A 12th-century castle built during the Crusades in Lebanon has been seized by Israeli forces in what’s been described as the ...

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 ...

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, ...

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The term “Crusade” has always been an anachronism—a way of looking back at complex, often disconnected movements with a wide array of motivations, membership, tactics and results and organizing them ...

In the previous articles, we explored how Christianity began as a Jewish movement but later distanced itself from its Jewish roots due to theological and political motivations. This shift led to the ...

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 ...

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 ...