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Bookmark or Share- The Crusades: A Complete History | History TodayThe Crusades: A Complete History. A comprehensive account of a compelling and controversial topic, whose bitter legacy resonates to this day. Jonathan Phillips | Published in Volume 65 Issue 5 May 2015. Crusaders embark for the Levant. From ‘Le Roman de Godefroi de Bouillon’, France, 1337. (Bibliothèque Nationale / Bridgeman Images)
- Crusades - World History EncyclopediaThe 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: Causes & Goals - World History EncyclopediaThe Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by Christian powers in order to retake Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control. There would be eight officially sanctioned crusades between 1095 CE and 1270 CE and many more unofficial ones.
- Crusades - Religious Conflict, Legacy, Impact | BritannicaThe transformation of the idea of the Crusades from religio-military campaigns into modern metaphors for idealistic, zealous, and demanding struggles to advance the good (“crusades for”) and to oppose perceived evil (“crusades against”) occurred over several centuries and represents the culmination of a movement that began in the late 11th century.
- Crusades | Definition, History, Map, Significance, & LegacyCrusades, 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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