Resources

Map of the routes taken by the first four Crusades

__Podcasts__
Listen to this interview with Professor Norman Housley on the Crusades. media type="file" key="fighting_for_the_cross.mp3" width="240" height="20"

Podcast of Professor Loud (Leeds) talking about the Battle of Hattin available [|here]

Podcast of Professor Loud (Leeds) talking about the Second Crusade available [|here]

The Historical Association site for the unit on the Crusades by Professor Riley-Smith, Professor Jonathan Phillips and Dr Asbridge [|here]







Lecture by J Phillips on Saladin 2012 (downloadable) [|Saladin lecture]

Podcast on Bohemond available here [|Bohemond]

Podcast on Alexios Komnenos available here [|Alexios Komnenos]

__Videos__
Short extract from American documentary. The first part explains both the Peace of God and the Truce of God. It then explains the response to the crusades in terms of the reaction of knights. Second part mentions some of the benefits of the crusades. media type="youtube" key="z-niTeTY7pw?rel=0" height="315" width="420"

First part of the History Channel programme on //The Cross and the Crescent// media type="youtube" key="f7FgUEFQ-yo" height="315" width="420"  //here//

Second part of the History Channel programme on //The Cross and the Crescent media type="youtube" key="7pOPz5xPFTo" height="390" width="480"[|here]//

// The first part of the Terry Jones series on the Crusades is [|here] but you will need to sign up and download the media player from the site. The second and third programmes are also available. //

// Channel 4 documentary (Back from the Dead:Crusaders, 2011) on skeletons found at Jacob's Ford [|here] //

// Documentary on the Third Crusade focusing on Richard I and Saladin:- // media type="youtube" key="CiYNdexDwYw" height="315" width="560"

Dramatised programme on Richard The Lionheart in 4 sections media type="youtube" key="NLSB5XjvkQw?rel=0" height="315" width="560"

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Timewatch programme on the lost crusader castle of Jacob's Ford available in 5 sections: [|Timewatch:Jacob's Ford]

Dr Thomas Asbridges's BBC series (2011) on the Crusades:- media type="youtube" key="goqqtLnowUE" height="315" width="560"

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TV documentary on the Templars and the city of Tortosa which was attacked in 1188 [|here]

// Video to help you remember the crusades! [|here] //

__Texts and Powerpoints__
// A lengthy Powerpoint summarising the first four crusades (use for initial revision) //

// Powerpoint revision for key ideas on First-Third Crusades //

// [|Interactive map for the crusades] //

//[|Carole Hillenbrand's book on Islamic perspectives]//

// Chapter from A Level textbook on the background in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire to the First Crusade [|here] //

// Article on Urban's motives for preaching the First Crusade here //

Various articles on crusades subjects can be found //here//

//Important overviews on all the crusades and the Latin states [|here]//

Crusading historiography database showing how academics are linked and how this has influenced their work [|database]

__Exam Papers__
Find past AQA GCE exam papers [|here]