Thu, March 4
The First Crusade
God Wills It
Sarah Goodman
Oxford UniversityTalk and Q&A
6.30pm to 8pm
Birkbeck University, London
6.30pm to 8pm
Birkbeck University, London
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£12.50The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule. While Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the Seljuk takeover of the region threatened local Christian populations, pilgrimages from the West, and the Byzantine Empire itself. The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos requested military support from the Council of Piacenza in the empire’s conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks. This was followed later in the year by the Council of Clermont, during which Pope Urban II supported the Byzantine request for military assistance and also urged faithful Christians to undertake an armed pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
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Talks
Professor Mark Luthar
D-Day
The Seaborne Invasion
Tue, March 2
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Dr Simon Day
Lawrence of Arabia
The Road To Damascus
Tue, March 9
TE Lawrence, was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer. He was renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign against the Ottoman Empire during the WWI.
Professor Sarah Walters
Henry VIII
The Extravagant King
Mon, May 18
Henry VIII was King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry was the second Tudor monarch, succeeding his father, Henry VII. Henry is best known for his six marriages.
Professor Paul Stanwick
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle For Germany
Mon, May 18
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945, and was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.
Andrew Roberts
Vietnam
The Jungle War
Sun, March 21
The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
Professor Peter Banks
Julius Caesar
Statesman and General
Thu, March 25
Julius Caesar was a Roman politician, military general, and historian who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.
Professor Carlos Sanchez
Augustus
The First Emperor
Past Event
Caesar Augustus (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian , was the first Roman emperor, reigning from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.
Professor Lawrence Small
Gengis Khan
The Great
Past Event
Genghis Khan was the founder and first Great Khan and Emperor of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death.
Professor Terrance Young
The Dreyfuss Affair
A French Scandal
Past Event
The Dreyfus Affair was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906. "The Affair", as it is known in French, has come to symbolise modern injustice in the Francophone world.
Professor Mary Browne
The Cambridge Spies
The Inside Men
Past Event
The Cambridge Spy Ring was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active from the 1930s until at least into the early 1950s.
Professor David Sim
Alexander The Great
Emperor & Pharaoh
Sun, March 21
Alexander III of Macedon 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great , was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and a member of the Argead dynasty.