Jerusalem was the most holy place in Christendom. For Medieval Christians, it was the dream of a lifetime to journey there and visit the Holy Sepulchre – site of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. But this was a journey fraught with danger.
Even more than Seville or Cordoba – medieval Toledo affords you a glimpse of life in Spain as a Muslim, Jewish and Christian civilisation
Is the Ridley Scott movie Kingdom of Heaven historically accurate? TV historian Tony McMahon has been taking a closer look.
TV historian Tony McMahon visits Bethlehem on the West Bank and finds a fascinating historic city
Abu al-Qasim was the father of modern surgery and a great example of a thinker from the era of the medieval Muslim caliphate in Spain
Jaffa was a hugely important city in the Crusades – now increasingly absorbed by Tel Aviv in modern Israel
The Knights Templar in medieval Spain were at the forefront of the long war against the Muslim caliphate that eventually resulted in victory
Saint Francis of Assisi was keen to achieve martyrdom but never quite got there as Tony McMahon discovers.
Toledo in Spain shows how Christians and Muslims lived together and even allowed churches to become mosques and vice versa
There is an incredible story that stretches credulity that Saladin was knighted by the Knights Templar and became a Templar himself.
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