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Bookmark or Share- The Crusades (1095–1291) - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtIn June 1099, the Crusaders began a five-week siege of Jerusalem, which fell on July 15, 1099 . Eyewitness accounts attest to the terror of battle.
- What were the crusades? (article) | Khan AcademyMost of the debates among scholars are concerned with identifying the key characteristics of a crusade. Some, for example, consider only expeditions aimed at Jerusalem or the Holy Land to be crusades. This approach is responsible for the traditional, numbered crusades (i.e., First Crusade, Second Crusade, etc.).
- The Crusades: A Complete History | History TodayA comprehensive account of the Crusades, a compelling and controversial topic, whose bitter legacy resonates to this day.
- 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.
- Crusades - WikipediaThe Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
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