The fall of Acre in 1291 ended nearly two centuries of Christian rule in the Holy Land and exposed the deep weaknesses behind ...

The Crusades didn’t fail in one dramatic moment, they bled out slowly from politics, logistics, and lack of real unity. 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 ...

University of London historian and History Channel contributor Phillips (The Second Crusade) superbly condenses the four centuries of the Crusades into a single, easily accessible volume. Islamic as ...

Stained glass window in Brussels cathedral depicting First Crusade commander Godfrey of Bouillon. Shutterstock Ask pretty much anyone – whether terrorists, politicians (of all camps), dinner party ...

In this spectacular debut, historian Willetts surveys 350 years of influential international nightlife scenes. She begins with Yoshiwara, a pink-lit “flashy pleasure quarter” in Continue reading » ...

In the early 16th century, the descendants of Sir Hugh Johnys of Glamorgan erected a brass memorial to him and his wife Maud in the chancel of St Mary’s Church, Swansea. Unfortunately the memorial was ...

History's new drama is a bloody, would-be medieval epic that rarely feels true to its time. This is either the best or worst time to be releasing a new series set in the aftermath of The Crusades, a ...

In the early 16th century, the descendants of Sir Hugh Johnys of Glamorgan erected a brass memorial to him and his wife Maud in the chancel of St Mary’s Church, Swansea. Unfortunately the memorial was ...