Crusades

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Smyrniote 1343–1351Alexandrian 1365 Savoyard 1366Barbary 1390 Nicopolis 1396Varna 1443Portuguese 1481Northern Crusades (1147–1410)

Wendish 1147Swedish115012491293Livonian 1198–1290Prussian 1217–1274Novgorod 1241–1242Lithuanian 1283–1410Popular crusades

People´s 1096Children´s 1212Shepherds´ 1251Poor 1309Shepherds´ 1320Against Christians

Albigensian 1209–1229Drenthe 1228–1232Stedinger 1233–1234Bosnian 1235–1241Aragonese 1284/5Despenser´s 1382/3Hussite 1419–1434Reconquista (718–1492)

Barbastro 1063Mallorca 1113–1115Las Navas de Tolosa 1212 Book:The Crusades War portalPart of a series onChristianityJesusChristJesus in ChristianityVirgin birthCrucifixionResurrectionBibleFoundationsOld TestamentNew TestamentGospelCanonBooks of the BibleChurchCreedNew CovenantTheologyGodTrinityFatherSonHoly SpiritApologeticsBaptismChristologyHistory of theologyMissionSalvationHistoryTraditionApostlesPeterPaulMaryEarly ChristianityChurch FathersConstantineCouncilsAugustineEast–West SchismCrusadesAquinasReformationLutherDenominationsGroupsWesternCatholicProtestantAdventistAnabaptistAnglicanBaptistCalvinistEvangelicalHolinessLutheranMethodistPentecostalEasternAssyrianEastern OrthodoxOriental OrthodoxNontrinitarianJehovah´s WitnessLatter Day SaintOneness PentecostalRelated topicsArtCriticismEcumenismLiturgyMusicOther religionsPrayerSermonSymbolism Christianity portalvteThe crusades were a series of religious wars in western Asia and Europe initiated, supported and sometimes directed by the Roman Catholic Church between the 11th and the 17th century. The crusades differed from other religious conflicts in that they took the form of a penitential exercise for the participants with forgiveness for all confessed sin. The exact definition of the term is debatable, with some historians restricting its use to armed Christian pilgrimages to Jerusalem, others expanding it to all Catholic military campaigns with a promise of spiritual benefits, all Catholic "holy wars" or mentioning religious fervour as the main characteristic of genuine crusades. The best-known crusades are successive campaigns fought against the Muslim powers of the eastern Mediterranean for the Holy Land from 1096 to 1271. Other crusades were fought from the 12th century for a variety of reasons including the suppression of paganism and heresy, the resolution of conflict among rival Catholic groups, or against the Iberian Moors and the Ottoman Empire." - (en.wikipedia.org 20.11.2019)