The Crusades: Crescent & the Cross

  • : 2005
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  • History
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First Crusade Part 1
Episode overview
06, 2005
We will follow the two great waves of crusader armies - that of the nobility led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse, and that of the commoners exhorted into mobilisation by Peter the Hermit .. show full overview
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First Crusade Part 2
Episode overview
06, 2005
Upon conquering Jerusalem, the crusader-settlers were faced with an entirely new dilemma: their survival in a hostile territory far from home. This programme will tell the untold story .. show full overview
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The Second Crusade
Episode overview
07, 2005
An enigma even in his own time, Saladin became a hero in the West long before his rediscovery in the Muslim world in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His famous truce with Richard .. show full overview
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The Third Crusade
Episode overview
07, 2005
At the death of Saladin the Crusader kingdom has been reduced to a narrow strip of land and a handful of ports. A fourth crusade never reaches the Holy Land, setting its sights instead .. show full overview

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