7 sentences with 'crusaders'
Example sentences and phrases with the word crusaders and other words derived from it.
• « Another disaster occurred in 1199 when Constantinople itself was invaded and sacked by crusaders (during the Fourth Crusade) from Western Europe who were supposed to be sailing to fight in the Holy Land. »
• « Numerous independent and rival Islamic kingdoms sprang up throughout the Middle East, North Africa and North India, leaving even the heartland of the Middle East vulnerable to foreign invasion, first by European crusaders from 1095 onwards, and most disastrously during the Mongol invasion of 1258 (under a grandson of Genghis Khan). »
• « Much of the impetus for the Crusades came from the fact that Urban II offered unlimited penance to the crusaders, which meant that anyone who took part in the crusade would have all their sins absolved; furthermore, pilgrims were now allowed to be armed. »
• « Many of the crusaders were minor lords or landless knights, men who had few prospects at home but who now had the opportunity to make something of themselves in the name of liberating the Holy Land. Thus, most crusaders combined ambition and greed with genuine Christian piety. »
• « This latest attempt to seize Jerusalem began with a large group of crusaders who chartered passage with Venetian sailors, long accustomed to profiting from crusader traffic. »
• « On the positive side, maritime trade between East and West expanded. As crusaders experienced the feel of silk, the taste of spices and the usefulness of porcelain, the desire for these products created new markets for merchants. »