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 are often painted with a broad and simplistic brush—but how accurate are the popular narratives? In this video, ...

A medieval burial pit in Lebanon is shedding new light on the Crusader era in the Middle East. The Crusades were a series of religious wars that began in the 11th century and lasted until the 13th ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Crusades are often remembered as heroic campaigns fought by noble knights. The reality was far darker. Between the 11th ...

Jay Kelly, or Why I Skipped the Sergio Leone Award When White’s Not Right Audio By Carbonatix A liberal, the old joke attributed to Robert Frost goes, is someone too broad-minded to take his own side ...

With Total War Warhammer 3 getting the majority of Creative Assembly's attention in recent years, its more traditional, historical offerings have felt a little unloved. Total War Pharaoh arrived to a ...

A capacity crowd of 47,000 people swayed to Christian music and heard pastor Greg Laurie preach at Angel Stadium on Sunday night, closing out three nights of evangelistic immersion and a celebration ...