The Crusades - the sequence of religious wars fought between the late eleventh century and late medieval periods. Crusading armies from European Christian states attempted to wrest the Holy Land from Islamic rule in wars which have left an enduring imprint on relations between the Muslim world and the West to this day. Hear tales soaked in Islamic, Christian and Jewish blood, peopled by extraordinary characters, and characterised by both low ambition and high principle.
In this episode from the 2019 Festival, Dan Jones, best-selling chronicler of the Middle Ages, writer, historian and TV presenter, talks about his book Crusaders with Trinity College Dublin historian Dr Conor Kostick, who has himself written about the crusades. Recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 19th October 2019.
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