Podcasts History School of War Ep 65: John Hosler on Jerusalem

Ep 65: John Hosler on Jerusalem

Published: March 21, 2023, 9 a.m.

John Hosler, Professor of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and author of Jerusalem Falls: Seven Centuries of War and Peace, joins the show to talk about the wars, and the peace, of medieval Jerusalem.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\t\u2022\t01:26 Introduction\xa0\n\t\u2022\t01:46 Why care about medieval military history?\n\t\u2022\t07:22 What is it about Jerusalem?\xa0\n\t\u2022\t12:45 Continuities\n\t\u2022\t16:19 The Byzantines and the Jews\n\t\u2022\t23:54 The Arabs arrive\xa0\n\t\u2022\t29:42 An \u201cevidentiary problem\u201d\n\t\u2022\t33:59 Three hundred years of peace\n\t\u2022\t36:29 Causes of the First Crusade\n\t\u2022\t40:36 The Crusaders\n\t\u2022\t42:32 Siege and conquest\n\t\u2022\t44:23 A Christian city\n\t\u2022\t47:31 The Crusader States\xa0\n\t\u2022\t49:29 The Knights Templar