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The Crusades

A complex series of medieval wars with multiple motives, including defense, conquest, and religious justification, involving various entities and resulting in the creation of Crusader states and prolonged campaigns.

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Were the crusades done as defense or to conquer new land?

cannot be reduced to a single motive: medieval actors and institutions framed them as defensive — to halt Muslim expansion and reclaim sacred Christian sites — while many participants and leaders purs...