The Unlikely Participants: Women in the Crusades When we imagine the Crusades, the mind conjures images of armored knights and […]
The Fractured Islamic World and the Rise of the Seljuks By the mid-12th century, the Islamic world was marked by […]
The Sacred Relic That Shaped a Holy War When Crusader forces breached Jerusalem’s walls in 1099, their discovery of a […]
The Divine Test: Fire as Proof of Faith The dramatic ritual of walking barefoot through flames to prove one’s truthfulness […]
The Call to Arms: Origins of the First Crusade In the late 11th century, Western Europe was a patchwork of […]
The Rise of a Radical Preacher and His Ragtag Army In the late 11th century, Europe simmered with religious fervor. […]
The Sacred Duty of Pilgrimage in Medieval Faith Both Christianity and Islam share a deep tradition of pilgrimage as a […]
