The Holy City has captivated poets, fighters, emperors and pilgrims. It has almost no function other than to be Holy. There is no port, no major resource, its Holiness is its major asset.
Listen to Fashion by Dad riff on the power of the Holy City and tell the tale of Richard II and Saladin fighting each other to exhaustion in the third crusade. This episode’s Blazer of Glory is the Outremer outfits of the Knights Hospitaller and the court of Queen Asimedes.
This episode also contains the tale of the Cod and the Basques in it’s Time for a StoryTime Story (TfaSTS) and the much anticipated Chook and the Afghan Hound in it Ain’t Necessarily So.
The radio cut, includes many powerful Jerusalem tracks including Master KG’s Jerusalema.