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3 08, 2017

Seventh Crusade – Louis IX and Baybars

By |2017-08-03T15:02:32-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Seventh Crusade – Louis IX and Baybars

Louis IX (Saint Louis) The Seventh Crusade was not started by any Pope, but by King Louis IX of France, who became known later as Saint Louis because of his great devotion to the Christian [...]

3 08, 2017

Fourth Crusade – the sack of Constantinople

By |2019-06-12T06:55:27-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Fourth Crusade – the sack of Constantinople

The Pope calls for another crusade In 1200 AD, Pope Innocent began to ask the rulers of Europe to participate in a fourth crusade, again attempting to take Jerusalem away from the Ayyubids who ruled there. Saladin had died in [...]

3 08, 2017

Second Crusade – Medieval history

By |2020-04-14T15:00:48-07:00August 3rd, 2017|History, Medieval, West Asia|Comments Off on Second Crusade – Medieval history

Castle of Edessa After the First Crusade After the First Crusade in 1096 AD set up Christian kingdoms all along the coast of Israel and Lebanon, of course the Fatimid caliphs who had ruled that area before [...]

2 08, 2017

Eleanor of Aquitaine – Queen of France and England

By |2019-03-25T05:46:22-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Eleanor of Aquitaine – Queen of France and England

Eleanor of Aquitaine (Cloisters Museum, New York City) Eleanor of Aquitaine was fifteen years old in 1137 AD, and not yet married, when her father, the Duke of Aquitaine, died suddenly. [...]

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