Crusades

Season

1995

UK

8.1

Terry Jones presents the history of the medieval religious wars in the middle-east known as the Crusades.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Pilgrims in Arms

Terry Jones explores the history of the Crusades, to discover exactly what happened when the Pope instigated a popular campaign to conquer Jerusalem.

S1 • E2

Jerusalem

Encased in armor, Terry Jones sets out on the walk to the Holy City - a journey that took the Crusaders two years and killed most of them.

S1 • E3

Jihad

Terry Jones continues his history of the Crusades by describing how the Crusaders lost Jerusalem in 1144 to Zengi, the Arab leader. A second crusade fell foul of Zengi's son.

S1 • E4

Destruction

Terry Jones reports on how Richard the Lionheart set out to battle with Saladin and on rise of Muslim fanaticism as a mirror to Christian ferocity.

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Cast

Terry Jones

Self - Presenter

Marcello Walton

Radulph of Caen

Kammy Darweish

William of Tyre

Antony Zaki

Ibn al-Qalanisi

Sean Barrett

Reader

Hash Chamchoun

Reader

Anthony Smee

Urban II

Nigel Anthony

Stephen

Christopher Lamb

Richard I

Sean Arnold

St. Bernard