Crusades
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The Crusades were a series of medieval religious wars, primarily between Western European Christians and Muslim powers, fought over control of the Holy Land and other territories from the late 11th to the late 13th centuries.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Crusades canonical | 95 |
| The Crusades | 3 |
| Crusader period | 2 |
| Crusader–Muslim wars | 2 |
| Crusades in the Eastern Mediterranean | 1 |
| European crusaders | 1 |
| Later Crusades | 1 |
| Wars of the Crusader states | 1 |
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
medieval conflict
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series of religious wars ⓘ |
| associatedOrder |
Knights Hospitaller
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Knights Templar ⓘ Teutonic Order ⓘ
surface form:
Teutonic Knights
|
| culturalImpact |
exchange of knowledge between Islamic world and Western Europe
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influence on chivalric literature ⓘ transmission of classical texts to Western Europe ⓘ |
| endApproximateDate | late 13th century ⓘ |
| endEvent | Ninth Crusade ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Anatolia
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Baltic Sea coast region ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic region
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
North Africa ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
long-term influence on Christian–Muslim relations
ⓘ
major factor in shaping medieval Mediterranean politics ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis |
concept of crusade indulgence
ⓘ
idea of holy war ⓘ |
| initiatedBy |
Papacy
ⓘ
Pope Urban II ⓘ |
| justification | recovery of Christian holy places ⓘ |
| keySpeech | Council of Clermont ⓘ |
| keySpeechDate | 1095 ⓘ |
| majorCampaign |
Albigensian Crusade
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Children's Crusade ⓘ First Crusade ⓘ Fourth Crusade ⓘ Ninth Crusade ⓘ Northern Crusades ⓘ Second Crusade ⓘ Third Crusade ⓘ |
| notableOutcome |
capture of Jerusalem in 1099
ⓘ
establishment of Crusader states ⓘ loss of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 ⓘ sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ |
| primaryBelligerent |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
Muslim powers ⓘ Western European Christians ⓘ |
| primaryGoal |
control of Jerusalem
ⓘ
control of the Holy Sepulchre ⓘ |
| primaryTheater |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Holy Land ⓘ |
| religiousCharacter | Christian holy wars ⓘ |
| religiousImpact |
development of military religious orders
ⓘ
intensification of papal authority claims ⓘ |
| result |
deepened Christian–Muslim hostility
ⓘ
increased trade between Europe and the Near East ⓘ strengthening of Italian maritime republics ⓘ temporary Latin control of parts of the Levant ⓘ weakening of Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| secondaryGoal |
control of trade routes
ⓘ
defense of Byzantine Empire ⓘ expansion of Latin Christendom ⓘ |
| startDate | 1096 ⓘ |
| startEvent | First Crusade ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 11th century to late 13th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (106)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Crusader period
this entity surface form:
The Crusades
Charles Mackay – Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
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notableCaseStudy
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Crusades
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subject surface form:
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
this entity surface form:
Crusader–Muslim wars
this entity surface form:
Later Crusades