In the days when Maltese knights fought the infidels with legendary zeal, the Chevalier (Knight) Joseph Galea would have led his troops into battle with blood-curdling cries. But today this small, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. For the modern western reader, the term “crusades” evokes pious Christian monarchs riding and sailing to the Middle ...

“I am your father,” intones noble knight Liam Neeson, in his best Jedi tones. Um … which galaxy are we in? This particular moment, early on in Ridley Scott’s epic “Kingdom of Heaven,” is indicative of ...

WASHINGTON – The White House apologized yesterday after President Bush accidentally riled the Middle Eastern nations he needs as allies by calling his battle against Arab terrorists “a crusade. In the ...