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Asbridge, a British authority on the Crusades, brilliantly re-creates the three-year history of the First Crusade ... of abysmal Continue reading » Finding Otipemisiwak: The People Who Own ...

This year's findings are no different, confirming previously unverified details from nearly thousand-year-old historical accounts of the First Crusade—history that had never been confirmed ...

We discuss the crusade that transformed relations with the Islamic world forever. Guest: Thomas Asbridge, senior lecturer in Medieval History at the University of London. Author of The First ...

The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the ...

The finds confirm some oft-questioned details of historical accounts of the First Crusade, including how a ditch along the city’s southern wall thwarted the attacking siege engines. And this new ...

Pope Urban II, troubled by geopolitical difficulties--including the spread of Islam and a divided Christendom--launched the first crusade in 1095, urging Christians to unite in the battle to ...

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This persuasive reassessment reveals the First Crusade was triggered by an appeal to Pope Urban II from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I in 1095. Jerusalem was offered as the prize but this master ...