The Crusades were a series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land, encouraged by promises of …

Dec 5, 2025 · Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion.

Jun 7, 2010 · To govern the conquered territory, those who remained established four large western settlements, or Crusader states, in Jerusalem, Edessa, Antioch and Tripoli.

The Crusades to the Holy Land were “wars of liberation” initially launched by the Church to restore Jerusalem to Christian rule.

Crusader : a person who participated in any of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the Holy Land from the Muslims

Oct 12, 2018 · 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 …

Crusading took many different forms, and attempting to precisely define crusading has engaged historians in intense debates for more than 150 years. Map with the First through Fourth Crusades, …

May 5, 2025 · Crusading changed Europe by boosting the economy, trade, and creating a more united Christendom. The medieval "Crusade" was a holy war. For a conflict to be officially considered a …

Opposing & against Soldiers & people who fight in wars (Definition of crusader from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

The Crusader states, or Outremer, were four Catholic polities established in the Levant region and southeastern Anatolia from 1098 to 1291.