Thinkyou know everything about the Crusades?

Forget the romantic images of nobleknights! In the new episode of the podcast "Blood and Faith: TheUnromantic History of the Crusades," we tear away the veils from one ofthe Middle Ages’ most brutal events.

Discover what Europe in the 11th centurywas really like—a continent of poverty, famine, and cannibalism. Understand thetrue motives of Pope Urban II, whose fiery speech sent hundreds of thousands totheir deaths. We trace the entire path of the First Crusade: from the tragicslaughter of the "Peasants’ Crusade" to the bloody sieges of Nicaeaand Antioch, where betrayal and "miracles" decided the outcome. Theclimax is a shocking account of the capture of Jerusalem—a massacre thatdrowned the Holy City in blood. This episode is an honest look at history,where fanaticism, politics, and greed intertwined into one bloody knot, foreverchanging relations between the West and the East. Prepare for the unromantictruth.