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Crusades Definition

TermDefinition
Crusade A Holy war fought by Christians and Muslims to free the Holy Land.
Pilgrim Someone who travels to a holy place for religious reasons.
Levant The region along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea (modern-day Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria).
Holy Land A region in the Levant that is spiritually significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Jerusalem A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews.
Seljuk Turks A nomadic Islamic people who had invaded Anatolia in the 1060s after conquering Persia
Pope Urban II The leader of the Catholic Church who called for the First Crusade in 1095 and retake Jerusalem.
Richard the Lionheart A central leader of the Third Crusade who fought Saladin to a stalemate but never recaptured Jerusalem.
Saladin The Sultan of Egypt and Syria who united the Muslim world and famously recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.
Hospitalers A Catholic military order founded to provide care for poor, sick, or injured pilgrims in the Holy Land.
Infidels An unbeliever; a term applied to Muslims during the Crusades.
Peter the Hermit A religious leader who helped inspire ordinary people to join the People’s Crusade.
Knights Templar A group of Christian knights who protected pilgrims and fought in the Crusades.
Indulgence A promise from the Church that a person’s sins would be forgiven.
First Crusade (1095-1099) First major crusade in which the Christians took over Jerusalem.
Second Crusade (1147–1149) A failed crusade where the Europeans failed to recapture any major territory.
Third Crusade (1189–1192) A Crusade led by European kings to try to take back Jerusalem from Saladin.
The People’s Crusade Unorganized movement of mostly untrained peasants and low-ranking knights that failed to reach the Holy Land.
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