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Bookmark or Share- Crusades - Holy War, Jerusalem, Europe | BritannicaCrusades - Holy War, Jerusalem, Europe: Western Europe became a significant power by the end of the 11th century. An economic revival was in full swing, and Europeans had proven they could launch a major military undertaking.
- The Crusades (1095–1291) - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtConsidered at the time to be divinely sanctioned, these campaigns, involving often ruthless battles, are known as the Crusades. At their core was a desire for access to shrines associated with the life and ministry of Jesus, above all the Holy Sepulcher, the church in Jerusalem said to contain the tomb of Christ ( 2005.100.373.100 ).
- Crusades - World History EncyclopediaThe 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 those gains. There were eight major official crusades between 1095 and 1270, as well as many more unofficial ones.
- A History of the Crusades - World History EncyclopediaThe Crusades were a series of military campaigns waged between Christians and Muslims, Christians and pagans (the Northern Crusades), and Christians against Christians (the Fourth Crusade and the Albigensian Crusade).
- The Crusades - SmarthistoryCrusaders saw their enemies as a threat to God, and many went to war to make amends for their own sins. What were the crusades? Crusading took many forms. Historians grapple with how to define these holy wars—Muslim and Jewish sources help.
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