ID: 901001479 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001479	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Crusades (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291)

Note: Military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by western European Christians in response to Muslim expansion in the Middle East. Their objectives were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land in the eastern Mediterranean, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories; they were seen by many of their participants as a means of redemption and expiation for sins.

Display Date: 1095-1291

Names:

	Crusades (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Crusades, The (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<Middle Eastern history> (P)
		........Crusades (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... military campaigns
	.....(campaigns, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Middle East
	..... ULAN Candidate

	actor is .... Christian (Christian cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Muslim (Muslim cultural designation)
	.....(Unknown People by Culture) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Crusades (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Crusades, The (Middle Eastern-European history, 1095-1291)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)