A lot has been written on medieval Christian holy war (often called "the Crusades") - some of it good and some bad. Here's a short reading list to start your exploration of the topic.

(RNS) — Floor tiles from Chertsey Abbey in England, the subject of a new exhibition, resemble Muslim and Byzantine silks that crusaders brought back as souvenirs.

The closure marks the end of Britain’s 142-year history of coal power use which began when the world’s first coal-fired power station, the Holborn Viaduct power station, began generating ...

Last week the professor began a two-part series marking the beginnings of the Crusades, which were launched on Nov. 27, 1095, by Pope Urban II in response to political problems within Europe as wel… ...

Ward’s majestic book reminds us that there is little new under the sun, when it comes to the process of psychological disentanglement from such a complex imperial history; and also that the ...

But the relentless frequency and nature of the group's appropriation of the crusades, found among the pages of its Rumiyah and before that Dabiq magazines, are unprecedented, surprising and ...

Last August, an amateur archaeologist using a metal detector hit pay dirt in England when they located a medieval silver seal bearing a Roman-era intaglio, or engraved gem.

St John’s Jerusalem is approached by a long driveway winding through a former deer park, currently used to keep horses. Its ...

So-called Islamic State (IS) continues to use its online propaganda magazine to appropriate the Crusades of the central middle ages. By blurring time periods and disparate historical phenomena, IS ...