The fall of Edessa (1144) triggered the Second Crusade, as Pope Eugenius III called for war. Led by Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany, Crusader armies marched east, clashing with the ...

It was the fall of Edessa that provoked the Second Crusade, however, Zengi’s successes reached far beyond this. He also ...

St Bernard preached the Second Crusade there in 1146 and Richard the Lion-Hearted and Philip II Augustus met there to leave for the Third Crusade in 1190. With its sculpted capitals and portal, the ...

The couple had two daughters. In 1147, Eleanor accompanied her husband on the Second Crusade, travelling to Constantinople and Jerusalem. The Crusade was a failure and relations between Eleanor ...

A 19th century engraving of a scene in Claremont, France shows Pope Urban II standing behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period ...