Why did the Crusades happen? Why did Europe fight in the Crusades? Why were the Crusades fought? Why were the Crusades not a holy war? Why did the Byzantines start the Crusades? Why did knights fight in the Crusades? Why did the Crusades fight for the Holy Land? Why did Christians go...
Why did England start the Crusades? Why did the Ninth Crusade start? Why did Louis IX's second Crusade go to Tunis? Why did the Visigoths invade Spain? Why did the Christians invade Jerusalem in the First Crusade? Why did the Christians invade Jerusalem during the First Crusade?
Paul Cobb: Chronologically, Muslim sources differ from the Christians because they don’t recognize the Crusades. They recognize the events we call the Crusades today simply as another wave of Frankish aggression on the Muslim world. (I use “Franks” or “Frankish” to refer to western Christia...
5. In February 2020, Trump issues no fewer than 14 statements praising China for the way it handled Covid. Then when Covid hits the US and it becomes apparent that Trump did absolutely nothing to prepare us for the epidemic, US officials start blaming China for the pandemic. At one point...
as it is for a growing number of Christians who consider it a religious obligation (Pastor John Hagee seems to be a leading voice in this regard). But for the average American conservative who holds no strong religious convictions (at least not where Israel is concerned) and considers the ma...
One thing I really like about the US Christians is their tolerance. Providing someone lives a decent life, there is room in the USA for everyone to find their own path. But this advancing nexus between climate and religion in my opinion represents a descent back into Dark Ages thinking, in...
Paul Cobb: Chronologically, Muslim sources differ from the Christians because they don’t recognize the Crusades. They recognize the events we call the Crusades today simply as another wave of Frankish aggression on the Muslim world. (I use “Franks” or “Frankish” to refer to western Christia...
Why did Christians kill in the Crusades? Why was Operation Barbarossa considered a genocidal war of annihilation for Germany? Why did the Dark Ages happen? Why is W.E.B. Du Bois important to black history? Why did the Herero Genocide happen?
Why did the Crusaders kill Christians? Why was Erwin Rommel killed? Why did the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral happen? Why was Pancho Villa assassinated? Why did Davy Crockett run away from home? Why was Stede Bonnet hanged? Why were the Gracchi brothers killed?
Why was dissection banned in the Middle Ages? Why was the Church so powerful during the Dark Ages? Why don't historians use the term Dark Ages anymore? Why did the Crusades happen in the Middle Ages? Why are there so few records of the Dark Ages?