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A History of the Crusades

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by Jonathan Riley-Smith


  1125–6

  Raid of Alfonso I of Aragon into Andalusia

  1128–9

  Crusade to the East recruited by Hugh of Payns

  1129

  (Jan.) Recognition of the Templars by the Council of Troyes

  (Nov.) Crusaders attack Damascus

  1135

  (May) Council of Pisa. Crusade indulgences offered to those taking up arms against the anti-pope and the Normans in southern Italy

  1139–40

  Crusade to the East

  1144

  (24 Dec.) Fall of Edessa to the Muslims

  1145

  (1 Dec.) Pope Eugenius III proclaims the Second Crusade in the bull Quantum praedecessores

  1146–7

  St Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade

  1146

  Persecution of Jews in the Rhineland

  1147–9

  The Second Crusade

  1147

  (13 Apr.) Pope Eugenius authorizes crusading in Spain and beyond the north-eastern frontier of Germany as well as to the East (24 Oct.) Capture of Lisbon

  1148

  (24–8 July) Withdrawal of the crusaders from the siege of Damascus

  1149

  (15 July) Consecration of the new church of the Holy Sepulchre

  1153

  Crusade in Spain

  1154

  (25 Apr.) Occupation of Damascus by Nur al-Din

  1157–84

  Series of papal calls to crusade in the East, answered by some small and medium-sized expeditions

  1157–8

  Crusade in Spain

  1158

  Foundation of the Order of Calatrava

  1163–9

  Expeditions to Egypt of King Amalric of Jerusalem

  1169

  Completion of redecoration of the church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, sponsored by the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I, King Amalric of Jerusalem, and Bishop Ralph of Bethlehem

  (23 Mar.) Egypt submits to Saladin, acting on behalf of Nur al-Din

  1170

  Foundation of the Order of Santiago

  1171

  Crusade in the Baltic region

  1172

  (10 Sept.) ‘Abbasid caliphate proclaimed in Egypt by Saladin

  c.1173

  Foundation of the Order of Montegaudio

  1174

  (15 May) Death of Nur al-Din

  (28 Oct.) Saladin takes over Damascus

  1175

  Crusade in Spain

  c.1176

  Foundation of the Orders of Avis (as the Order of Evora) and Alcántara (as the Order of San Julián del Peirero)

  1177

  Crusade to the East of Philip of Flanders

  1183

  (11 June) Aleppo submits to Saladin

  1186

  (3 Mar.) Mosul submits to Saladin

  1187

  (4 July) Battle of Hattin

  (2 Oct.) Jerusalem taken by Saladin

  (29 Oct.) Pope Gregory VIII proclaims the Third Crusade in the bull Audita tremendi

  1188

  (Jan.) Imposition of the Saladin Tithe in England

  1189–92

  The Third Crusade

  1189

  (3 Sept.) Fall of Silves in Portugal to crusaders

  1190

  (10 June) Drowning of the Emperor Frederick I in Cilicia

  1191

  (June) Richard I of England takes Cyprus

  (12 July) Capitulation of Acre to Richard I of England and Philip II of France

  (7 Sept.) Battle of Arsuf

  1192

  (2 Sept.) Treaty of Jaffa

  1193–1230

  The Livonian Crusade (renewed 1197, 1199)

  1193

  Crusade in Spain

  1197–8

  German Crusade to Palestine

  1197

  Crusade in Spain

  1198

  Foundation of the Teutonic Order

  (Aug.) Pope Innocent III proclaims the Fourth Crusade

  1199

  (24 Nov.) Proclamation of the Crusade against Markward of Anweiler

  (Dec.) Taxation of the Church for crusaders instituted

  c.1200

  Foundation of the Order of San Jorge de Alfama

  1202

  Establishment of the Order of Swordbrethren

  1202–4

  The Fourth Crusade

  1202

  (24 Nov.) Crusaders take Zara

  1204

  Pope Innocent allows recruitment for the Livonian Crusade on a regular basis

  (12–15 Apr.) Sack of Constantinople by crusaders

  (9 May) Baldwin of Flanders elected first Latin emperor of Constantinople

  1204–5

  Conquest of the Peloponnese by Geoffrey of Villehardouin and William of Champlitte

  1206

  Danish Crusade to Ösel

  1208

  (14 Jan.) Assassination of Peter of Castelnau, the papal legate in Languedoc

  Proclamation of the Albigensian Crusade

  1209–29

  The Albigensian Crusade

  1209

  (22 July) Sack of Béziers

  1211

  King of Hungary gives the Teutonic Order a march in Transylvania

  1212

  The Children’s Crusade

  Crusade in Spain

  (17 July) Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

  1213

  (Apr.) Pope Innocent III proclaims the Fifth Crusade. The Spanish and Albigensian Crusades are downgraded in favour of the eastern theatre of war

  (12 Sept.) Battle of Muret

  1215

  Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in Toulouse

  (14 Dec.) The constitution Ad liberandam agreed by the Fourth Lateran Council, permitting regular taxation of the Church for crusading

  1216

  (28 Oct.) King Henry III of England takes the cross against English rebels

  1217–29

  The Fifth Crusade

  1218

  (27 May–5 Nov. 1219) Siege of Damietta

  1219

  Danish Crusade to Estonia

  1221

  (30 Aug.) Crusaders in Egypt defeated at al-Mansura

  1225

  Teutonic Order invited to Prussia

  1226

  Albigensian Crusade renewed

  1227

  Crusade authorized against heretics in Bosnia (renewed in 1234)

  1228–9

  Crusade of the Emperor Frederick II (last act of the Fifth Crusade)

  1229–33

  Civil War in Cyprus

  1229

  (18 Feb.) Jerusalem restored to Christians by treaty

  (12 Apr.) Peace of Paris ends Albigensian Crusade Teutonic Order begins conquest of Prussia

  1229–53

  Crusade in Spain

  1229–31

  Crusade of James I of Aragon to Mallorca

  1231

  Crusade of John of Brienne in aid of Constantinople

  Crusade of Ferdinand III of Castile in Spain

  1232–4

  Crusade against the Stedinger heretics in Germany

  1232–53

  Conquest of Valencia by James I of Aragon

  1236

  Proclamation of a new crusade in support of Constantinople

  (29 June) Ferdinand III of Castile takes Córdoba

  1237

  Teutonic Order absorbs Swordbrethren in Livonia

  1239–40

  Crusade in aid of Constantinople

  1239–41

  Crusades of Thibaut of Champagne and Richard of Cornwall

  1239

  Proclamation of the Crusade against the Emperor Frederick II (renewed 1240, 1244)

  Swedish Crusade to Finland

  1241

  Proclamation of the Crusade against the Mongols (renewed 1243, 1249)

  1242

  First Prussian Revolt against the Teutonic Order


  (5 Apr.) Battle on Lake Peipus

  1244

  (16 Mar.) Fall of Montségur

  (11 July–23 Aug.) Fall of Jerusalem to the Khorezmians

  (17 Oct.) Battle of La Forbie

  1245

  Teutonic Order permitted to wage a permanent crusade in Prussia

  1248–54

  First Crusade of St Louis (King Louis IX of France)

  1248

  (Oct.) Aachen taken by crusaders engaged against Frederick II

  (23 Nov.) Seville taken by Ferdinand III of Castile

  1249

  (6 June) Capture of Damietta

  1250

  (8 Feb.) Crusaders in Egypt defeated at al-Mansura

  1250–4

  St Louis in Palestine

  1251

  First Crusade of the Shepherds

  1254

  Crusade to Prussia of King Ottokar II of Bohemia, Rudolf of Habsburg and Otto of Brandenburg. Foundation of Königsberg

  1255

  Crusades preached against Manfred of Staufen and against Ezzelino and Alberic of Romano

  1256–8

  War of St Sabas in Acre

  1258

  (10 Feb.) Mongols sack Baghdad

  1259

  Latins of Achaea defeated by the Greeks in the Battle of Pelagonia

  1260

  Livonian Teutonic Knights defeated by the Lithuanians in the Battle of Durbe

  Second Prussian revolt

  Castilian Crusade to Salé in Morocco

  (3 Sept.) Battle of Ayn Jalut

  (23 Oct.) Baybars becomes sultan of Egypt

  1261

  (25 July) Greeks reoccupy Constantinople

  1265–6

  Crusade of Charles of Anjou to southern Italy

  1266

  (26 Feb.) Battle of Benevento

  1268

  (18 May) Fall of Antioch to Mamluks

  1268

  (23 Aug.) Battle of Tagliacozzo

  1269–72

  Second Crusade of St Louis

  1269

  Aragonese crusade to Palestine

  1270

  (25 Aug.) Death of St Louis in Tunisia

  1271–2

  Edward of England in Palestine

  1274

  (18 May) Crusade decree Constitutiones pro zelofidei of Second Council of Lyons

  c.1275

  Foundation of the Order of Santa María de España

  1277

  (Sept.) Vicar of Charles of Anjou, who had bought crown of Jerusalem from a pretender, arrives in Acre. Kingdom of Jerusalem split.

  1282

  (30 Mar.) Sicilian Vespers

  1283–1302

  Crusade against Sicilians and Aragonese

  1285

  French Crusade against Aragon

  1286

  (4 June) Kingdom of Jerusalem reunited under King Henry II of Cyprus

  1287

  (18 June) Crusade to the East of Alice of Blois

  1288

  Crusade to the East of John of Grailly

  1289

  (26 Apr.) Tripoli falls to the Mamluks

  1290

  Crusades to East of Otto of Grandson and North Italians

  1291

  (18 May) Acre falls to the Mamluks

  (July) Sidon and Beirut fall

  (Aug.) Christians evacuate Tortosa and Château Pélerin

  1302

  Muslims take island of Ruad from Templars

  Latin rule in Jubail probably ends

  (31 Aug.) Treaty of Caltabellotta

  1306

  Hospitallers begin invasion of Rhodes

  1306–7

  Crusade against followers of Fra Dolcino in Piedmont

  1307

  Crusade proclaimed in support of Charles of Valois’s claims to Constantinople

  (13 Oct.) Arrest of all Templars in France

  1309

  Popular Crusade

  Teutonic Order moves headquarters to Marienburg in Prussia

  1309–10

  Castilian and Aragonese Crusade in Spain

  Crusade against Venice

  1310

  Hospitaller Crusade consolidates hold on Rhodes

  1311

  Hospitaller headquarters now established on Rhodes

  (15 Mar.) Battle of Halmyros (River Kephissos). Catalan Company assumes control of Athens and Thebes

  1312

  (3 Apr.) Order of the Knights Templar suppressed

  (2 May) Pope Clement V grants most Templar properties to the Hospitallers

  1314

  Crusade in Hungary (renewed 1325, 1332, 1335, 1352, 1354)

  (18 Mar.) The last Templar master, James of Molay, and Geoffrey of Charney burnt

  1317

  Foundation of the Order of Montesa

  1319

  Foundation of the Order of Christ

  1320

  Second Crusade of the Shepherds

  1321

  Crusade against Ferrara, Milan and the Ghibellines in the march of Ancona and duchy of Spoleto (extended to cover Mantua in 1324)

  1323

  Norwegian Crusade against the Russians in Finland

  1325

  Crusade in Poland (renewed 1340, 1343, 1351, 1354, 1355, 1363, 1369)

  1327

  Crusade planned against Cathars in Hungary

  1328

  Crusade proclaimed against King Louis IV of Germany

  Crusade in Spain

  1330

  Crusade planned against Catalan Athens

  1331

  New Crusade to the East proclaimed

  1332–4

  First Crusade League

  1334

  Ships of Crusade League defeat Turks in Gulf of Adramyttion

  1337

  Ayas falls to Mamluks

  1340

  Crusade against heretics in Bohemia

  (30 Oct.) Battle of River Salado

  1342–4

  Siege of Algeçiras

  1344

  Crusade to Canary Islands planned

  (28 Oct.) Crusade League occupies Smyrna

  1345–7

  Crusade of Humbert, dauphin of Viennois

  1345

  Crusade of Genoese to defend Kaffa against the Mongols

  1348

  Crusade of King Magnus of Sweden to Finland (renewed 1350, 1351)

  1349–50

  Siege of Gibraltar

  1353–7

  Crusade to regain control of the Papal State in Italy

  1354

  Proposal of crusade to Africa

  Crusade against Cesena and Faenza

  1359

  Crusade League defeats Turks at Lampsakos

  1360

  Crusade against Milan (renewed 1363, 1368)

  1365–7

  Crusade of King Peter I of Cyprus

  1365

  (10 Oct.) Alexandria taken and held for six days by Peter of Cyprus

  1366

  (Aug.–Dec.) Crusade of Amadeus of Savoy to Dardanelles and Bulgaria

  1374

  Hospitallers take over defence of Smyrna

  1377

  Achaea leased to the Hospitallers for five years, leading to the rule of the Navarrese Company

  1378

  Capture of the Hospitaller master Juan Fernández de Heredia by the Albanians

  1379

  Navarrese Company takes Thebes

  1383

  Crusade of the bishop of Norwich against the Clementists in Flanders

  1386

  Crusade of John of Gaunt in Castile

  Union of Poland and Lithuania. The conversion of Lithuania to Christianity under way

  1390

  Crusade to Mahdia

  1394

  Crusade of Nicopolis proclaimed

  1396

 

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