The Crusades

After Charlemagne died in 814 and the empire collapsed, Europe was attacked and defended. Until the 10th century, nomads from Asia looted Eastern Europe and Central Europe. Since about 800 years, centuries of buffing attacks have even disrupted the lives of northern Europe and even threatened the cities of the Mediterranean. But the greatest threat comes from the power of Islam. Ultimately these threats will become reality. The fight broke out, these fights changed from the war of 1095 to 1229; all of this was the city, Jerusalem, the country, Israel, part of the land, sacred ground.

Therefore, the Crusade is a defense war against Islam. Without jihad, the Crusaders will not exist. Of course, this also applies to the main conflict, most commonly known as the Crusader. There is a Crusader in the homosexual Cathars in southern France and the so-called Baltic (or Northern) Crusaders. However, compared with the fight against Islam, these other crusaders are not very important but opposed. It is against the Islamic invasion which caused the unique phenomenon of this Christian pilgrimage. To avoid confusion, all efforts to free Spain and Levanto campaigns are Crusaders.

In the history of the West and the Eastern, as the Crusaders caused a series of extreme opposition movements, different views of the Crusaders have been presented - Crusades are the best heroic struggle of the cause, and the "Crusades Crusade" is savage and It is a synonym for attack. This past different views are not recent as Christians have struggled to deal with the tension of military activities and the teachings of Christ and to "love enemies" and "to turn another cheek." For these reasons, even the contemporaries, the Crusaders are controversial.

The Crusader's traditional numbering program provided nine other most small-scale long-term crusaders during the 11th and 13th centuries. During this period, the "minor" crusade occurred not only in Palestine but also in the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe. It was not only for Muslims but also for Christian pagans and the enemies of the powerful prince and other papal. This "crusade" continued until the 16th century, the political and religious atmosphere of Europe was quite different from the medieval climate until the Renaissance and reforms took place. Below is a list of Crusaders.

Not surprisingly, over the centuries the Iberian Crusaders developed their own characteristics: "pilgrimage" is not much more important than the Crusade of the Holy Land, they are influenced by the Iberian monarchy ( In particular it is a strict regulation of Leon - Castile and they are more successful than the East (especially after the battle of Las Navas in 1212), they rely on more regional and regional military orders; and Iberia "Crusader country" - a country different from the sacred place - has laid a strong financial and administrative foundation for starting a political war and crusade.Of course, this explains the whole history of what is called Reconquista It is not a thing, but it highlights the unique church and religious aspects of this process - this dimension is a later medieval Latin Christian world for the historical structure of war It is organic.