Crusades
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25 November is anniversary of the battle of Montgisard fought in 1177. Crusaders managed to achieve a very important victory. Led by 16-year-old King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, the...
From studying the Ottoman response to Hunyadi's crusades in 1440s, it seems that they avoided the Hussite-style wagenburg tactics that Hunyadi like to employ like a plague. A wise...
Christian and Muslim armies used basically the same siege techniques during the Crusades, even though they fought with completely different styles in open field. The reasons why ar...
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Teutonic Knights are known as fierce crusaders who fought against the pagans in the Baltics. But in 1312 they were under a serious investigation by the Pope for allegedly practici...