wars - Wars waged by Christian Europeans in the Middle Ages (from about 1000 - 1300) to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims.
campaigns on the part of the "Christian" nations of Europe to liberate Palestine from the hands of the Muslims, 1096-1271. The fervor against the "infidel" Muslims easily spread to Anti-Jewish sentiments. Jewish money was confiscated to help defray the expenses of the Crusades. Jewish communities had to buy "protection" from their "Christian" overlords.
A series of eight military campaigns fought by Western European Christians from 1095-1291 in an effort to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. The word was later used to describe Christian wars against non-Christians.
During the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, these were the military campaigns embarked upon in the name of "Christianity" to recover the Holy Land from Muslim occupation. Please see our apology.
A series of wars (say WW0) fired by the Roman Christian Church in which European kings try to conquer Muslim Territory
Any of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims during the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
religious wars in middle eastern countries, ordered by the Pope in medieval times
Armed attempts to capture Jerusalem from Islamic control
holy wars sponsored by the papacy for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims in the late 11th and early 12th centuries. (p. 277)
Eight major West-European Christian military expeditions sought to liberate the Holy Land (1096-1099, 1147-1149, 1189-1192, 1202-1204, 1218-1221, 1228-1229, 1248-1254, 1270), particularly Jerusalem, from Muslim control. However, the motives of the Crusaders themselves were not always clearly focussed on religion. The name comes from the cross the participants wore on their clothing. Return to Theme
War compaigns launched by Christian Europe against the Muslims. They started in 1099 with the occupation of Jerusalem and ended in 1292. Salah al-Din liberated Jerusalem in 1187.
Series of military adventures initially launched by western Christians to free Holy Land from Muslims; temporarily succeeded in capturing Jerusalem and establishing Christian kingdoms; later used for other purposes such as commercial wars and extermination of heresy. (pp. 310, 382)
The Crusades were military or quasi-military expeditions launched by Christian secular and religious rulers against the Moslems in the Middle East from 1096 to 1291. The Albigensian Crusade late in the thirteenth century was launched against French heretics.
The Crusades were European religious campaigns of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that attempted to drive the Muslims from the Middle Eastern Holy Land. They were partly responsible for stimulating trade between Western Europe and Asia.