Die Welt der Ritter - Für Ruhm und Ehre
- Episode aired May 4, 2014
The crusades, preached by popes since Urban in 1095, allowing non-noble born warriors to rise socially and earn direct entry to paradise, forged knighthood into "milites christiani", 'soldie... Read allThe crusades, preached by popes since Urban in 1095, allowing non-noble born warriors to rise socially and earn direct entry to paradise, forged knighthood into "milites christiani", 'soldiers of God', sanctified by Holy War and instilled with Catholic values. They adopted courtl... Read allThe crusades, preached by popes since Urban in 1095, allowing non-noble born warriors to rise socially and earn direct entry to paradise, forged knighthood into "milites christiani", 'soldiers of God', sanctified by Holy War and instilled with Catholic values. They adopted courtly love -an endless game, like jousting, subject of minstrel poetry- for the women who some... Read all