This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAlthough after the failure of the Second Crusade the interest felt by the western
The Trial and Burning of Jan Huss
This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionAmong the heralds of the Reformation, John Wycliffe, the English Protestant who
Columbus Discovers South America
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionChristopher Columbus made four voyages of discovery. His career was checkered by
Saladin Takes Jerusalem From the Christians
This series has five easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionThe First Crusade (not counting the earlier Children’s Crusade) had been heroically
The Peace of Constance Secures the Liberties of the Lombard Cities
This series has four easy 5 minute installments.IntroductionFrederick, Duke of Swabia and his brother Conrad, Duke of the Franks, grandsons of
The Medieval Age, 1000 – 1500
by Jack Le MoineAh, yes! Knights, castles, monasteries and crusades. And that's just in Europe!This age saw the Mongols conquer much of
Pope Launches Crusade
Time: November 27, 1095Place: Clerrmont, FranceHe did not forsee that one effort would not be enough, or even eight. Nor did he know that in the end,