crusades in English

noun
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a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
Medieval England was to gain a great deal from the Crusades .
verb
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lead or take part in an energetic and organized campaign concerning a social, political, or religious issue.
he crusaded against gambling in the 1950s

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1. The Crusades, the Black Death, disco.

2. 6 There it resides with other slogans of bygone crusades.

3. Court or for the crusades, were called nuntii, nuntii Apostolici

4. “[Stark’s] new book, God’s Battalions: The Case for the Crusades, gives historic and sociological evidence for a fresh assessment of the Crusades.” (United Methodist Reporter) “[Stark] wants to challenge the prevailing television pundit-level misunderstanding of the Crusades, and in this, his accessible, enjoyably argued book succeeds

5. Zero travelled from Arabia through Persia and Mesopotamia to Europe during the Crusades.

6. The Crusades are now no more than excuses for looting, murder and rapine.

7. The religious Crusades from the 11th to the 13th century also resulted in horrible bloodshed.

8. Just ask Scratchman, the goofy action hero who crusades for truth, justice and the Texas Lottery.

9. Crusader Armor Protecting oneself in battles, whether small or large, was an absolute must during the Crusades

10. Barbarity of Baibars, engraving by Gustave Dore from History of the Crusades by Joseph-Francois Michaud , 1888 edition

11. Whatever you may think of the Crusades, however, you should know this: Christianity is a Crusading Faith

12. 24 Thus, while these enlightened times continued, there existed little of the prejudice and fanaticism which were engendered by the Crusades.

13. The story of the 15 Bezants occurs during the Crusades when the Duke of Cornwall was captured by the Saracens

14. The story of the 15 Bezants occurs during the Crusades when the Duke of Cornwall was captured by the Saracens

15. Popes called for crusades to take place elsewhere besides the Holy Land: in Spain, southern France, and along the Baltic.

16. Thus, while these enlightened times continued, there existed little of the prejudice and fanaticism which were engendered by the Crusades.

17. Stronghold Crusader HD features several campaigns documenting the First, Second and Third Crusades, as well as conflicts within the individual Crusader states

18. Stronghold Crusader HD features several campaigns documenting the First, Second and Third Crusades, as well as conflicts within the individual Crusader states

19. Middle Eastern architects and builders used such advanced methods long before their Western counterparts, who became familiar with them during the Crusades.

20. 4 Phrenology also acted as a stepping-stone to various social crusades and encouraged women to take a pride in themselves.

21. Assassin definition is - a member of a Shia Muslim sect who at the time of the Crusades was sent out on a suicidal mission to murder prominent enemies

22. An Inquiry Into The Accordancy Of War With The Principles Of Christianity: And An Examination Of The Philosophical Reasoning By Which It Is Defended, [ Battle For Proxima (Star Crusades, Book 4) [ BATTLE FOR PROXIMA (STAR CRUSADES, BOOK 4) ] By Thomas, Michael G ( Author )Sep-12-2011 Paperback Michael G Thomas, Body-Marking In Southwestern Asia (Harvard …

23. Long after the West had ceased to celebrate the crusades, the basic vocabulary of Crusading still percolated on both sides of the cultural divide

24. True Christianity has never fostered vengeful, intolerant inquisitors, such as Tomás de Torquemada, or hateful warmongers, such as the papal promoters of the Crusades.

25. One could say that the Crusades were "all about the Bezants", the "bezant" being a slang term for a Byzantine gold coin

26. In brief remarks, I referred to the D-day commemoration, then said, History does not always give us grand crusades, but it always gives us opportunities.

27. This Order organised numerous crusades to the promised land of Israel and, more specifically, the holy city of Jerusalem which invariably meant passing through the city of Akko.

28. Baalbek would continue to be co-opted through the Muslim conquest of Syria, European invasion during the Crusades, Mongol occupation, Ottoman expansion and even the world wars

29. The forebears of the Bandog are believed to be the American Pit Bull Terrier and the Neapolitan Mastiff, however other contributing bloodlines may include the early Bullenbeissers and crossed breeds used in the Crusades.

30. He dealt here with problems concerning ecclesiastical jurisdiction, penance, indulgences, crusades and pilgrimages, vows, excommunication, the general church council, marriage and divorce, and unity with the Greek Orthodox Church.

31. And this he has done, referring to the most controversial pages of Catholic history—the Crusades, wars, support of dictatorships, division in the churches, anti-Semitism, the Inquisitions, the Mafia, and racism.

32. This is reflected in Steven Runciman's final verdict of Richard I: "he was a bad son, a bad husband, and a bad king, but a gallant and splendid soldier" ("History of the Crusades" Vol.

33. Ashkenazi, plural Ashkenazim, from Hebrew Ashkenaz (“Germany”), member of the Jews who lived in the Rhineland valley and in neighbouring France before their migration eastward to Slavic lands (e.g., Poland, Lithuania, Russia) after the Crusades (11th–13th century) and their descendants.

34. Ashkenazi, member of the Jews who lived in the Rhineland valley and in neighboring France before their migration eastward to Slavic lands (e.g., Poland, Lithuania, Russia) after the Crusades (11th–13th century) and their descendants

35. The first book-length study of the emotional rhetoric of Crusading; Explores the ways in which two emotions (fear and anger) and one affective display (weeping) were represented in Latin and Old French narratives of the crusades

36. The Albigensian Crusades, however, belong to French history; and it can only be noted here that their ultimate result was the absorption of the fertile lands, and the extinction of the peculiar civilization, of southern France by the northern monarchy.

37. 1997, Douglas Fetherling, The Gold Crusades: A Social History of Gold Rushes, 1849-1929: He was a pale and slender fellow, for he had not yet assumed the Blimpishness of figure that would later accentuate the Blimpishness of his politics.

38. An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, Chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (circa 1099–1291), paired with medieval concepts of ideals of chivalry.

39. ‘To be sure, the Carthusian order, founded by Saint Bruno in 1084, was home to accomplished steel workers who provided armament for the Crusades.’ Origin From medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latin name of Chartreuse, near Grenoble, where the order was founded.

40. ‘To be sure, the Carthusian order, founded by Saint Bruno in 1084, was home to accomplished steel workers who provided armament for the Crusades.’ Origin From medieval Latin Carthusianus, from Cart(h)usia, Latin name of Chartreuse, near Grenoble, where the order was founded.

41. Assassin (n.) 1530s (in Anglo-Latin from mid-13c.), via medieval French and Italian Assissini, Assassini, from Arabic hashīshīn (12c.), an Arabic nickname, variously explained, for the Nizari Ismaili sect in the Middle East during the Crusades, plural of hashishiyy, from the source of hashish (q.v.).

42. Ashkenazi Jews / Ashkenazic Jews / Ashkenazim are Jews who originally lived in northern and eastern Europe.They once lived in the area of Rhineland and France and after the crusades they moved to Poland, Lithuania and Russia.In the 17th century, avoiding persecution, many Jews moved to and settled in Western Europe.

43. 10 Richard I also Assized the rights and duties of the nobles and free-men to the king and increased the privileges of scutage in the Assize of Arms of 1198.11 This position continued until the capture of Richard during the Crusades and the ascent of John to the throne

44. Crusader definition, a participant in any of the crusades or military expeditions undertaken with papal sanction by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries in an effort to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims:Orders of monks who were also knights became the "storm troops" of the Christian Crusaders