Crusades: Definition, Religious Wars & Facts - HISTORY - 0 views
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups.
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Byzantium had lost considerable territory to the invading Seljuk Turks
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In November 1095, at the Council of Clermont in southern France, the Pope called on Western Christians to take up arms to aid the Byzantines and recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control. This marked the beginning of the Crusades.
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