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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 on OCR A Level History The Crusades and the Crusader States 1095–1192. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. 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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