Crusades

Crusades Timeline

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  • Black Death
    1347 BCE

    Black Death

    bubonic plague killed one-third of the population of Europe
  • Sixth Crusade
    1229 BCE

    Sixth Crusade

    sixth crusade - failure
  • Fifth Crusade
    1219 BCE

    Fifth Crusade

    Crusade to “save” the Holy Land – a failure
  • Albigensian Crusade in Europe
    1209 BCE

    Albigensian Crusade in Europe

    Heresy took hold in southern France and, through military conquest, Rome forced its exclusive right to interpret and deliver doctrine
  • Fourth Crusade
    1200 BCE

    Fourth Crusade

    Although the armies of Rome withdrew some decades later, allowing the Orthodox Christians to re-settle Constantinople
  • Third Crusade
    1189 BCE

    Third Crusade

    third crusade fails
  • Second Crusade
    1146 BCE

    Second Crusade

    second crusades fails
  • Period of building Great Gothic cathedrals in Europe
    1140 BCE

    Period of building Great Gothic cathedrals in Europe

    The cathedrals were the most visible display of the church triumphant
  • Crusader states were established
    1101 BCE

    Crusader states were established

    Crusader states were established in the Holy Land
  • Crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem
    1099 BCE

    Crusaders from Europe conquered Jerusalem

    Moslems, Jews and eastern Orthodox Christians alike were all slaughtered
  • The Emperor in Constantinople, capital of the eastern half of the Christian Empire, called for help in his campaigns against growing Moslem strength
    1095 BCE

    The Emperor in Constantinople, capital of the eastern half of the Christian Empire, called for help in his campaigns against growing Moslem strength

    Pope Urban II in Rome called on Christians in Europe to join a crusade to liberate Jerusalem from the Moslems.
  • Moslems reconquer jerusalem
    1087 BCE

    Moslems reconquer jerusalem

    Moslems led by Saladin reconquered Jerusalem