Crusaders, once hailed as heroes in the West, now portrayed as villains. Holy Crusades, Reconquest of Holy Land & Jerusalem from Muslims to protect Christian pilgrims, Reconquista of Spain, Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller; First Crusade, Second Crusade, Peoples Crusade; El Cid; Pope Urban II.
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The Crusade of Las Navas de Tolosa was a major turning point in the history if the Iberian Peninsula. The Crusaders won a decisive victory against the
The forty-year-old Bohemond of Taranto got a later start than Godfrey. Bohemond was the son of the Norman leader Robert Guiscard. Before his death in 1085,
This is the Part One of Deadliest Blogger’s look at the religious and military phenomenon known as the Crusades. At best, considering the sheer volume of material and scope of history involve…
Crusaders crossed thousands of miles to reach the sites of their holy battles
The Ottomans were not the first Islamic power to threaten the Byzantine Empire, and in fact the empire was by 1453 a hollowed out husk of its former glory. Successive waves of Turkish and Mongolian…
The Fall Of Jerusalem in 1099 is just one of the many terrible yet unforgettable scenes from the Crusades - which lasted centuries.
A timeline of the First Crusade, 1095 - 1100 : Christianity vs. Islam. Launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in 1095, the First Crusade was the most successful.
Venedik’in doğumu ve Ölümü 11. ve 16. Yüzyıllar arasında Akdeniz’e hükmeden askeri ve ticari açıdan Avrupa’daki en büyük deniz gücü Venedik, denizci kökeni ve kudretine atıf yapan ̵…
Thank you Veronique! The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem. Active: c. 1190–Present Allegiance: Papacy, Holy Roman Emperor
If there was one thing that King Richard I, known as Richard the Lionheart, had in abundance, it was enemies. In April 1199, the French King, Philip II,
Historian Dan Jones breaks down how the extreme far right across the globe use and misuse the history of the Crusades.
What if the Crusades’ history was told from an Arab perspective? In fact, in 2016 al-Jazeera TV did just that.
What is the Templar's Legacy The Order Of The Knights Templar recognized in 1118 was first created by French Knight, Hugues de Payens. Acting on Baldwin's encouragement, Payens formed ,The Order Of The Poor Fellow Soldiers Of Christ Of the Temple Of Solomon. During the Crusades several European Kingdoms
Thank you Veronique! Richard I was King of England, a Crusader and a knight. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period. He was known as Cœur de Lion, or Richard the Lionheart. Richard was a central Christian commander during the Third Crusade, effectively leading the campaign after the departure of Philip Augustus and scoring considerable victories against his Muslim counterpart, Saladin, but was unable to reconquer Jerusalem.
Why did King Richard decide to abandon his attempt to liberate Jerusalem in 1192?
Guide to famous Knights Templar members and grandmasters, including facts, pictures and history of the most famous of the Knights Templar.
Let us take a gander at the turbulent history of the Teutonic Knights - the 'Germanized' military bane of pagan Europe.
The Teutonic Knights, officially known as the Order of the Teutonic House of St. Mary in Jerusalem, were a German Catholic military order founded in the late 12th century during the Third Crusade.
The main Indiana Jones trilogy is essentially a conversion narrative in which the hero never converts…which is a little strange. Why bother with that narrative if you’re not going to fulfill it? Interestingly, Indy also exists in a universe where all the religions are seemingly true, based on the very real powers each movie’s main […]
