Is there a historical episode less understood by the general public and more urgently in need of clarification than the Crusades? To some on the right, the Crusades prefigured the modern wars that ...

The Crusades have inspired a vast amount of writing since the very beginning. Most scholars date their beginnings to November 1095 CE, when Pope Urban II stepped onto a rostrum outside the town of ...

Last week President Obama spoke about faith, doubt, violence, and extremism, and was roundly criticized by many conservatives for what they saw as the "anti-Christian" tone of his remarks. In an ...

The Crusades weren’t just Christian vs. Muslim, and they weren’t purely religious. Popular history often simplifies a complex ...

Wikimedia Feb. 16, 2014— -- While dissecting a 750-year-old fossil from Egypt, evolutionary biologist Robin Allaby found a treasure that took him all the way back to the middle ages and the ...

The mob that forced its way into the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6 carried the usual Trump 2020 flags and “Don’t tread on me” banners. But scattered through the crowd were images that caught the ...

When President Bush first declared the war on terrorism soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, he made the mistake of using the word "crusade" to describe it. That was much condemned in the Arab world, ...

A series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics? Think again. With the possible exception of Umberto Eco, medieval scholars are not used to getting much ...

Women during the Crusades weren’t passive background figures — they were directly affected by every siege, defeat, and negotiation. Depending on the circumstances, they could be ransomed, enslaved, ...