23 - 29 June 2025 - Broad Chalke, Salisbury

Forum

Included

11:30 - 12:30
Wed, 25 June
30. The House Of War: The Struggle Between Christendom And The Caliphate
Forum

From the taking of the holy city of Jerusalem in the 7th century AD by Caliph Umar, to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following the end of World War I, Christian popes, emperors and kings, and Muslim caliphs and sultans were locked in a 1300-year battle for political, military, ideological, economic and religious supremacy. In this powerful new history of the era, expert on the Middle East and the Crusades Simon Mayall focuses on some of the most significant clashes of arms in human history that tell so much about the formation of modern Europe and today’s Middle East.