For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions. Depending on who you ask, the fall of the holy city was either an inspiring legend or the greatest of horrors. In Crusaders, Dan Jones interrogates the many sides of the larger story, charting a deeply human and avowedly pluralist path through the crusading era.
Expanding the usual timeframe, Jones looks to the roots of Christian-Muslim relations in the eighth century and tracks the influence of crusading to present day. He widens the geographical focus to far-flung regions home to so-called enemies of the Church, including Spain, North Africa, southern France, and the Baltic states. By telling intimate stories of individual journeys, Jones illuminates these centuries of war not only from the perspective of popes and kings, but from Arab-Sicilian poets, Byzantine princesses, Sunni scholars, Shi'ite viziers, Mamluk slave soldiers, Mongol chieftains, and barefoot friars.
Crusading remains a rallying call to this day, but its role in the popular imagination ignores the cooperation and complicated coexistence that were just as much a feature of the period as warfare. The age-old relationships between faith, conquest, wealth, power, and trade meant that crusading was not only about fighting for the glory of God, but also, among other earthly reasons, about gold. In this richly dramatic narrative that gives voice to sources usually pushed to the margins, Dan Jones has written an authoritative survey of the holy wars with global scope and human focus.
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December-14-19, 10:54 AM #11351
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Crusaders
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December-16-19, 11:27 AM #11352
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Will Trump Cause A Civil War?
Could Donald Trump start a civil war?
Donald Trump's presidency is pushing the United States into a situation that could turn into civil war.
What do you think?
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December-16-19, 05:57 PM #11353
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Donald Trump's Criminality Exceeds Every Past Impeachment [[w/ Alan Grayson)
Trump is worse than every president and member of previous administrations when it comes to crimes.
Former Congressmember Alan Grayson has a new book out that examines impeachment, only to find that Donald Trump is the worst of them all.
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December-16-19, 07:53 PM #11354
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How To Deal With Trump Supporters In Your Family
As the holidays approach, many are wondering what to do with the Trump supporter in their family?
What do you think needs to happen to Trump supporters, what consequences should they face for voting to deport some of the family?
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December-16-19, 11:04 PM #11355
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Will Republicans Take Your Right To Vote?
Voters in Wisconsin are being purged from the roles and Republicans could try this around the nation for 2020...
Will voters be able to choose or will Republicans and their oligarchs stop the democratic process?
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December-17-19, 11:51 AM #11356
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Trumps Misinformed Authoritarian Deplorables
Are Donald Trump's supporters clueless or are they just authoritarians?
Where do you think Trump's followers fit and how do we stop Donald Trump and them?
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December-17-19, 06:22 PM #11357
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Child Labor Make The Clothes On Your Back [[w/ Nasreen Sheikh)
Total duration 18 minutes:
Overseas child labor produces almost $3 trillion of products for the US from what is sweat labor. Nasreen Sheikh was nine years old when she ran away from her home in Nepal, to avoid an early arranged marriage.
Her experience in Katmandu earning $2 for a 12 hour day made her want to out things right.
Nasreen shared her moving, powerful and compelling story with Thom. Please share this video widely.
Nasreen is from the Empowerment Collective and Local Women’s Handicrafts.
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December-17-19, 07:23 PM #11358
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Climate Change Is A Threat To Human Survival
Thom looks at a report written in Australia on climate-related security risks.
Is it too late for us to save our planet?
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December-17-19, 07:45 PM #11359
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Climate Change: Is It Time To Scare People?
Climate Change is here but politicians are still not acting.
Is it time to scare people into caring about the planet?
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December-17-19, 09:38 PM #11360
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GOP Is Erasing Your Voter Registration - Right Now! [[w/ Jedd Legum)
The GOP is perfecting their voter purge strategies and you could be unregistered to vote before the 2020 election.
How can you fight GOP voter registration tampering?
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December-18-19, 11:22 AM #11361
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Trump Proves Stanford Prison Experiment Works On You
The Standford Prison experiment from the 1960s has reared its ugly head at the White House. Donald Trump is using it against the population. He is the jailer - you are the bullied inmate. Why do we obey authority?
These experiments played college students as jailers or inmates and the jailers became controlling and cruel. Have you noticed how much you are being controlled?
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December-18-19, 05:39 PM #11362
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Facebook Lies To American People For Profit [[w/ Jedd Legum)
Why is Facebook getting paid to lie to Americans for Politicians?
Facebook is letting advertisers send lies over its platform and this could lead to election interference.
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December-18-19, 07:44 PM #11363
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What Impeachment Says About Integrity Of Our Elections
What does Donald Trump's impeachment and the reaction by Republicans to the impeachment say about the integrity of our elections?
Impeachment was made to stabilize our elections against corruption but with the Senate and Republicans like Moscow Mitch refusing to prosecute Donald Trump, one caller is wondering if the sanctity of our elections has been crushed.
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December-18-19, 09:46 PM #11364
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Bernie Sanders Won Over This Conservative!
A conservative is thinking about voting for Bernie Sanders and voting for Democratic Socialism!
Once Thom explains that Bernie Sanders is no Nicolas Maduro, our conservative caller was willing to vote for him. Does the news need to do a better job explaining?
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December-19-19, 11:09 AM #11365
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Is It Time To Reboot Facebook? [[w/ Andrew Behar)
Is it time to reboot Facebook so the company is no longer a danger to democracies or people?
Andrew Behar CEO of As You Sow and a member of the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Green Finance Advisory Group joined Thom to show us how shareholder activism can help create corporate accountability.
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December-19-19, 06:53 PM #11366
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Impeachment: Why Censuring Trump Isn't Enough
Some are asking that Donald Trump be censured instead of impeached, Thom Hartmann reveals why this isn't enough.
Do you think Donald Trump's impeachment is justified? If not watch this video and see if you still think that censuring the president, which shows severe disapproval, is not enough compared to an all-out impeachment!
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December-19-19, 07:36 PM #11367
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Narrow Impeachment: The Danger Of Precedent
Could the narrow impeachment set a precedent that allows future presidents to get away with more than abuse of power?
When Nixon was facing impeachment his war crimes were left off the impeachment. Should we include Trump's other crimes as well?
What other crimes would you include in Trump's impeachment?
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December-19-19, 09:43 PM #11368
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Nancy Pelosi Threatens To Delay Trump Impeachment. Why? [[w/ Cass Sunstein)
Does Nancy Pelosi have the opportunity or right to delay the Trump impeachment papers and not pass them to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unless confirmation that he will respect the process? John Dean has said the papers to impeach could be held until after the 2020 election.
Professor Cass Sunstein joined guest host Jefferson Smith to discuss the options available to the House on Donald Trump’s impeachment.
Professor Cass Sunstein bio: Robert Walmsley University Professor-Harvard / from 2009 to 2012, Administrator-White House Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs / Founder & Director of the Program on Behavioral Economics & Public Policy-Harvard Law School / Author
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December-20-19, 11:20 AM #11369
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What Are The Rights Of Animals?
Thom reads from Animal Kind. What rights do animals have?
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December-20-19, 06:14 PM #11370
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Trump Is What Happens When Americans Forget What Fascism Looks Like
When people forget history, it repeats itself. The Trump administration could be the result of forgetting what fascism really is!
Thom Hartmann helps us remember what fascism is while showing us where Donald Trump and Mike Pence could take the United States if they are not removed. Will impeachment stop Donald Trump? Can we stop him from returning us to fascism?
Will impeachment help us stop Donald Trump or is it too late?
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December-20-19, 07:35 PM #11371
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Conservative Hates Liberals For Everything GOP Has Done
Conservative caller finds out every policy he hates about Democrats was actually done by the Republicans!
Misinformed conservatives are nothing new but this one finds out that every single problem he has with liberals, socialists and the Democratic Party, was actually done by the Republicans. So who really is to blame?
Democrats are working to expand medicare while Republicans are shrinking the
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December-20-19, 09:47 PM #11372
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What FDR, Truman & Reagan Can Teach Us About Healthcare
What do President Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and Ronald Reagan teach us about healthcare?
These diverse presidents show us the evolution of thought on healthcare, universal healthcare, medicare and the corporate takeover happening right now!
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December-23-19, 05:37 PM #11373
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A Revolutionary Cult Of Personality
Is there a cult trying to pull in Democrats and liberals for something for revolutionary?
What is Bob Avakian, the chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, trying to do with all of these organizations and just how many are a part of the revolutionary cult?
Or do they have a point? Should progressives take Refuse Fascism and the Revolutionary Communist Party seriously or should we steer clear?
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December-24-19, 06:25 PM #11374
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Will Impeachment Remove Racism Or Just One Racist?
Is impeachment enough to remove white supremacy or will it just remove one white supremacist, Donald Trump?
Thom and a caller talk the differences between the treatment of Donald Trump and President Barrack Obama, the first black president.
What else can progressives help change about America to improve the lives of African Americans and where can we go beyond merely impeaching just one white supremacist?
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December-25-19, 06:54 PM #11375
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Facebook Is Lowering Your Life Expectancy
Is Facebook leading to lowering life expectancy? Facebook fake news is a problem.
Would we live long longer if we logged off Facebook permanently?
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