The Crusades were a series of military-religious campaigns (XI–XV centuries) initiated by the Western Catholic Church to "liberate" Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim rule.
Led by famous monarchs, including Richard the Lionheart and Philip II. Despite successes, they failed to recapture Jerusalem from Saladin. The Crusades were a series of military-religious campaigns
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The official goal was to "liberate the Holy Sepulcher" from the "infidels," but many also sought land and riches. The Crusades were a series of military-religious campaigns
Instead of fighting in the Holy Land, Crusaders sacked Constantinople, the capital of the Christian Byzantine Empire. 3. Outcomes and Consequences