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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 were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.
The Crusades were organized by western European Christians after centuries of wars of expansion. Their primary objectives were to stop the expansion of Muslim states, to reclaim for Christianity the Holy Land in the Middle East, and to recapture territories that had formerly been Christian.
Chronologies of the Crusades presents the list of chronologies and timelines concerning the Crusades. These include the Crusades to the Holy Land, the Fall of Outremer, the Crusades after Acre, 1291–1399, the Crusades of the 15th Century, the Northern Crusades, Crusades against Christians, the Popular Crusades and the Reconquista.
The Crusades were a series of religious and military campaigns initiated by European Christians between the 11th and 13th centuries. They aimed to reclaim the Holy Land, particularly Jerusalem, from Muslim rule, and to support the Byzantine Empire against Muslim advances.
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.
This chronology presents the timeline of the Crusades from the beginning of the First Crusade in 1095 to the fall of Jerusalem in 1187. This is keyed towards the major events of the Crusades to the Holy Land, but also includes those of the Reconquista and Northern Crusades as well as the Byzantine-Seljuk wars. [1]
Explore the history of the Crusades with this comprehensive timeline, from the First Crusade in 1096 to the fall of Acre in 1291.
The Crusades | List and Timeline (1095-1270) The Crusades were a series of religiously motivated military campaigns waged by European Christians to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control. These wars spanned over three centuries and had a profound impact on the medieval world.
The First Crusade was launched on 27 November 1095, and culminated in the siege of Jerusalem in June to July 1099 and the subsequent battle of Ascalon in August that year. However, most of the major events of the First Crusade took place after the agreed departure date: 15 August 1096.