{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The First Crusade: Call to Arms","description":"The First Crusade became the stuff of legend soon after it finished.&amp;nbsp; Western knights headed to Constantinople and ultimately to Jerusalem, to rescue pilgrimage sites from the control of Muslim invaders.&amp;nbsp; The crusade involved close to 100,000 people from Western Europe heading east, in a journey that would cover thousands of miles, mostly on foot.&amp;nbsp; It\u2019s often told as a struggle of East vs. West, and Christianity against Islam.&amp;nbsp; The history is more complicated.&amp;nbsp; What set so many knights off on this journey to the east?&amp;nbsp; Why did so many ordinary people make the crusade?&amp;nbsp; Find out in this episode. Related episodes include: The Great Schism The Normans in Italy &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"Villains and Virgins History Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/villainsandvirgins.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37026675\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/189685555"}