In the name of Allah
Military conflict accompanied the spread of Islam during the Middle Ages. This program reveals the ironies of that union between war and faith: how Islam was adopted rather than marginalized by invading Mongols; how the rise of strict Islamic orthod...
In the name of Christ
This program examines the forces behind European determination to capture Palestine, linking the belligerence of medieval Crusaders with their piousness. Drs. Klaus Herbers of Friedrich Alexander University and Patrick Franke of Martin Luther Univer...
Christian vs. Christian
Outlining the provincial causes and ravaging effects of Europe's Thirty Years' War, this program illustrates the ability of religious fervor to inflame nationalism and drive the quest for power. With background on Martin Luther's split with the Cath...
Troy: Battlefield of Myth and Truth
Longer than Troy’s fabled siege, Professor Manfred Korfmann’s excavation yielded a royal Hittite seal that corroborates the city’s location. But does it prove Homer’s Iliad is no myth? This program traces the course of the modern search for ...