Saladin and Richard the Lionheart are two of the most legendary figures in the history of the Crusades.  Saladin was both feared and admired by his friends and his enemies.  This episode explores the rise of this remarkable character.  We also meet the noble knight Balian of Ibelin, Queen Sibylla of Jerusalem, and the bellicose…

The Knights Templar are one of the most famous medieval orders.  They combined legendary discipline and bravery in battle with the ascetic habits of monks.  Then they were publicly disgraced in a show trial and soon after the Pope dissolved the Order.  But some Templars survived, and even thrived in other parts of Europe, particularly…

The story of Portugal during the 100 Years War is a story of lust, treachery and murder.  It is also a story of survival and resistance.  This episode covers Portugal’s most notorious queen: a beautiful woman who imprisoned and killed her political enemies.  The history of the royal court includes tragic love story of Ines…

In this final episode of our series, Attila takes a massive army and storms through western Europe to the gates of Orleans, in France.  The epic Battle of the Catalaunian Plains unfolds over two days, as old allies become enemies.  A shocking twist leads to an ending no one expected.

In this episode we learn about Hunnish women and marriage practices.  A sex scandal breaks out in the Western Imperial Court, leading to pregnancy and execution.  A Roman princess makes a shocking proposal to Attila that threatens to destabilize the Roman Empire.

In this episode we see an imperial princess kidnapped, and an attempt to steal the Western Imperial throne goes wrong.  The Huns become famous for extortion and impalement.  An assassination plot backfires horribly.