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Crusades

A Commentary on the BBC Series

By Paul Crawford


Recently one of the medieval discussion lists raised questions about the usefulness of the BBC Crusades series, hosted by Terry Jones. Without picking too many nits (easy to do to popular presentations of medieval subject matter, and not always fair), let me give my basic objections to the series.


For non-scholars who wish to explore the Crusades for themselves, ORB recommends the following historical resources:


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