Vox producer Nate Krieger took a closer look at this “Holy War” to investigate the actual history of the Crusades and to ...

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 ...

Invoking God in messaging about Iran is not harmless posturing. In the Muslim world, it does not land as political theater.

For the second episode in our mini-series on the Crusades, we explore the legendary rivalry between two extraordinary medieval orders: the Assassins and the Templars. Separating myth from history, we ...

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, ...

It is hard to imagine a contemporary novelist who would do justice to the Crusades. The reason is simple: Who these days would treat the Crusaders as real people, as individuals rather than mere ...

From the safe distance of many centuries, it is easy enough to scowl in disgust at the Crusades. Religion, after all, is nothing to fight wars over. But we should be mindful that our medieval ...