History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But the DNA of nine 13th century ...
The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising ...
Ann Arbor, Mich.: The University of Michigan Press, 2004. Pp. 224. Illus., timeline, biblio., index. $35.00. ISBN:0-472-11463-8 In 1996, Osama bin Laden declared war on “the USA Crusader military ...
University of London historian and History Channel contributor Phillips (The Second Crusade) superbly condenses the four centuries of the Crusades into a single, easily accessible volume. Islamic as ...
A new film about the Crusades distorts history and risks fuelling Islamic fundamentalism, say some British academics. “Kingdom of Heaven,” by Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott, stars Orlando Bloom ...
History can tell us a lot about the Crusades, the series of religious wars fought between 1095 and 1291, in which Christian invaders tried to claim the Near East. But the DNA of nine 13th century ...