The most objectionable part of this new crusade is not any one belief or activity, but the old justification offered for all of them. Given the incomprehensible vastness of reality and the improbable ...

I n July 1099 Jerusalem fell to the armies of the First Crusade. Amid scenes of slaughter and triumph, Godfrey of Bouillon, ...

Relive the dramatic final siege of the First Crusade as Jerusalem falls in 1099—brought to life in just one minute through Google Earth.

During the Middle Ages, knightly orders emerged to defend pilgrims, provide medical care, and wage holy war during the Crusades. While many disappeared after the fall of the Crusader states, a ...

The veteran picked to lead the Defense Department has praised the brutal religious military campaigns of the past and has called for a Christian approach to governing. By Mike Baker and Ruth Graham ...