Volume 68 Issue 5 May 2018

The Siege of Antioch during the First Crusade in 1098, 15th-century manuscript.

Weapons of War in the Crusades

Turkish archers versus Frankish heavy cavalry. The Crusades marked a period of technological breakthroughs in the art of war that would decide the conflict.

The formal enclosure of an anchoress in her cell by a bishop, from a pontifical produced for Bishop Mona of St David’s, 15th century.

The Anchorites Who Escaped

Despite the spiritual rewards of the medieval anchorhold, the desire to break free could be overwhelming.