This session includes two pre-recorded powerpoint presentations that provide a detailed look at the Crusades and its historical impact.

This seminar will cover the following:

• Background of the Crusades and why they occurred
• Western European ‘Holy Wars’ with a look at Muslim Spain and the Spanish Reconquest
• Holy Wars to expand the Roman Catholic Church and the early beginnings of European colonial expansion
• The Crusades against the Muslims beginning with Christian successful attacks against the Muslims
• The Rise of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi and the recapture of Jerusalem
• The retaking of Jerusalem under Frederick II
• A look at the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Crusades along with other smaller efforts.
• And much more