With the Nile in flood, he opened the sluices, flooding their route. Trapped, the crusaders accepted terms: Damietta was surrendered for safe conduct and an eight-year truce. Al-Kamil re-entered the …

Dec 5, 2025 · The Crusaders conquered Nicaea (in Turkey) and Antioch and then went on to seize Jerusalem, and they established a string of Crusader-ruled states. However, after the Muslim leader …

Jun 7, 2010 · In the Fifth Crusade, put in motion by Pope Innocent III before he died in 1216, the Crusaders attacked Egypt from both land and sea but were forced to surrender to Muslim defenders …

May 5, 2025 · There were as many different reasons for crusading as there were crusaders, but the single most common reason was piety. To crusade was to go on pilgrimage, a holy journey of …

In 1175, Pope Alexander III used the promise of the same indulgence granted to Crusaders in the Holy Land to encourage the Christian rulers of León, Castile, and Aragón to go on the offensive against …

The fighting of the first crusade continued until 1099 and saw the European crusaders face off against the Muslim fighters in a series of brutal battles. Eventually, the crusaders captured Jerusalem in July …

Oct 12, 2018 · Led by the French king Louis IX (r. 1226-1270), the Crusaders repeated the strategy of the Fifth Crusade and achieved only the same miserable results: the acquisition of Damietta and …

Although the Crusaders numbered around 20,000 to the 5,000 Seljuks, they were disorganized, ill-equipped, and comprised mostly of peasantry. The fighting resulted in a routing of the Crusaders …

The crusaders represented northern and southern France, Flanders, Germany, and southern Italy, and so were divided into four separate armies that were not always cooperative, though they were held …

Dec 5, 2025 · While Peter was in Constantinople requesting additional aid, his army was ambushed at Cibotus (called Civetot by the Crusaders) and all but annihilated by the Turks. Peter the Hermit’s …