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In the overdue fall of 1095, Pope Urban II provided a speech in Clermont, France, and placed all of European countries into motion. As much as 150,000 people eventually responded to the call, going out of everything they understood behind to attempt what appeared to be a fool's quest: marching thousands of miles into enemy territory to reconquer Jerusalem for Christendom. Against all possibilities they succeeded, building a Christian outpost in the center of the Islamic world that lasted for the better part of two centuries. Perhaps no other period in history is as misunderstood as the Crusades, and in this fast-paced bill Lars Brownworth presents the entire story, from the first clash of Christendom and Islam in the dusty sands of Yarmouk to nov the last crusader state. On the way he presents the listener with an amazing world peopled by mighty emperors, doomed Templars, grasping generals, and ambitious peasants. Some of the most famous titles of the Middle Age groups - Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the legendary Prester John - light up this age of splendor, adventure, and faith.
