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Nature of crusading - Coggle Diagram
Nature of crusading
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Concept of crusading
Muslim turks had taken over the Holy Land, which had been controlled by christians
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He appealed to Christians in Europe to go on crusade and win back control of Jerusalem from the Turks
First Crusade followed - thousands of European knights travelled to the Holy Land and captured land including the city of Jerusalem
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Causes of third crusade
Jerusalem was attacked by Saladin's forces (The muslim army leader who was leading their attack on the crusader states)
Jerusalem was eventually back under Muslim control and people were horrified to hear Jerusalem had been taken
Pope Gregory issue a papal bull describing horrible attacks on Christians by Muslims and calling for a third crusade to take back jersusalem and the holy lands
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