Crusades and Crusading
The launching of the First Crusade at the end of the eleventh century, and its success in capturing Jerusalem in 1099, would mark…
The Albigensian Crusades
Articles about the Albigensian Crusades: CONFLICT AND CONSCIENCE: IDEOLOGICAL WAR AND THE ALBIGENSIAN CRUSADE, by John W. Bauer On Cathars, Albigenses, and good…
Crusades in Europe
Articles about crusading in northern and eastern Europe, and in Italy: The Baltic – from European Sea of Troubles to Global Interface, by…
Islamic Perspectives on the Crusades
Articles about the Islamic perspective on the Crusade: Forgetting Osama bin Munqidh, Remembering Osama bin Laden: The Crusades in Modern Muslim Memory, by…
Articles about the Crusades
This list of articles deals with overall topics about the Crusades and Crusading: In the Syrian Taste: Crusader churches in the Latin East…
Byzantium and the Crusades
Articles about the Byzantine empire and the Crusades: Expeditio persica of Heraclius: Holy War or Crusade?, by Nicola Bergamo The Treaty of Devol…
Crusading in the Later Middle Ages (14th – 16th centuries)
List of articles about crusading in the Later Middle Ages: Writing and Imagining the Crusade in Fifteenth-Century Burgundy: The Case of the Expedition…
Crusades and Crusading in the Thirteenth Century
Articles about the Crusades in the Middle East during the 13th century, and the fall of the Crusader States by 1291: Legitimizing a…
The Crusader States in the Twelfth Century
Alice of Antioch and the rebellion against Fulk of Anjou, by Adriana R. de Almeida Frontier Warfare in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem:…
Fourth Crusade
Articles about the Fourth Crusade: The Debate on the Fourth Crusade, by Jonathan Harris The merchant of Genoa : the Crusades, the Genoese…
Third Crusade
Articles on the Third Crusade: The Byzantines and Saladin, 1185-1192: Opponents of the Third Crusade, by Charles M. Brand The Artifice of War:…
Second Crusade
Articles about the Second Crusade: Do We Know What We Think We Know? Making Assumptions About Eleanor of Aquitaine, by RaGena C. DeAragon Looking…
First Crusade
Articles on the First Crusade: A Greek Source on the Origin of the First Crusade, by Peter Charanis The Historiography of the Crusades,…
The Battle of Grunwald
The Battle of Grunwald, fought on July 15th, 1410, has a kind of mythical status in the history of not only Poland, but Lithuania and Germany. Called the Battle of Tannenberg by the Germans and the Battle of Zalgiris by the Lithuanians, this clash was decisive moment in the history of the Eastern Europe.
Same-Sex Relations in the Middle Ages
The study of homosexual, lesbian and bisexual relations during the Middle Ages is a new area of research, with some of the first important books on the topics being published in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Why Medieval? with Elton O. S. Medeiros
My first real memory about that I was 7 or 8 years old whatching the film “Conan the Barbarian”, with Arnold Scharzenegger and…
The Prince, the Assassin and the Mongols
On a night in June 1272, in the Crusader city of Acre, the English prince Edward and his wife Eleanor were asleep when a spy came asking to meet with Edward.
Castle for Sale in Australia: Waterstone Castle
Waterstone Castle is approved as a Bed and Breakfast. The majestic home has 6 bedrooms, three bathrooms, lots of natural light, indoor water…
Why Medieval? with Doug Moncur
I’m not really a medievalist, but for some reason I’ve always had a fascination for that nebulous period that we could call late…
Why Medieval? with Philip McDonnell
My love of the medieval started around the age of 4 or 5. I didn’t know what medieval meant but that didn’t matter.…
The Normans
The Normans were the descendants of a Viking group which settled in the region of Normandy, in northern France, during the late ninth…
Why Medieval? with Scott Jenkins
My interest in medieval history first began during a random bout of insomnia. The BBC and Open University used to show documentaries into…
Medieval Dress
Medieval Dress and Clothing are an area of interest for many medievalists, but finding information can often be difficult. Research can be done…
Why Medieval? with Tami Cook
I went Medieval for castles. My mom bought me a child’s castle book that broke down the many aspects of life in a…
Vikings in Greenland
The Viking era in Greenland began when Gunnbjørn Ulf-Krakuson first saw the island sometime during the early 10th century. Gunnbjørn was blown off course while sailing from Norway to Iceland, an event that would happen to several ships who were trying to cross the North Atlantic.

