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noun - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end
noun - any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
verb - exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person
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| During the third of these military expeditions, the Palestinian ports of Acre & Jaffa were captured, but not Jerusalem |
| Louis IX of France died during the eighth of these campaigns |
| The second of these military campaigns was proclaimed by Pope Eugene III in 1147 |
| Eleanor of Aquitaine accompanied her 1st husband, King Louis VII, on the 2nd one of these in 1147 |
| Bohemond I was a great leader of the first of these expeditions, in the 1090s |
| While Louis VII of France was off on one of these, Suger the Abbot of St. Denis ran the country in his stead |
| Holy medieval military expeditions(8) |
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| Plural form of crusade. |
| Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crusade. |
| Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. |
| A vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change. |
| Lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change. |
| each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries. |
| a vigorous campaign for political, social, or religious change. |
| lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change. |
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. The most commonly known Crusades were the campaigns in the Eastern Mediterranean aimed at recovering the Holy Land from Muslim rule. The term "Crusades" is also applied to other church-sanctioned campaigns, such as Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars or the Baltic Crusades. These were fought for a variety of reasons including the suppression of paganism and heresy, the resolution of conflict among rival Roman Catholic groups, or for political and territorial advantage. * In 1095, Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade in a sermon at the Council of Clermont. He encouraged military support for the Byzantine Empire and its Emperor, Alexios I, who needed reinforcements for his conflict with westward migrating Turks colonizing Anatolia. One of Urban's aims was to guarantee pilgrims access to the Eastern Mediterranean holy sites that were under Muslim control but scholars disagree as to |