That city had been captured by the First Crusaders in 1098 but was lost to the Muslim leader Zengi in 1144. As a result of the preaching of persuasive churchmen, such as Bernard of Clairvaux, the ...

The Crusades: The War for the Holy Lands (London: Simon & Schuster, 2010), a 784-page single-volume history published in 2010, sought to: present a new, rich history focus on Latin and Muslim ...

In the Middle Ages, the Islamic world close Islamic worldSocieties ... priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period, peasants had to give 10 per ...

In the medieval era, Crusaders believed they were carrying out their God's work by taking part in military campaigns to take control of the Holy Land for Christianity. What were the consequences ...