https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/crusades/RSS feed for CrusadesenThu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-diver-stumbled-upon-a-centuries-old-sword-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea-years-later-he-found-another-one-nearby-180988370/Shlomi Katzin, who unearthed a 900-year-old sword in 2021, recently discovered a similar artifact jutting out of the seabed off the coast of IsraelThu, 19 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-diver-stumbled-upon-a-centuries-old-sword-beneath-the-mediterranean-sea-years-later-he-found-another-one-nearby-180988370/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-rare-artifacts-tell-medieval-womens-stories-in-their-own-words-180985317/A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of BingenThu, 24 Oct 2024 10:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/these-rare-artifacts-tell-medieval-womens-stories-in-their-own-words-180985317/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-medieval-sect-that-inspired-the-video-game-assassins-creed-180983032/The Order of Assassins is loosely based on the Nizari Ismailis, who formed a Shiite Muslim state that relied on political assassination to achieve its goalTue, 10 Oct 2023 15:57:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-medieval-sect-that-inspired-the-video-game-assassins-creed-180983032/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-an-english-exile-ended-up-at-the-court-of-genghis-khans-grandson-180982598/After leaving his home country in the early 13th century, the Englishman traveled to the Crusader states and served as an envoy of the Mongol EmpireFri, 28 Jul 2023 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-an-english-exile-ended-up-at-the-court-of-genghis-khans-grandson-180982598/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bones-found-in-medieval-well-likely-belong-to-victims-of-anti-semitic-massacre-180980692/A new DNA analysis suggests the 17 individuals were Ashkenazi Jews murdered in Norwich, England, in 1190Thu, 01 Sep 2022 19:23:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bones-found-in-medieval-well-likely-belong-to-victims-of-anti-semitic-massacre-180980692/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-rulers-whose-reigns-reshaped-the-medieval-middle-east-180979473/A new book details the lives of Melisende of Jerusalem, Zumurrud of Damascus and their powerful peersTue, 01 Feb 2022 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-women-rulers-whose-reigns-reshaped-the-medieval-middle-east-180979473/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-many-myths-of-the-term-crusader-180979107/Conceptions of the medieval Crusades tend to lump disparate movements together, ignoring the complexity and diversity of these military campaignsTue, 23 Nov 2021 13:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-many-myths-of-the-term-crusader-180979107/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-ever-crusader-encampment-unearthed-in-israel-180978896/Frankish soldiers camped at the site before the 1187 Battle of Hattin, which ended in a decisive victory for Muslim sultan SaladinTue, 19 Oct 2021 19:24:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-ever-crusader-encampment-unearthed-in-israel-180978896/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diver-finds-crusader-sword-off-israels-coast-180978884/The four-foot-long weapon is encrusted in marine organisms but otherwise in "perfect condition"Mon, 18 Oct 2021 15:52:58 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/diver-finds-crusader-sword-off-israels-coast-180978884/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mass-graves-of-13th-century-crusaders-reveal-brutality-of-medieval-warfare-180978712/Found in Lebanon, the 25 soldiers' remains bear unhealed wounds from stabbing, slicing and blunt force traumaMon, 20 Sep 2021 15:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mass-graves-of-13th-century-crusaders-reveal-brutality-of-medieval-warfare-180978712/