Crusades (Documentary, English)
Genres: History
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1995-01-10
Ended: 1995-01-13
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Runtime: 60 minutes
In this series, Terry Jones presents the recounting of the religious wars for control of the "Holy Lands" waged by Christian Europe against the Islamic world. In addition, Terry Jones recreates specific aspects of those events by exploring the lives of pivotal figures, the technology and the politics of the era. Furthermore, Terry Jones also shows how these acts of religious bigotry at its worst have led to many of the political and ethnic problems we have today.