Zara was quickly subdued, but the Crusaders were still short of money. Enter Prince Alexius, the exiled heir to the throne of Constantinople, whose father, the rightful emperor, ...

The crusades have left a deep mark on the Middle East. This was the first, promoted by Pope Urban II in 1095, as recorded 50 years later by a Genoese crusader. Seven more had followed by 1270.

In 1204 the Fourth Crusade ended up nowhere near Jerusalem, instead sacking Constantinople, the most gorgeous city of Christendom. "You vowed to liberate the Holy Land," wrote the anguished Pope ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The so-called Islamic State (ISIS) continues to use its online propaganda magazine to appropriate the Crusades ...

Nicholas Shakespeare applauds The First Crusade: The Call from the East by Peter Frankopan, a vibrant history that shows how Constantinople divided Europe’s Crusaders.

It was August 1239, and Louis IX, king of France, was about to receive a precious gift from the emperor in Constantinople: the Sacred Crown of Thorns, purported to have been worn by Christ at the ...