Spanning most of the High Middle Ages (1050-1300 CE), a series of military expeditions called the Crusades was launched from Christian Europe against the peoples of the Near East. Sparked by a zeal to ...

A 19th century engraving of a scene in Claremont, France shows Pope Urban II standing behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period ...

Property and lives on both sides are destroyed … All we have to talk about is Jerusalem ... from Western Europe to take part in the Crusades. Sultan is the title given to a ruler in some ...

Three historians, all from Nottingham Trent university ... The Siege of Damascus (1148) In 1148 the European leaders of the Second Crusade, Louis VII, king of France, his queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine ...

The crusades were presented as penitential acts of devotion and powerful inducements for the atonement of all worldly sins. The notion of crusade arguably united a series of interlinked ideals, both ...

The Byzantine Empire has never had a good press, but few things in its long history have given rise to more controversy than its relations with the crusades. The First Crusade is an epic story, on a ...

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 Crusades have been a fixture on school curricula for a long ... Asbridge was closely involved in all elements of the exhibition, such as its arrangement, content, exhibits, and narratives and ...

On 27 November 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to ...

All theatres of crusading activity and any crusade from the end of the eleventh century onwards are included. Major research projects undertaken by members of the centre include the Walls of Medieval ...

Fast-forward 10 years and Downings not only have their first Donegal junior county title, but they have added the Ulster crown and are now readying themselves for a home All-Ireland semi-final ...