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The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period , especially the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean with the aim of capturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Islamic rule , to recapture Christian territory and defend Christian pilgrims . The term " crusades " is also applied to other campaigns sanctioned by the Church , fought to combat paganism and heresy or to resolve conflict among rival Roman Catholic groups , or to gain political or territorial advantage . The term " crusades " itself is early modern , modelled on Middle Latin " cruciatae ", and has in more recent times been extended to include religiously motivated Christian military campaigns in the Late Middle Ages . Claire Foy ( born 16 April 1984 ) is an English actress . She studied drama and ___MASK9___ studies at Liverpool John Moores University and trained at the Oxford School of Drama , where she appeared in four plays , including " Watership Down ". She made her ___MASK9___ debut in the pilot episode of " Being Human " ( 2008 ) and in an episode of the ___MASK64___ soap opera " Doctors " ( 2008 ). Following her professional stage debut at the ___MASK98___ , she played the title role in the ___MASK64___ One production of " Little Dorrit ", ( 2008 ), and made her film debut as Anna in " Season of the Witch " ( 2011 ). Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring , that was broadcast on Fox for four seasons , from 2005 to 2009 . The series revolves around two brothers . One brother has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit , and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name . The series was produced by Adelstein - Parouse Productions , in association with Original Television and ___MASK3___ Television . Along with creator Paul Scheuring , the series is executive produced by Matt Olmstead , Kevin Hooks , Marty Adelstein , Dawn Parouse , Neal H . Moritz , and Brett Ratner who directed the pilot episode . The series ' theme music , composed by Ramin Djawadi , was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2006 . The Family Man is a 2000 American romantic comedy - drama film directed by Brett Ratner , written by David Diamond and David Weissman , and starring Nicolas Cage and Téa Leoni . Cage ' s production company , ___MASK5___ , helped produce the film . The film centers on a man who sees what could have been had he made a different decision 13 years prior . Brett Ratner ( born March 28 , 1969 ) is an American film director , film producer , screenwriter , film editor , and music video director . He is known for directing the " Rush Hour " film series , " The Family Man ", " Red Dragon ", "", and " Tower Heist ". He was also a producer on the Fox drama series , " Prison Break ", as well as the comedy " Horrible Bosses " and its 2014 sequel . The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human ___MASK13___ , resulting in the deaths of an estimated people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe in the years 1346  1353 .< ref name =" ABC / Reuters "></ ref > Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death , analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe published in 2010 and 2011 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the " Yersinia pestis " bacterium , probably causing several forms of plague . In the ___MASK13___ of Europe , the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western ___MASK13___ : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . Yersinia pestis ( formerly " Pasteurella pestis ") is a Gram - negative , rod - shaped coccobacillus , a facultative anaerobic organism that can infect humans via the oriental rat flea . It causes the deadly disease called Bubonic Plague ( or " the Plague " colloquially ). Human " Y . pestis " infection takes three main forms : pneumonic , septicemic , and bubonic plagues . All three forms were responsible for a number of high - mortality epidemics throughout human ___MASK13___ , including : the sixth century ' s Plague of Justinian ; the Black Death , which accounted for the death of at least one - third of the European population between 1347 and 1353 ; and the 19th century ' s Third Pandemic . These plagues probably originated in China and were transmitted west via trade routes . The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the ___MASK26___ . It is the only professional drama school in Oxfordshire . It is based at Wootton , ten miles north of Oxford . Season of the Witch is a 2011 American fantasy adventure film starring Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman and directed by Dominic Sena with extensive uncredited reshoots by Brett Ratner . Cage and Perlman star as Teutonic Knights , who return from the Crusades to find their fatherland ruined by the Black Death . Two church elders accuse a girl ( Claire Foy ) of being a witch responsible for the destruction ; they command the two knights to transport the girl to a monastery so the monks can lift her curse from the land . The film draws inspiration from the 1957 film The Seventh Seal . It reunited Sena and Cage who had previously worked together on Gone in 60 Seconds . Development on the film began in 2000 when the spec script by screenwriter Bragi F . Schut was purchased by MGM . The project moved from MGM to Columbia Pictures to Relativity Media , where the film was finally produced by Charles Roven and Alex Gartner . Filming took place primarily in Austria , Hungary and Croatia . Season of the Witch was released on January 7 , 2011 in the United States , Canada and several other territories . The film received negative reviews but was a moderate box office success . The Late Middle Ages or Late Medieval Period was the period of European ___MASK13___ generally comprising the 14th and 15th centuries ( c . 1301  1500 ). The Late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern era ( and , in much of Europe , the Renaissance ). A knight is a person granted an honorary title of " knighthood " by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country , especially in a military capacity . Historically , in Europe , knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors . During the High Middle Ages , knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility . By the Late Middle Ages , the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry , a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior . Often , a knight was a vassal who served as a fighter for a lord , with payment in the form of land holdings . The lords trusted the knights , who were skilled in battle on horseback . Since the early modern period , the title of knight is purely honorific , usually bestowed by a monarch , as in the British honours system , often for non - military service to the country . The modern female equivalent in the ___MASK26___ is Dame . Nicolas Kim Coppola ( born January 7 , 1964 ), known professionally as Nicolas Cage , is an American actor and producer . He has performed in leading roles in a variety of films , ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action films . In the early years of his career , Cage starred in films such as " Valley Girl " ( 1983 ), " Racing with the Moon " ( 1984 ), " Birdy " ( 1984 ), " Peggy Sue Got Married " ( 1986 ), " Raising Arizona " ( 1987 ), " Moonstruck " ( 1987 ), " Vampire ' s Kiss " ( 1989 ), " Wild at Heart " ( 1990 ), " Honeymoon in Vegas " ( 1992 ), and " Red Rock West " ( 1993 ). Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film directed , written , and produced by the Coen brothers , and starring Nicolas Cage , Holly Hunter , William Forsythe , John Goodman , Frances McDormand , and Randall " Tex " Cobb . Not a blockbuster at the time of its release , it has since achieved cult status . In a manner typical of Coen Brothers fare , the movie is replete with symbolism , visual gags , unconventional characters , flamboyant camera work , biblical references , pathos , and idiosyncratic dialogue . The film ranked 31st on the ___MASK27___ ' s 100 Years ... 100 Laughs list , and 45th on Bravo ' s " 100 Funniest Movies " list . The ___MASK98___ ( generally known as the National Theatre ) in London is one of the United Kingdom ' s three most prominent publicly funded performing arts venues , alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Opera House . Internationally , it is known as the National Theatre of Great Britain . The Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish drama - fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman . Set in Sweden during the Black Death , it tells of the journey of a medieval knight ( Max von Sydow ) and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death ( Bengt Ekerot ), who has come to take his life . Bergman developed the film from his own play " Wood Painting ". The title refers to a passage from the Book of Revelation , used both at the very start of the film , and again towards the end , beginning with the words " And when the Lamb had opened the seventh seal , there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour ". Here the motif of silence refers to the " silence of God ," which is a major theme of the film . A pandemic ( from Greek  " pan " " all " and  " demos " " people ") is an epidemic of infectious disease that has spread through human populations across a large region ; for instance multiple continents , or even worldwide . A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic . Further , flu pandemics generally exclude recurrences of seasonal flu . Throughout ___MASK13___ , there have been a number of pandemics , such as smallpox and tuberculosis . One of the most devastating pandemics was the Black Death , killing over 75 million people in 1350 . The most recent pandemics include the HIV pandemic as well as the 1918 and 2009 H1N1 pandemics . The British Broadcasting Corporation ( ___MASK64___ ) is a British public service broadcaster . It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London , is the world ' s oldest national broadcasting organisation , and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees , with over 20 , 950 staff in total , of whom 16 , 672 are in public sector broadcasting ; including part - time , flexible as well as fixed contract staff , the total number is 35 , 402 . ___MASK64___ One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom , ___MASK39___ and Channel Islands . It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the ___MASK64___ Television Service , and was the world ' s first regular television service with a high level of image resolution . It was renamed ___MASK64___ TV in 1960 , using this name until the launch of sister channel BBC2 in 1964 , whereupon the ___MASK64___ TV channel became known as BBC1 , with the current spelling adopted in 1997 .