Sparked by a zeal to rid the Holy Lands of "infidels"—meaning Moslems primarily—only the First Crusade achieved any real or lasting success. It established Christian settlements, the so-called ...

The First Crusade, considered by most scholars to have begun in 1096 and concluded by 1099, was a war of conquest waged by several European armies with the goal of taking over the Levant, known to ...

Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade, which lasted from 1096 to 1099. Jonathan Phillips examines the origins and motives of the first Crusaders. Jonathan Phillips explains how Damascus, ‘Paradise ...

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