Three historians, all from Nottingham Trent university, identify the key turning point which they feel drove the crusader states into a spiral of decline that would culminate in Saladin’s great ...

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 ...

In the medieval era, Crusaders believed they were carrying out their God's work by taking part in military campaigns to take control of the Holy Land for Christianity. What were the consequences ...

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 ...

Threecastles GAA Club, based on the outskirts of Kilkenny City, are asking club members and the wider public to consider ...