Read an excerpt from 'Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades' by Jonathan Phillips. By Jonathan Phillips. ... The First Crusade and the Capture of Jerusalem, 1095-99 ...

Yes, The crusades flags up how aggression by one culture radicalises another, whether the aggressors are salvation-seeking crusaders or suicide bombers intent on their 72 virgins.

The history of Western involvement in the Middle East began with the Crusades some 900 years ago. NPR's Mike Shuster begins a special six-part series on the troubled history.

What if the Crusades’ history was told from an Arab perspective? In fact, in 2016 al-Jazeera TV did just that. It released a four-episode documentary on the Crusades, and the trailer introduced ...

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades in Unholy Wars A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and ...

WARRIORS OF GOD: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin in the Third Crusade. By James Reston Jr. Doubleday, $27.50. CONSIDERING its origin, perhaps the word "crusade" should be pejorative. Honor and ...

Crusades-inflected propaganda has become virtually indistinguishable from alt-right memes on Reddit, 8chan, and elsewhere. On YouTube you can find frightening videos like “Deus Vult - The ...

Ancient DNA of Crusaders Reveals Warriors Were Also Lovers. Published Apr 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM EDT Updated Apr 18, ... including admixture of Europeans and Near Easterners during the Crusades, ...

The global extreme far right uses and misuse the history of the Crusades. ... (God Wills It – a catchphrase shouted by warriors during the First Crusade in 1095 -1099AD) ...

Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades Jonathan Phillips, . . Random, $30 (334pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-6580-6 ...

HOLY WARRIORS. A Modern History of the Crusades. By Jonathan Phillips. Illustrated. 434 pp. Random House. $30. Eric Ormsby’s new collection of essays, ...