King Louis IX: The Monk King of France
King Louis IX spent more time on crusades than governing the kingdom of France but he was made a saint as Tony McMahon discovers
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Massacre of Christians in Jerusalem
In 1244, the holy city of Jerusalem fell to an alliance of Muslim forces led by a Khwarazmian army. The Christian and Jewish populations of the city were slaughtered and the bodies of the past crusader Kings of Jerusalem were dragged out of their tombs and thrown into the street.
Fatimid Empire versus Knights Templar
The Fatimid Empire presented a formidable foe to the Knights Templar but in the 1160s it collapsed – Tony McMahon investigates.
Templar Knights versus Mongol warriors
The spectre of the Mongols terrified both Christians and Muslims. Tony McMahon investigates.
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