The Crusades: Saints and sinners

Series: Western Civilization: Majesty and Madness

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Learning Corporation of America

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the first crusade and the complex motives which led people to join it. Examines the irony implicit in a holy war., Explores the motives for and dramatizes the events of the first Crusade from Pope Urban's speech in 1095 to the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Illustrates the irony of "holy" war by juxtaposing the Crusade's Christian motives with the economic motives of the Christian leaders and the mass slaughter of men. Uses maps to show the paths used by the crusaders and includes accounts from chronicles of the period.

Complete Record: Describes the first crusade and the complex motives which led people to join it. Examines the irony implicit in a holy war., Explores the motives for and dramatizes the events of the first Crusade from Pope Urban's speech in 1095 to the capture of Jerusalem in 1099. Illustrates the irony of "holy" war by juxtaposing the Crusade's Christian motives with the economic motives of the Christian leaders and the mass slaughter of men. Uses maps to show the paths used by the crusaders and includes accounts from chronicles of the period., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.