Wars demanded by the Roman Catholic Church against the Muslims, from the end of the eleventh to the thirteenth century, to liberate the holy places of the Land of Israel.
See more 1 Bradshaghe absence (beinge 10 years away in the holy wars ) , she married a Welsh knight.
2 In the first place, there was the inability of eastern and western Europe to cooperate in supporting the holy wars .
3 At a later date the same indulgence was granted to penitents who aided the holy wars with money instead of in person.
4 In the holy wars in Palestine Brömser soon became distinguished for his bravery, and enterprises requiring wit and prowess often were entrusted to him.
5 In the holy wars his relics were dispersed over the West, and his veneration was propagated by many miraculous cures, especially of sore throats.
6 Walter Tyrrel never drew rein till he came to the coast, and there took ship for France, whence he went to the holy wars .
7 We all know that the Holy Wars to them, as to the Templars, were largely a matter of loot.
8 The prevailing ignorance of those times is shown in the absence of any reliable accounts of the Holy Wars , written by journalists on the field.
9 A war is generally a conflict between nations, countries, or individuals, for possession of land or a throne, but the Holy Wars were not such.
10 "Did the original owner acquire it in the Holy Wars , or was he a rich brewer who endowed a hospital?"
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