History

December 24, 1144: The capital of the crusader County of Edessa fell to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. As a direct response to this, Pope Eugene III issued the papal bull ‘Quantum praedecessores’ calling for the Second Crusade. That crusade was led by Louis VII ofContinue Reading

The kingdom of Granada falls to the Christian forces of King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella I, and the Moors lose their last foothold in Spain. Located at the confluence of the Darro and Genil rivers in southern Spain, the city of Granada was a Moorish fortress that rose toContinue Reading

THE DISCOVERIES COLUMBUS DID MAKE WERE MORE IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE THAN THE ROUTE HE FAILED TO FIND. It is certain, however, that Columbus was not the first European to cross the Atlantic. Documentary evidence supports claims that the Vikings reached the New World about AD 1000. And there is goodContinue Reading