The Crusades

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The Crusades are often remembered as a holy war between
Christianity and Islam with images of armored knights marching east
beneath blood-red crosses, driven by faith, glory, and the promise
of salvation. In this episode I’m joined by historian Niall
Christie, as we travel back to the Holy Land between the 11th and
13th centuries to try and to help me understand what exactly
happened during this time because nearly a thousand years later,
the echoes of the Crusades still shape politics, religion, and
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