In the West, he is most often depicted as the antagonist – if a noble and revered one – to the crusader king, Richard the ...

Pope Urban II’s call for a crusade to the Holy Land saw an astonishing response across Western Europe. A desire for wealth, ...

The two ideologies emerged during the Crusades and continue to justify Israel's conquest, genocide, and western-backed ...

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Detroit Opera will present Handel’s Baroque “Rinaldo,” featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, one of the world’s foremost ...

Edward Norton’s work as Baldwin, King of Jerusalem, ranks as one of his best performances—and yet we never see his face. Here’s why it’s worth a rewatch. It’s easy to forget how Norton spent much of ...

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with Sultan ...

Understanding Christian antisemitism as a global phenomenon is essential to recognizing its deep historical roots and ongoing ...

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He's got a weird hairdo and is putting his country through economic shock therapy. Javier Milei is Trump's Argentinian ...

The myth of an Arab “Palestine,” a place that has never existed, has plunged the region into an endless state of war, ...

Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for more details from their ...