The Second Crusade would be a disaster, but why did it happen and how did it get started?  The call to arms was preached by a closet dwelling ascetic who happened to be the leading churchman of his generation– none other than Bernard of Clairveaux.  In this episode we meet Eleanor of Aquitaine, the queen who ruled both France and then England, and went on crusade.  A horrifying mass death, a guilty royal conscience, and one of the most notorious womanisers of the Middle Ages are all part of the story in this episode.