Eighth Crusade
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The Eighth Crusade was the second Crusade launched by Louis IX of France, this one against the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia in 1270. It is also known as the Crusade of Louis IX Against Tunis or the Secon
Death of Louis IX in Tunis
Louis' capture at the Battle of Fariskur (1250).
Hulagu's siege of Alamut.
Baibars defeats the Armenians at the Disaster of Mari, illumination from Le Livre des Merveilles 15th century.
Crusades
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The Crusades were a series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land, as part of a wider crusading movement
Eighth Crusade
…The Eighth Crusade was the second Crusade launched by Louis IX of France, this one against the Hafsid dynasty in Tunisia in 1270. It is also known as the Crusade of Louis IX Against Tunis or…
A 14th-century miniature depicting Pope Innocent III excommunicating Cathars and a subsequent massacre of heretics during the Albigensian Crusade in southern France.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which was captured by the Seljuk Turks in 1071, triggering the geopolitical crises that led to the Crusades.
Detail of an 11th-century mural depicting a scene of the Last Judgement in the Abbey of Sant'Angelo in Formis, Italy