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The.. CrusadersCrusades Crusades Religious wars of the High Middle Ages This article is about the religious wars waged by Western Christians to seize the Holy Land from Muslim control between the 11th and 13th centuries. For all varieties, as well as the theoretical, sociological, institutional, military, and financial dimensions of crusading, see Crusading movement. For other uses, see Crusade (disambiguation) and Crusaders (disambiguation). 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, encouraged by promises of spiritual reward. The First Crusade was proclaimed by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont in November 1095—a call to arms for Christians to reconquer… (Source: Wikipedia)
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