"God wills it!" : understanding the Crusades

Content: Lecture 1. The medieval background of the Crusades -- Lecture 2. Islam: faith, culture, empire -- Lecture 3. Pope Urban II and the calling of the First Crusade -- Lecture 4. The First Crusade -- Lecture 5. What were the Crusades? Who were the crusaders? -- Lecture 6. The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem -- Lecture 7. The Second Crusade -- Lecture 8. The Third Crusade -- Lecture 9. The Fourth Crusade -- Lecture 10. Crusades in Europe -- Lecture 11. The Fifth Crusade -- Lecture 12. The Crusades of St. Louis -- Lecture 13. The fall of the crusader states -- Lecture 14. Later crusades and the legacy of the Crusades. Abstract: In this course, Saint Louis University professor Thomas F. Madden discusses the history of the Crusades as well as their legacy