Crusades, military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western european christians in response to centuries of muslim wars of expansion. The four crusader states in the middle east were the principality of antioch, the county of edessa, the county of tripoli, and the kingdom of jerusalem The crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and christian western powers to take jerusalem and the holy land back from muslim control and then defend those gains
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There were eight major official crusades between 1095 and 1270, as well as many more unofficial ones.
To govern the conquered territory, those who remained established four large western settlements, or crusader states, in jerusalem, edessa, antioch and tripoli.
A person who participated in any of the military expeditions undertaken by christian powers in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries to win the holy land from the muslims Opposing & against soldiers & people who fight in wars (definition of crusader from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) They were the last of the first generation of crusaders, and with their passing the formative period in the history of the crusader states came to an end Fulk’s policies ended the pursuit of expansion and resulted in a stabilization of the frontiers of the crusader states.
For 200 years, palestine was dominated by the crusaders, who, following an appeal by pope urban ii on november 27, 1095, came from europe to recover the holy land from the infidels At the council of clermont, in france, urban called for a war to take back jerusalem from the muslims. The four main crusader armies left europe around the appointed time in august 1096 They took different routes to constantinople, some through eastern europe and the balkans, some crossing the adriatic sea.