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Primogeniture

System of inherentance that directs the majority of the entire estate from a father to his eldest son

Knights

Armed supporters of nobles who lived and served in the households of their lords

Urban ll

Pope who in 1095 inspired the crusading movement

Alexius l comnenus

Byzantine emperor whose request for aid from the west served as the pretext for the crusades

Just war

The idea and theological explanation of when it is legitimate to wage war

Knights hospitaller

Monastic order of knights formed to defend Christian possessions in Syria and Palestine

Knights templar

Military order founded in the 1120s in Jerusalem to defend the land the crusader forces had captured

Louis VII

King of France, first husband of Eleanor of Aquitaine and leader of the failed second crusade

Jihad

Religious duty imposed on Muslims to defend and extend Islam

Saladin

Muslim leader, of kurdish ancestry, who defeated the crusaders at Hattin and captured Jerusalem

Richard l

Son of Henry ll of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; king of England and leader of the 3rd crusade; known as Richard the lion hearted

Philip ll Augustus

King of France and co-leader of the 3rd crusade

Acre

Mediterranean port, today in Israel; last Christian territory in the holy land to fall to Muslims, in 1291

Teutonic knights

Order of German knights founded in Jerusalem who shifted their area of operation in 1211 to eastern Europe to convert non-Christians

Reconquista

War to bring all Muslim territory in Spain under Christian rule

Albigensian crusade

War wages in the first half of the 13th century against the cathar sect on southwestern France

Infidel

From a Christian or Muslim perspective, anyone who is not a member of their religion

Parlement

In the 14th century, the French kings court of appeals located in Paris