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6 Σεπ 2018 · The Fifth Crusade (1217-1221 CE) was called by Pope Innocent III (r. 1198-1216 CE) with the objective, like previous crusades, of recapturing Jerusalem from Muslim control; only this time the strategy was to weaken the enemy by first attacking Muslim-held cities in North Africa and Egypt, then controlled by the Ayyubid dynasty (1174-1250 CE).
Following the ill-fated Fourth Crusade, the Fifth Crusade (1217 - 1221) proved that the recapture of Jerusalem was still at the forefront of the Church’s mind. It believed that the best way of doing this was to break Egypt’s unity by first conquering the powerful Egyptian state of Ayyubid.
21 Οκτ 2024 · Crusades - Holy Land, Egypt, Jerusalem: Pope Innocent III planned another expedition to the East, and his successor, Honorius III, oversaw the Fifth Crusade. Prominent people of this era included King Andrew of Hungary, John of Brienne, Cardinal-Legate Pelagius, and the Egyptian sultan Al-Malik al-Kamil.
This book provides a detailed examination of the political, social, and cultural context of the Fifth Crusade, with a particular emphasis on the eastern Mediterranean region. “The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land” by Thomas Asbridge.
The Fifth Crusade (September 1217 - August 29, 1221) [1] was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Saladin.
23 Ιουλ 2019 · Summary. The early thirteenth century saw the intersection of several crusading ventures and European wars. In Greece, a crusade against Christians had produced a new but shaky empire facing external and internal threats, which continued to call, in vain, for support from the West.
The crusaders successfully captured Damietta, a critical port city on the Nile. Faced with this threat to the integral lands of Egypt, the sultan Al-Kamil offered to give Jerusalem to the crusaders in exchange for them evacuating Egypt [2].
