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Crusades
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Religious wars of the High Middle Ages
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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land (Palestine), encouraged by promises of spiritual reward. The First Crusade was proclaimed by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont on 27 November 1095 in response to a Byzantine...

Instance of
series of wars
Holy War
Subclass of
Military campaign
Different from
Crusade (disambiguation)
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