The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...

In April 1204, Crusader armies breached the walls of Constantinople after a brutal siege shaped by chance, wind, and desperation. What followed was not victory but catastrophe, as the greatest city in ...

At Zara, a desperate crusader leadership accepted an extraordinary offer from Prince Alexius that promised money, unity, and imperial power. This moment marked the true turning point of the Fourth ...

While the first three Crusades were launched in an effort to reclaim Jerusalem from Muslims, the Fourth Crusade, begun in 1202, pitted Christians against Christians: Roman Catholics against Orthodox.

"Kingdom of Heaven," the current movie about the medieval Crusades, concludes with the Muslim commander Saladin nobly promising Christian defenders safe passage home to Europe in 1187 when they agreed ...

Oxford & New York: Bloomsbury, 2022, third edition. Pp. xvi, 306. Illus., maps, stemma, chron., appends., notes, biblio., index. $36.95 paper. ISBN: 135019977X Clash ...

This week marks the anniversary of one of the sadder days in the history of both Christianity and the Western world, although almost no one will mark its passing. Saturday, May 29, is the anniversary ...