Great courses (Compact disc)

Course number 3931

Hundreds of years have passed since the last crusader knight laid down his sword, but the centuries of medieval warfare we collectively call the Crusades continue to hold powerful sway over our modern world and the tense conflicts between religions and entire civilizations. Just how powerful was the impact of the Crusades on the spiritual and political landscape of the medieval world?

Unabridged

Lectures given by Professor Philip Daileader, The College of William & Mary

1.

What were the Crusades? --

2.

Before the Crusades-deep background --

3.

Before the Crusades-immediate circumstances --

4.

First Crusade and conquest of Jerusalem --

5.

Rise of the Templars --

6.

Defending the Crusader States, 1099-1144 --

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Second Crusade-false steps and failure --

8.

Saladin-general and sultan --

9.

Third Crusade-we three kings --

10.

Fourth Crusade-conquest of Constantinople --

11.

Crusades in Spain --

12.

Northern Crusades --

13.

Children's and Albigensian Crusades --

14.

Fifth and Sixth Crusades-tragedy and oddity --

15.

Louis IX-the Crusader saint --

16.

Hohenstaufen and Shepherds' Crusades --

17.

Fall-1291 --

18.

Crusades and their critics -- 19. War and travel-the experience of crusading --

20.

Life in the Crusader East --

21.

Cultural contact and exchange --

22.

Crusade and mission --

23.

Crusades and the course of history, part 1 --

24.

Crusades and the course of history, part 2