Religion

Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, Painting by Emile Signol (1804–1892), (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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A 13th-century illumination showing the coronation of Foulques and Melisende. (Photo by Alamy)

Women and the crusades

Illustration from Dante's ‘Inferno', depicting thieves tormented in hell by serpents.

General ancient history

A brief history of the afterlife

Thomas Becket murder

7 controversial saints in history

Original Gutenberg Bible, Beinecke Library, Yale Univeristy. (Photo by Alamy)

General ancient history

The history of the Bible

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521. This was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire called by King Charles V in Heylshof Garden, Worms, to address Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)

What was the Reformation?

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General Early Modern

History Traveller, part 2: St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow

Swastika on a lotus background

Second World War

Why did Hitler choose the swastika, and how did a Sanskrit symbol become a Nazi emblem?

c1190: A scene from the Third Crusade depicting the surrender of Acre to the armies of King Richard I of England and Philippe Auguste of France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Your top questions about the crusades – answered

First Crusade, Siege of Antioch, c1097,14th-century illustration (Photo by Getty Images)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the crusades, but were afraid to ask

The 1618 Defenestration of Prague

The 1618 Defenestration of Prague explained

Thousands of Muslims gather in India in 2019 to offer Eid prayers, marking end of holy month of Ramadan

General ancient history

A brief history of Ramadan

Cloisters at Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire (Photo by Dreamstime)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the English Reformation, but were afraid to ask

Henry III during the Second Barons' War

Simon de Montfort and the barons’ crusade: why rebel lords waged holy war against Henry III

Picture of the Battle of Beziers

In a nutshell The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade