In 1095, Pope Urban II’s sermon at Clermont sparked one of history’s most extraordinary events – the First Crusade Discover the epic journey of faith, power, and bloodshed 'We're no longer a ...

However, the deposition of a large share of these so-called ‘Fatimid hoards,’ 15 out of the 29, are in fact important material evidence of the arrival of the armies of the First Crusade in 1099 in ...

It was during the First Crusade that the fanatical Latin Christians first named Palestine the "Holy Land", replacing its biblical Old Testament nickname as the "Promised Land". They also refused ...

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 ...