The entire history of the Catholic Church is prefigured by the entire Old Testament in chronological order. This includes the partly historical, partly mythical story of the Fall of Troy from the ancient Greek works The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer.  See the PDF file below for a closer look at the amazing parallels between the stories surrounding the fall of Troy and the stories surrounding the Crusades (with a focus on King Richard the Lionheart and certain elements of English folklore from the Middle Ages).