The Last Crusades Episode 2 "The Alexandrian Crusade"
Although the Crusading spirit of the eleventh century had faded in Europe after the fall of Outremer in 1291, there was still enough interest in 1365 to launch one last Crusade to recover the Holy Lan...
21 Elo 202121min
The Last Crusades Episode 1 "The Fall of the Templars"
With Outremer destroyed in 1291, Christian Europe lost its final link with the original crusading ideology focused on the capture of Jerusalem. What then should happen to the three religious Military ...
14 Elo 202121min
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 12 "The Death of Outremer"
The year is 1291. Outremer, as the Crusader states in the Middle East were called, has one last great battle to fight as a vast Mamluk army advances on Acre, the Crusader capital. Please take a look a...
7 Elo 202125min
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 11 "Heading Towards Disaster"
The year is 1287. The final countdown to the destruction of the Crusader states in the Holy Land has begun. But there is a strange air of complacency among the last Crusaders as the final storm begins...
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Mongols and Mamluks Episode 10 "The Return of the Mongols"
In the 1280s, the age of the Crusaders was nearly over. But the Mongols, still the most powerful empire on the planet, were keen to unite with Christian Europe to defeat the Mamluks. So, what went wro...
24 Heinä 202121min
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 9 "The Ninth Crusade"
Baibars, the Mamluk Sultan, is on the verge of destroying the Crusaders. But there is one last hope of help from the West. The English King Henry III has vowed to go on crusade. Now an old man, he sen...
17 Heinä 202123min
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 8 "The Fall of Antioch"
Having defeated both the Crusaders and the Mongols, the Mamluk leader, Sultan Baibars, wanted to destroy the Crusaders once and for all. In 1268, he attacked Antioch, one of the most strongly fortifie...
10 Heinä 202121min
Mongols and Mamluks Episode 7 "Sultan Baibars"
In 1260, the Mamluk victory over the Mongols at the battle of Ain Jalut saved Islam. Under the leadership of their new Sultan, Baibars, they now turned their attention to destroying the Crusaders. Pl...
3 Heinä 202121min
