The Crazy Story of the First Crusaders | The Crusader States

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The First Crusade – one of the most unlikely success stories in history. A motley army of warrior pilgrims traveled thousands of miles from western Europe to the Holy Land, where they battled some of the most formidable eastern powers of the period. The crusaders won, but then, most of the crusaders went home. Left behind were the few knights, adventurers, priests and pilgrims intent on fighting for survival in these distant lands. It was an age of warrior kings, of battles to the death against impossible odds. The Kingdom of Jerusalem, led by Baldwin I, and the Principality of Antioch, led by the Norman Tancred, were only beginning to take shape. How did the remaining pilgrims survive? How did the newly emerging Crusader States endure? How did the neighboring Muslim rulers and peoples react to the presence of these new kingdoms? Today, on Real Crusades History, we’ll follow the exhilarating early history of the Crusader States, and answer the question: what happened after the First Crusade? Watch our full documentary on the Second Crusade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze5FIrT8hSU Get my book about the Crusades: 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 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RealCrusadesHistory Sources: -Albert of Aachen - History of the Journey to Jerusalem, vol. 2, (Ashgate, 2013) -Anna Comnena - The Alexiad, trans. E.R.A Sewter, (Penguin, 1969) -Barber, Malcolm - The Crusader States, (Yale, 2014) -Fulcher of Chartres - A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, 1095-1127, trans. Frances Rita Ryan, (University of Tennessee Press, 1973) -Ibn al-Athir - The Chronicle of Ibn al-Athir for the Crusading Period, Part 1, trans. D.S. Richards (Ashgate, 2005). -Ibn al-Qalanisi - The Damascus Chronicle of the Crusades, trans. H.A.R. Gibb, (Dover, 2002) -Madden, Thomas - The New Concise History of the Crusades, (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006) -Smail, R.C. - Crusader Warfare, 1097-1193, (Cambridge, 1995) -Tibble, Steve - The Crusader Armies, (Yale University, 2018) -Tyerman, Christopher - God’s War, (Harvard University Press, 2006) -William of Tyre - A History of Deeds Done Beyond the Sea, Vol. I, trans. Emily Babcock and A.C. Krey, (Columbia University Press, 1943) Written and narrated by: J Stephen Roberts Animated maps by: Denys Rodionov Donate through PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MA5JLUY5HDCNG #Crusades #MedievalHistory #KingBaldwin Please note this is an unofficial video and is not endorsed by SEGA or the Creative Assembly in any way. For more information on Total War, please visit www.totalwar.com.