Crusades Almanac | History of the Crusades

• The sermon at Clermont
• The First Crusade
• The Holy Lance
• The Second Crusade
• The Third Crusade
• Saladin
• Richard, Saladin, and Chivalry
• The Fourth Crusade
• The Fifth Crusade
• The Lateran Palace
• The Nile River
• The Sixth Crusade
• The Seventh Crusade
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The word "crusade" emerged from the Romance languages of Europe, especially French and Spanish, during the Middle Ages—the era in Europe roughly from...