- Crusades - Wikipedia
The crusaders entered, massacring the Muslim inhabitants and many Christians amongst the Greek Orthodox, Syrian and Armenian communities [34] A force to recapture the city was raised by Kerbogha , the effective ruler of Mosul
- Definition, History, Map, Significance, Legacy - Britannica
The Islamic world saw the Crusaders as cruel invaders, which helped engender distrust and resentment toward the Christian world 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
Led by the French king Louis IX (r 1226-1270), the Crusaders repeated the strategy of the Fifth Crusade and achieved only the same miserable results: the acquisition of Damietta and then total defeat at Mansourah
- The Crusades: Definition, Religious Wars Facts | HISTORY
Though Pope Innocent III called for a new Crusade in 1198, power struggles within and between Europe and Byzantium drove the Crusaders to divert their mission in order to topple the reigning
- Crusades: characteristics, history, causes and consequences
The crusaders' primary objective was to expel the Seljuk Turks from the Holy Land Toward the end of the 11th century, the Seljuks controlled much of the Middle East, threatening the Byzantine Empire
- The Crusades: A Complete History | History Today
In June 1097 the crusaders and the Greeks took one of the emperor's key objectives, the formidable walled city of Nicaea, 120 miles from Constantinople, although in the aftermath of the victory some writers reported Frankish discontent at the division of booty
- The Crusades: History, Battles, and Legacy of the Holy Wars
In the first crusade, up to 30,000 crusaders led by four noblemen made the three-year journey to the Holylands, they initially battled through Anatolia heading southwards towards Palestinian lands By June 1098, the Christian crusaders attacked the Syrian city of Antioch
- The Crusades - Jewish Virtual Library
The Crusaders first massacred the Jews who had remained in their houses, then, eight days later, those who had sought an illusory refuge in the bishop’s castle The victims numbered about 800; only a few accepted conversion and survived, the great majority choosing to be killed or suicide rather than commit apostasy
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