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Thomas Asbridge's The First Crusade: A New History (2004) is among the standard references used today. People's Crusade. The People's Crusade (1096) was a prelude to the First Crusade led by Peter the Hermit, the first of what is known as the Popular Crusades. It is sometimes regarded as an integral part of the First Crusade, with the Princes ...
Crusades - Holy Land, France, King Louis IX: Louis IX of France ardently believed the Crusade to be God's work. In his first crusade Louis was captured and held for ransom. For the Eighth Crusade, the expedition went to Tunis, where he defeated Conradin. Louis IX's last Crusade embarked in July 1270. Disease struck the troops and claimed the lives of both Louis and his son John Tristan ...
The First Crusade close Crusades Military campaigns undertaken by Christians who believed that it was possible for them to 'reclaim' the Holy Land for Christianity from Islam. Muslims who lived in ...
The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian ...
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Crusades - Holy War, Kingdoms, Reconquista: A successful attack on an Egyptian relief army ensured the Crusaders' occupation of Palestine. Having fulfilled their vows of pilgrimage, most Crusaders departed for home. Baldwin assumed the title king of Jerusalem in 1100. The Crusade of 1101 was organized by Pope Paschal II to reinforce Christian rule in the Holy Land. By 1112 Arsuf, Caesarea ...
Jun 5, 2021 · The Crusades were a number of military campaigns organised by the pope and Western European Christians in order to take back land in the Near East, considered holy by Christians, which had fallen under the control of Muslims. To participate in a crusade was considered a sacred act, since the violence which ensued was done in the name of God.
Mar 8, 2015 · The Crusades: A Very Brief History, 1095-1500. By Andrew Latham. Between the mid-11th and late-15th centuries, an historically specific configuration of material and ideational factors gave rise to a constellation of religious wars that have come to be known as “the crusades”. This constellation included Church-organized wars in the Holy ...
