Centuries have passed since the last crusader knight laid down his sword, but the Crusades continue to hold sway over our world. Because the Crusades have been so consequential to history, it's essential to understand the context, motivations, and preconditions of these dramatic military campaigns. In doing so, you'll not only get a fresher understanding of the Crusades, you'll discover surprising truths about why (and how) they were fought.
This course plunges you into the series of Crusades to the Holy Land (and elsewhere), from the calling of the First Crusade in November 1095 until the collapse of the last crusader state, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in 1291. You'll be in the hands of Phillip Daileader, a historian and teacher named one of the best professors in the United States by The Princeton Review and a four-time winner of Harvard University's Certificate of Distinction in Teaching. Just minutes into the first lecture of this engaging course, you'll find out why Professor Daileader's lecturing style - filled with eye-opening insights, clear-cut explanations, gripping stories, and touches of ironic humor - has been praised by so many of our customers around the world. By the final lecture, you'll have the knowledge necessary to come to your own conclusions about just how important and consequential these centuries of warfare were to Western civilization.
