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...igure in the [[First Crusade]], particularly in the disasterous [[People's Crusade]] which preceded the main force from Europe. ...and free it from the [[Muslim]]s. His call for what became known as the [[Crusade]] was wildly successful, partly because it was spread widely by itinerant p

He is best known for sheltering [[troubadour]]s during the [[Albigensian Crusade]], and collating two valuable treatises, the [[Cantigas de Santa Maria]] an

The '''Seventh Crusade''' took place between 1248 [[CE]] and 1254, and involved the [[army|armies] ...rope, and France was wary of both England and the Empire who might, were a crusade to be undertaken, take the opportunity to encroach on French possessions.

...freeing [[Jerusalem]] responded in immense numbers, triggering the [[First Crusade]]. ...ieval period, often as a result of [[crusade]]s (particularly the [[Fourth Crusade]] and was finally wiped out by the fall of [[Constantinople]] in 1453.

...as threatened by the [[Muslim]]s, Christians in [[Europe]] launched the [[Crusade]]s to reclaim them and (among other things) guarantee access. ...at when the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] was founded in 1099 after the [[First Crusade]], its first ruler, [[Godfrey of Bouillon]], took not the [[title]] of [[Ki

...the leaders of the [[People's Crusade]], the initial stage of the [[First Crusade]] which started in 1096.

...[[Hungary]] and the [[Crusader States]]. He probably went on the fourth [[crusade]].

...ly sites before and after battles against the "infidel". Indeed, the First Crusade was, at least in part, launched as a method of guaranteeing Christian acces

The area captured by the [[First Crusade]] is the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. [[Palestine]] is the [[Holy Land]] for [

...nasty and one of the chief instigators of and major players in the [[First Crusade]] ...[Europe]] to come to Byzantium's aid and the result was the start of the [[Crusade]]s.

==First Crusade== During the [[First Crusade]] Antioch was [[siege|besieged]] for nine months; when it fell the city was

There were also religious orders associated with the [[crusade]]s. These [[chivalric orders]] had a variety of roles:

...f St Gilles''' (1041 or 1042 – 1105) was one of the leaders of the [[First Crusade]]. His titles included [[Count]] of [[Toulouse]], [[Duke]] of [[Narbonne]] ...one of the first noblemen to take the cross in response to the call for [[Crusade]] from [[Urban II]], however raising money and troops took him a considerab

...tive nature of Occitania was largely lost as a result of the [[Albigensian Crusade]], which saw nobles from northern France take control of large portions of

...Church, the other of the [[Coptic Church]]. It does not appear that the [[Crusade|Crusaders]] ever attempted to impose a Latin patriarch in the city. ...for the [[Syria|Syrian]] Orthodox Church. From 1100 to 1268, during the [[Crusade|Crusading]] period, there was also a Latin Patriarch in the city, establish

...[Holy Roman Empire]] from 1155, until his death by drowning on the [[Third Crusade]] in 1190. The name ''Barbarossa'' comes from his red beard.

...on on the [[cathedral]] of Notre-Dame de Paris and the disastrous [[Second Crusade]]. ...his court (and his wife) with him to relieve the [[Crusader States]]. The crusade was a disaster, with the [[German]] contingent being nearly wiped out short

...Montmorency, and the succeeding year his brother, Guy, left on the [[Third Crusade]], as part of the rentinue of [[Philip II]] of [[France]]. ...diverted to attack [[ Constantinople]]. By that time, Simon had left the Crusade, as he, in concord with the [[Pope]], [[Innocent III]], did not agree with

...t was annexed to [[France]] by [[Louis VIII]] as part of the [[Albigensian Crusade]].

* [[First Crusade|First]], [[Second Crusade|Second]], and [[Third Crusade]]s of western [[Europe]]an [[kingdom]]s against [[Islam]]