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The Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE) was a military campaign organised by the Pope and European nobles to recapture the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia which had fallen in 1144 CE to the Muslim Seljuk Turks.
17 Ιουλ 2018 · The Second Crusade (1147-1149 CE) was a military campaign organised by the Pope and European nobles to recapture the city of Edessa in Mesopotamia which had fallen in 1144 CE to the Muslim Seljuk Turks.
Definition. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns organised by popes and Christian western powers to take Jerusalem and the Holy Land back from Muslim control and then defend those gains. There were eight major official crusades between 1095 and 1270, as well as many more unofficial ones. More about: Crusades.
The Second Crusade (1147–1150) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusade (1096–1099) by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1098.
5 Αυγ 2024 · The Second Crusade (1147-1149) Causes and Call. 1144: The fall of Edessa to the Seljuk Turks alarmed the Christian world and prompted calls for a new Crusade. Pope Eugene III issued a crusading bull, and notable leaders like King Louis VII of France and Emperor Conrad III of Germany took up the cross. Key Events
25 Ιουν 2019 · Timeline of the Crusades: Second Crusade 1144 - 1150 . December 24, 1144—Muslim forces under the command of Imad ad-Din Zengi re-capture Edessa, originally taken by Crusaders under Baldwin of Boulogne in 1098. This event makes Zengi a hero among Muslims and leads to a call for the Second Crusade in Europe.
16 Ιουλ 2023 · 24 December 1144 – Imad ad-Din Zangi and his men capture Edessa. 1 December 1145 – Pope Eugenius III calls for the Second Crusade. 1147 – Launch of the Second Crusade in response to the fall of the County of Edessa which had been founded by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem in 1098.
