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What made a crusade new?

What made a crusade new?

Map of the eastern Mediterranean showing the routes of the First and Third Crusades, the four Crusader States, and key cities from Constantinople to Jerusalem

In 1095 Pope Urban II called on western Christians to aid Byzantium and recover Jerusalem. A crusade was more than a war, because participants took a vow and believed the expedition could bring spiritual reward.

The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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