The First Crusade - A Defensive War




Real Crusades History show

Summary: http://www.realcrusadeshistory.com Dr. Paul Crawford’s “Four Myths About the Crusades”: https://home.isi.org/four-myths-about-crusades Dr. Andrew Holt’s website: https://apholt.com Get your copy of my new book: http://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-Heathen-Rage-Crusades/dp/152395762X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461105827&sr=8-1&keywords=why+does+the+heathen+rage Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Real-Crusades-History/220051141405247 Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrusadesHistory Donate to support Crusades history: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GL77L7KZRK4JY Crusades History Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/realcrusadeshistory A new video or podcast every Monday! J Stephen Roberts and Scott Amis are joined by two very special guests: Dr. Paul Crawford, world-class Crusades historian from the California University of Pennsylvania, and renowned Crusades historian Dr. Andrew Holt from Florida State College at Jacksonville. These two major scholars will guide us through a discussion of the First Crusade, which is properly understood as a defensive reaction against centuries of Islamic conquests at the expense of Christendom.