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Prussian Crusades. The Prussian Crusades (1222–1274) were a series of 13th-century campaigns of Catholic crusaders, primarily led by the Teutonic Knights, to Christianize the pagan Old Prussians. These include the Crusade of 1222–1223, the First Prussian Uprising of 1242–1249, and the Great Prussian Uprising of 1260–1274. [313] [314] [315]
The Prussian Crusade was a series of 13th-century campaigns of Roman Catholic crusaders, primarily led by the Teutonic Knights, to Christianize under duress the pagan Old Prussians. Invited after earlier unsuccessful expeditions against the Prussians by Christian Polish princes, the Teutonic Knights began campaigning against the Prussians ...
Christianity portal; History portal; The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The most commonly known Crusades are the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim rule, but the term "Crusades" is also applied to other church-sanctioned campaigns.
Prussian Crusade (1 C, 4 P) Pages in category "13th-century crusades" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
This includes the later Crusades to the Holy Land: the Third through Eighth Crusades, the Barons' Crusade and Lord Edward's Crusade. The Albigensian Crusade and Children's Crusade are also covered. The Fall of Outremer resulting from the Siege of Acre conclude the work. Table of Contents. [41] List of Illustrations. [42] List of Maps. [43 ...
Pages in category "Prussian Crusade" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land between 1095 and 1291 that had the objective of reconquering Jerusalem and its surrounding area from Muslim rule after the region had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate ...
The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed during the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage .