It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising power of the Muslim Seljuk Turks. But when Pope Urban II preached a sermon at Clermont in 1095, the result ...

The film depicts the events surrounding the First Crusade, starting with Sir William of Mont breth and his sons, Philip and Steven, who respond to Pope Urban II's call to liberate the Holy Land ...

Luyster’s research findings underpin the exhibition “Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece,” which runs Jan. 26 to April ...

For Tibble, author of several in-depth studies of the crusades and honorary research associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, the essential point to grasp is that, even by medieval ...