First Crusade Full Story Every Battle Animated Medieval History

First Crusade Full Story Every Battle Animated Medieval History Video sponsored by ridge. check them out here: ridge kingsandgenerals use my code “kingsandgenerals” for 10% off your order and for an entry to w. Jean joseph dassy (public domain) the first crusade (1095 1102) was a military campaign by western european forces to recapture the city of jerusalem and the holy land from muslim control. conceived by pope urban ii following an appeal from the byzantine emperor alexios i komnenos, the crusade was a success with christian forces taking control.

First Crusade European History Britannica Join us in celebrating medieval total war's anniversary: store.steampowered app 345260 medieval total war collection kings and generals animated. The first crusade (1096–1099) was the first of a series of religious wars, or crusades, initiated, supported and at times directed by the latin church in the middle ages. the objective was the recovery of the holy land from islamic rule. while jerusalem had been under muslim rule for hundreds of years, by the 11th century the seljuk takeover. Many of the leaders swear an oath of fealty to byzantine emperor alexios i komnenos. 14 may–19 june 1097. in the first major clash of the first crusade, christian forces besiege nicaea (near the site of modern day İznik, north west turkey), where the defending seljuk turks surrender to the byzantines. 1 july 1097. The siege of nicaea in 1097. the siege of nicaea was the first major battle of the first crusade. having lost nicaea to the seljuks, the byzantine forces allied with the princes’ crusade. they set out from constantinople to retake nicaea, a well fortified city just on the eastern shore of lake canius.