Crusades
mass military expeditions and wars initiated by the Catholic Church in the High Middle Ages
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Summary
Crusades is a series of wars[1]. Crusades ranks in the top 0.66% of series of wars entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (74,340 views/month, #1 of 151).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: holy war[3]
- Subclass of: military campaign[4]
- Commons category: Crusades[5]
- Has part(s): First Crusade[6], Crusader battles between 1101 and 1145[7], Second Crusade[8], Crusader battles between 1149 and 1189[9], Third Crusade[10], Fourth Crusade[11], Fifth Crusade[12], Sixth Crusade[13], The Barons' Crusade[14], War of the Lombards[15], Crusade of 1101[16], Siege of Gaza[17], Siege of Tripoli[18]
- Start time: 1095[19]
- End time: 1291[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Crusades[21]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Crusades[22]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[23], Vlastenský slovník historický[24], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[25], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], The Catholic Encyclopedia[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[31], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[32]
- Topic has template: Q22706102[33], Template:Campaignbox Crusades[34], Q25721385[35]
- Different from: Crusade[36]
- Has list: list of main crusades to the land of Israel[37]
- Studied by: Historiography of the Crusades[38]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[39], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[40]
Why It Matters
Crusades has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Crusades is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]