I get the question all the time: Was the Byzantine Empire underrated? Have you ever even heard of the Byzantine Empire? If you’re a regular follower of my blog, possibly not. If you got to this post from an Internet search, perhaps you have. Either way, most people know little about the great empire that […]
Tag: Seljuk Turks
Urban II Preaches the First Crusade
We’re going back a way today, but on this day in 1095 CE, Pope Urban II made a speech at the Council of Clermont calling for a great crusade to Palestine. The goal of this crusade would be for European Christians to win back locations important to Christianity that were under the control of the […]