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First Crusade

The First Crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or Crusades, which were initiated, supported and at times directed by the Latin Church in the Middle Ages. Their aim was to return the Holy Land—which had been conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century—to Christian rule. By the 11th century, although Jerusalem had…

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Location
The Levant and Anatolia
Date
The Crusade assists in capturing Nicaea, restoring much of western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire · The Crusaders successfully capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states · 15 August 1096[A] – 12 August 1099
Result
Crusader victory
Territorial changes
The Crusade assists in capturing Nicaea, restoring much of western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire · The Crusaders successfully capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states

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Historical context

Council of Clermont

Peter the Hermit and the People's Crusade

From Clermont to Constantinople

Siege of Nicaea

Battle of Dorylaeum

The Armenian interlude

Siege of Antioch

From Antioch to Jerusalem

Siege of Jerusalem

Establishment of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

Aftermath and legacy

Historiography

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First Crusade

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First Crusade

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related to Original sources · 59
First Crusade → Aachen's Historia Hierosolymitanae, Aguilers, Albert, American, Arabic, Armenian, August Krey, Aura's Hierosolymita, Baldric, Caen's Gesta Tancredi, Chartres, Clermont, Council, Crusade Texts, Crusades, Dei, Dol's Historiae Hierosolymitanae, Ekkehard, Eyewitnesses, Fordham University's Internet Medieval
related to Modern histories of the First Crusade · 47
First Crusade → Alan, An Encyclopedia, An Eyewitness History, Asbridge, Carole Hillenbrand, Christian, Christianity, Christopher Tyerman, Conflict, Crusaders, Crusades, Crusading, Database, God's War, His, Historians, Holy Land, Idea, In, Islam
related to Later works through the 18th century · 33
First Crusade → Aachen, Accolti's, Albert, Antioch, Antioche, Baldric's, Based, Bulloigne, Chanson, Crusades, Edward Fairfax, England, English, Gerusalemme, Gilo, Godfrey, Hierosolymitana, Historia, Holy War, Jerusalem
related to Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre · 32
First Crusade → Adémar, Al-Hakim, Amr Allah, Chabannes, Christian, Christians, Church, Constantine's, Europe, Hakim, Hakim's, His, Holy Sepulchre, In, Ismaili Shi'a Fatimid, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jewish, Jews, Later
related to Peter the Hermit and the People's Crusade · 32
First Crusade → Another, Assumption, At Niš, August, Belgrade, Bohemians, Byzantine, Christian, Clermont, Constantinople, Feast, France, French, Germany, Hermit, Hungarians, Hungary, It, Italy, Jerusalem
related to The 19th and 20th centuries · 32
First Crusade → Albigensian Crusade, Charles Kingsford, Charles Mills, Chivalry, Croisades, Crusader, Crusades, Early, English, Fourth Crusade, French, Gibbon's, Henry Stebbings, Histoire, History, Holy Land, Jean Poujoulat, Jean-François-Aimé Peyré, Jerusalem, Joseph François Michaud
related to Historical context · 25
First Crusade → Approximately, By, Byzantium, Christian, Christians, European, Fatimids, Holy Land, Iberia, Iberian Peninsula, In, In Western Europe, Islam, Islamic, Jerusalem, Levant, Muhammad, Muslim, North Africa, Reconquista
related to Council of Clermont · 20
First Crusade → Alexios, Christian, Church, Clermont, Constantinople, Council, East-West Schism, Eastern, Emperor Alexios, Holy Land, March, Piacenza, Pope Urban II, Rome, Seljuks, The, There, Turks, Urban, Western Europe
related to Historiography · 7
First Crusade → Christopher Tyerman, Critical, Crusades, If, Instead, Jonathan Riley-Smith, Latin Christendom
Date · 3
First Crusade → 15 August 1096[A] – 12 August 1099, The Crusade assists in capturing Nicaea, restoring much of western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire, The Crusaders successfully capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states

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First CrusadeDateThe Crusaders successfully capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states1.00infobox
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First CrusadeLocationThe Levant and Anatolia1.00infobox
First CrusadeResultCrusader victory1.00infobox
First CrusadeTerritorial changesThe Crusade assists in capturing Nicaea, restoring much of western Anatolia to the Byzantine Empire1.00infobox
First CrusadeTerritorial changesThe Crusaders successfully capture Jerusalem and establish the Crusader states1.00infobox
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it was defensive or for the recovery of landsinstance ofbut war could be justified if proclaimed by a legitimate authority0.80text
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Antioch were lost in 1081instance ofKey cities0.80text

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