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 ...

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 ...

It is always debatable whether the Crusades remain relevant in Arab political rhetoric. Islamists in general believe that the Crusades are relevant because they resemble – in their minds – current ...

In the 11th century and lasting into the 13th, the papacy launched a series of at least eight military campaigns we now refer ...

When George W. Bush used the term "crusade against terrorism," it was not well recieved in the Muslim world. While most Americans interpreted "crusade" to mean "campaign" or "struggle," to Arabs the ...

Since the moment they began in the late 11th century, historians have tried to figure out the so-called "Crusades." The capture of Jerusalem in 1099 CE spurred a massive amount of writing in the ...

A lot of people claim the Crusades were “just about greed,” but that’s a modern shortcut that doesn’t match the medieval evidence. For many crusaders, the primary motivation was spiritual duty, ...

Christian and Muslim attempts to draw parallels between the tensions of today and the crusades of almost 1,000 years ago are a distortion and manipulation of history, according to historian Tom ...