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

The desperate last stand that ended two centuries of crusading in the Holy Land.

Before he ever set sail for Jerusalem, he was already a battle-hardened warrior of the North—raiding in Ireland and the Isles. But in 1107, he launched one of history’s boldest expeditions: a ...

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 » ...

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 ...

Appealing to the British Government to safeguard the country’s Jews against the increasing anti-Semitic violence is like a mother rabbit imploring a fox to guard her baby bunnies. Opinion.

Between launching a holy war with Iran, attacking the pope, and channeling God, the president has embraced theocratic ...

Cat out the bag.

These beloved adventure films, including Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Goonies, prove why great journeys never lose their ...

A Roomy Synagogue in Jerusalem on Shavuot and the Memory of the Temple. R. Shimon Duran famously reports that Jerusalem’s ...