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The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule

https://www.britannica.com/event/Crusades
Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. The Crusades took place from 1095 until the 16th century, when the advent of Protestantism led to the decline of papal authority.

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Learn about the Crusades, a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims over control of holy sites in the Middle East. Explore the causes, events and consequences of eight major Crusade expeditions from 1096 to 1291.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Crusades/
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and Christian western powers to take Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control and then defend those gains. There were eight major official crusades between 1095 and 1270, as well as many more unofficial ones. Although there were many crusades, none would be as successful as the first, and by 1291 the Crusader

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1249/the-crusades-causes--goals/
Learn about the motivations and objectives of the crusaders, from the Byzantine emperor to the knights, in the first campaign to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims. Explore the historical context, the papal role, and the impact of the crusades on Christianity and the Middle East.

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1273/the-crusades-consequences--effects/
Learn how the crusades of the 11th to 15th century CE shaped the Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East. Explore the political, religious, cultural, and economic impacts of the crusades on both sides of the conflict.

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Several different expeditions responded to this appeal, but the general dates for the First Crusade are 1096-99, when the city of Jerusalem was conquered. Keep in mind though that crusading didn't emerge from a vacuum, and many of the elements of crusading were circulating before 1095. However, finding an end date for the crusades is quite

https://www.britannica.com/event/Crusades/The-results-of-the-Crusades
Crusades - Religious Conflict, Legacy, Impact: The structure of European society changed during the 12th and 13th centuries. The Crusades were a significant factor in Europe's development and had a marked impact on the development of Western historical literature. The Crusades slowed the advance of Islamic power; without the Crusading effort, it is difficult to see how western Europe could

https://www.britannica.com/event/Crusades/Crusades-of-the-13th-century
Crusades - Holy Wars, Jerusalem, Europe: The Albigensian Crusade took place to remove the Catharism heresy from southern France. The saying "Kill them all. God will know his own." was allegedly made by the papal legate when asked how the Crusaders should distinguish the heretics from true Christians after they captured Beziers; the Crusaders massacred almost the entire population of the city.

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A comprehensive account of the Crusades, from their origins in the 11th century to their legacy in the modern world. Learn about the motives, impact and controversies of the Christian expeditions to the Holy Land and beyond.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgs2qfr/articles/zmbmp9q
Learn about the Crusades, the medieval military campaigns by Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslims. Find out the key reasons, figures, routes and outcomes of the Crusades.

https://www.worldhistory.org/collection/55/a-history-of-the-crusades/
The Crusades were a series of military campaigns waged between Christians and Muslims, Christians and pagans (the Northern Crusades), and Christians against Christians (the Fourth Crusade and the Albigensian Crusade).This complex series of religious wars began in 1095 CE and, running on for centuries, they would involve such diverse territories as the Holy Land, the Baltic, North Africa and

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This was crusading. Now imagine Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily. Frederick regains Jerusalem from the Muslims without waging war—it helps that he knows Arabic. He is crowned the King of Jerusalem in 1229, but returns to Europe to find the pope waging war on his lands. This, too, was crusading—at least it was for some

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Learn what the Crusades were, how they started, why people went on them, and what impact they had on Europe. Explore the Crusader States, the Crusading Orders, and the different types of Crusades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_crusades
The list of the Crusades to the Holy Land from 1095 through 1291 is as follows. First Crusade. The First Crusade (1095-1099) refers to the activities from the Council of Clermont of 1095 through the establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the battle of Ascalon in 1099. Sometimes segregated into the People's Crusade and the Princes' Crusade.

https://www.britannica.com/summary/Crusades
Crusades, Military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by Western Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion.. The objectives of the Crusades were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories.The Crusades were seen by many of their participants as a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Crusade
The First Crusade (1096-1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. The objective was the recovery of the Holy Land from Islamic rule. While Jerusalem had been under Muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the Seljuk takeover

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/crus/hd_crus.htm
Learn about the history, causes, and consequences of the Crusades, the military campaigns to capture the Holy Land from Muslim control. Explore the art and culture of the Crusader states, Jerusalem, and Byzantium through objects and sources from The Met collection.

https://www.britannica.com/facts/Crusades
Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. The Crusades took place from 1095 until the 16th century, when the advent of Protestantism led to the decline of papal authority.

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1281/the-armies-of-the-crusades/
The armies of the Crusades (11th-15th centuries CE), which saw Christians and Muslims struggle for control of territories in the Middle East and elsewhere, could involve over 100,000 men on either side who came from all over Europe to form the Christian armies and from all over western Asia and North Africa for the Muslim ones. The Christians had the advantage of disciplined and well-armoured

https://www.britannica.com/event/Crusades/The-First-Crusade-and-the-establishment-of-the-Latin-states
Crusades - Holy War, Jerusalem, Europe: Western Europe became a significant power by the end of the 11th century. An economic revival was in full swing, and Europeans had proven they could launch a major military undertaking. Ecclesiastical changes associated with the Gregorian Reform movement enabled the popes to assume a more active role in society.

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Crusades history has acquired a bit of a romantic glow in our modern times, a glow that is far from the gritty, bloody reality. The armies of the Christian Crusades were only able to hold Jerusalem for about 90 years—a shorter period than other regions in Crusades history. So even though Crusades history in Jerusalem is relatively brief, the

https://www.worldhistory.org/First_Crusade/
The First Crusade (1095-1102) was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Conceived by Pope Urban II following an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos, the Crusade was a success with Christian forces taking control of Jerusalem on 15 July 1099.. Around 60,000 soldiers and at least half again of non