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The early years of Geoffrey de Bouillon - on the job training for the First Crusade

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Geoffrey (Godefroi, Godfrey ) de Bouillon, born around 1060, was a member of a prominent noble family in Bouillon, in the Ardennes region (n...

Forests to Farmland - The Age of Clearance in Medieval Europe

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Between about 1050 and 1150, Europe underwent one of its most dramatic environmental and social transformations. Vast forests, wetlands, and...

Abbot Bernard de Clairvaux - Asceticism, Ailment and Growth

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In 1112, after living the first 22 years of his life as a member of Burgundian nobility , Bernard de la Fontaine (1090/1091 - 1153) entered ...

Muhammad’s Covenants and Medieval Holy Land Pluralism (1050-1300)

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Between 1050 and 1300, the Holy Land was shaped by conflict yet also by enduring traditions of coexistence. Early Islamic covenants attribut...

Penance, Fear, and Redemption - The Religious Climate That Birthed the First Crusade

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The Crusades quickly developed as a mass movement following Pope Urban's call. How and why could they be such a success in an age of fra...

Sacred Space in Pattern and Paint: Templar Art at Montsaunès and elsewhere

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The murals of Montsaunès do not tell sweeping crusade epics but transform the chapel through painted ashlar, rectangular panels filled with ...

Templar Presence in Switzerland - fact or fiction

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The presence of the Knights Templar in what is now Switzerland was never extensive, but it is historically attested. What are the facts?

Assassins and Templars - Faith, Fear and Myth Revisited

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Steve Tibble’s Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood revisits two of the most mysterious movements of the medieval world: the ...

The Flight of the Templar Master of Lombardy (1308) - blow to Papal Credibility

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The general perception is that on 13 October 1307, all Knights Templar in France were arrested. This is not accurate. At some places in Fran...