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The Fifth Crusade is proclaimed by Pope Innocent 3. Innocent does not want Europeans leaders to go off on the crusade because in the past they had managed to mess things up by looking out for thier own interrests more than those of the church.
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The fourth Lateran Council accepts the Constitution Ad Librandum in order to help the fund the fifth crusade.
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Raymond of Toulouse and his son, both Catharheretics, return to Southern France , raise a large force from the various Cathar towns that had been captured by the crusaders, and begin to strike back.
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Frederick is crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome by Pope Honorius 3.
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Crusaders under the command of Crdinal Pelagius set out for Cairo