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Illustration från 1864 som visar hur korsfararkungen Rikard möter johanniterriddarnas ledare Godefroi de Duisson.

First Crusade Was Launched In 1095

AncientPages.com | June 19, 2018

AncientPages.com - In 1095, at the town of Clermont in central France Pope Urban II made an official call for a "Holy War". The Pope stated: 'Whoever for devotion

Battle of Ascalon (engraving by C. W. Sharpe, based on a painting of the same title by Gustave Doré)

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On This Day In History: Battle Of Ascalon Was Fought – On 12 August 1099

AncientPages.com | August 12, 2017

AncientPages.com - On August 12, 1099, shortly after the capture of Jerusalem, the Battle of Ascalon was fought, and it is considered the last action of the First Crusade.