Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The military history of the Crusader states begins with the formation of the County of Edessa in 1097 and ends with the loss of Ruad in 1302, the last Christian stronghold in the Holy Land. War with the Seljuks
The crusader states' military power depended mainly on four major categories of soldiery: vassals, mercenaries, visitors from the west, and troops provided by the military orders. [221] Vassals were expected to perform their military duties in person as fully armed knights, or more lightly armoured serjants. Unmarried female fief holders had to ...
Indications of presence of military orders associated with the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Holy Land during the Crusades (in German). Reconquista of the main towns (per year) (in Spanish). Extent of the Teutonic Order in 1410. A military order (Latin: militaris ordo) is a Christian religious society of knights.
The following is a list of crusader states that were independent during some point in history. This list includes crusader states in Outremer , Frankokratia , and in the Baltics . List
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 ...
Chronology and Maps, covering 1095–1789, in The Oxford History of the Crusades, edited by Jonathan Riley-Smith. [3] A Chronological Outline of the Crusades: Background, Military Expeditions, and Crusader States, covering 160–1798, in The Routledge Companion to the Crusades, by Peter Lock. [4]
Military history of the Crusader states between the Sixth and Seventh Crusades (5 P) Military history of the Crusader states between the Seventh and Eighth Crusades (4 P) Military history of the Crusader states after Lord Edward's crusade (6 P)
Chronology and Maps, covering 1095–1789, in The Oxford History of the Crusades, edited by Jonathan Riley-Smith. [6] A Chronological Outline of the Crusades: Background, Military Expeditions, and Crusader States, covering 160–1798, in The Routledge Companion to the Crusades, by Peter Lock. [7]