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The Crusades were a series of religiously-sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other campaigns in Spain and Eastern Europe continued into the 15th century. The Crusades were fought mainly against Muslims, although campaigns were also waged against pagan Slavs, Jews, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Mongols, Cathars, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemies of the popes. Crusaders took vows and were granted penance for past sins, often called an indulgence. The Crusades originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim rule and were launched in response to a call from the Christian Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuk Turks into Anatolia....
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The Crusades were a series of religiously-sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Latin Christian Europe, particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years, between 1095 and 1291. Other campaigns in Spain and Eastern Europe continued into the 15th century. The Crusades were fought mainly against Muslims, although campaigns were also waged against pagan Slavs, Jews, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians, Mongols, Cathars, Hussites, Waldensians, Old Prussians, and political enemies of the popes. Crusaders took vows and were granted penance for past sins, often called an indulgence. The Crusades originally had the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim rule and were launched in response to a call from the Christian Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuk Turks into Anatolia....
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The Viking Age
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Alp Arslan, 2nd Sultan Seljuq Empire
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Pope Urban II, Crusade Instigator
Urban is best known for starting the First Crusade. Urban's crusading movement took its first public shape at the Council of Piacenza, where in March 1095 Urban received an ambassador from the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus, asking for help aga... |
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Raymond IV of Toulouse, 1st Crusade
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Bohemond I of Antioch, Leader 1st Crusade
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Baldwin I of Jerusalem, Leader 1st Crusade
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Godfrey of Bouillon, Leader 1st Crusade
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Hugues de Payens, 1st Grand Master
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The Battle of Manzikert, Defeat Byzantines
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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
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Roger II, King of Sicily
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Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Gregory VIII, Pope for only 57 Days
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Frederick I, Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
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Eleonora van Aquitanië
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Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar or the Order of the Temple, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. The organization existed for approximately two cen... |
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Saladin, Opponent of Crusaders
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Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem
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King Richard I, The Lionheart
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Pope Innocent III
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Order of the Teutonic Knights
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Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Jacques DeMolay, The Last Templar
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Order of the Dragon
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The Fall of Constantinople
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Siege of Vienna
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Battle of Vienna
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