Part 1 - Founded on Faith
Wednesday 17 August 2005 21:15-22:00 (Radio 3)
Christianity has remained a potent force shaping ideas of European unity. Visiting Aachen, home of Charlemagne, and Cordoba, the scene of extraordinary Christian, Jewish and Muslim encounters, historian Mia Rodriguez-Salgado reveals how religion moulded the way Europeans thought about their continent.