The Crusades
The finishing session of the course brought us up to the time of the founding of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1099. The tense atmosphere of modern Jerusalem makes it unbelievable that the Arab and Turk invaders actively encouraged what we would now call a 'multi-faith' approach, with all the Abrahamic faiths equally welcome in places of worship such as the Great Mosque at Damascus and the Dome of the Rock.