, Jihad, and Holy War

Medieval Christian and Muslim ideas on Holy War, and their (mis)use today

Peter the Hermit and the ‘Peoples’ Crusade’

The preacher Peter the Hermit, and the 'Peoples' Crusades'

The Makings of the First Crusade (2)

The origins of the First Crusade in the West

The Makings of the First Crusade (1)

Looking at the origins of the First Crusade in western Europe

The World of the Crusaders (2): Medieval Islam

An overview of the early days of Islam, up to the dawn of the crusades

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The Crusades

The World of the Crusaders (1): Europe in 1095 (2 msgs)

What were the Crusades? (4 msgs)