- Crusades - Wikipedia
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and at times directed by the Papacy during the Middle Ages The most prominent of these were the campaigns to the Holy Land aimed at reclaiming Jerusalem and its surrounding territories from Muslim rule
- Crusades | Definition, History, Map, Significance, Legacy | Britannica
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
- Crusades - World History Encyclopedia
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
- The Crusades: Definition, Religious Wars Facts | HISTORY
The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups
- The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
A comprehensive account of the Crusades, a compelling and controversial topic, whose bitter legacy resonates to this day Crusaders embark for the Levant From ‘Le Roman de Godefroi de Bouillon’, France, 1337
- What Were The Crusades? - History Hit
But why were the crusades called and what were they about? Who were the crusaders, and why, four centuries after Muslim rule was established in the East, did they attempt to take the Holy Land, four centuries after Muslim rule was established in the region Why did Pope Urban call the First Crusade?
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Although the institution of the crusade was triggered by events taking place in the Near East and had its first powerful military impact far away from the European heartland, the crusade grew out of the social, religious and cultural conditions of Western European society in the eleventh century
- The Crusades - Smarthistory
Crusades were religious wars undertaken by Christians from western Europe Their goal was to capture the Holy Lands of the eastern Mediterranean and specifically Jerusalem from Muslims Christian crusader states resulted for varying periods of time
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