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Massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims
Religious Convictions of Crusaders -
The Cause of the Second Crusade - The Fall and Massacre at Edessa
The Preaching of St. Bernard -
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The Death of Frederick Barbarossa, the German Emperor -
saladin dies 1193
Third Crusade having failed in its essential objective of recovering Jerusalem, the popes almost immediately began preaching a new crusade -
Groups composed of young children.
These children became convinced that they would be protected by God and that because of this protection they would get to the Holy Land and take Jerusalem for the Christians. -
Pope Honorius III succeeded in getting some more Europeans to agree to try again to conquer Jerusalem
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The Sixth Crusade started in 1228 as an attempt to regain Jerusalem. It began seven years after the failure of the Fifth Crusade. It involved very little actual fighting. The diplomatic maneuvering of the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining control of Jerusalem and other areas for fifteen years.
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Reason of his death is uncertain.The reason for his death is uncertain. Many assume he fell off his horse, due to old age and physical fatigue
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The Seventh Crusade was a crusade led by Louis IX of France from 1248 to 1254. Approximately 800,000 bezants were paid in ransom for King Louis who, along with thousands of his troops, was captured and defeated by the Egyptian army led by the Ayyubid Sultan Turanshah supported by the Bahariyya Mamluks led by Faris ad-Din Aktai, Baibars al-Bunduqdari, Qutuz , Aybak and Qalawun.
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Led by Louis IX, King of France, in 1270.This crusade was called just 16 years after the Seventh Crusade. The Mamluks were now very powerful in the Middle East and were conquering the little territory left of the crusaders
