The Crusades - Pilgrimage or Holy War?: Crash Course World History #15
In which John Green teaches you about the Crusades embarked upon by European Christians in the 12th and 13th centuries. Our traditional perception of the Crusades as European Colonization thinly...
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Hi there! My name is John Green; this is Crash Course World History, and today we’re going to talk about the Crusades. Ohhh, Stan, do we have to talk about the Crusades? I hate them... Here’s the thing about the Crusades, which were a series of military expeditions from parts of Europe to the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The real reason they feature so prominently in history is because we’ve endlessly romanticized the story of the Crusades. We’ve created this simple narrative with characters to root for and root against, and it’s all been endlessly idealized by the likes of Sir Walter Scott. And there are knights with swords and lion hearts... NO, STAN. LIONHEARTS. Thank you. [theme music] Let’s start by saying that initially the Crus...
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Hi there! My name is John Green; this is Crash Course World History, and today we’re going to talk about the Crusades. Ohhh, Stan, do we have to talk about the Crusades? I hate them... Here’s the thing about the Crusades, which were a series of military expeditions from parts of Europe to the Eastern coast of the Mediterranean. The real reason they feature so prominently in history is because we’ve endlessly romanticized the story of the Crusades. We’ve created this simple narrative with characters to root for and root against, and it’s all been endlessly idealized by the likes of Sir Walter Scott. And there are knights with swords and lion hearts... NO, STAN. LIONHEARTS. Thank you. [theme music] Let’s start by saying that initially the Crus...
