First Crusade

1096–1099 Christian conquest of the Holy Land

Oghuz Turk Sunni Muslim dynasty that gradually became a Persianate society

mixed synod of ecclesiastics and laymen of the Catholic Church in 1095

The Alexiad () is a medieval historical and biographical text written around the year 1148, by the Byzantine princess Anna Komnene, daughter of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. It was written in a form of artificial Attic Greek. Anna described the political and military history of the Byzantine Empire during the reign of her father, thus providing a significant account on the Byzantium of the High Middle Ages. Among other topics, the Alexiad documents the Byzantine Empire's interaction with the Crusades and highlights the conflicting perceptions of the East and West in the early 12th century. It do

poor people's army to fight muslim Turks in Jerusalem (1095-1100)

Catholic motto in Latin: God wills it

antisemitic massacres across the Holy Roman Empire in 1096 AD

Latin chronicle of the First Crusade

narrative of the First Crusade

1100 communication in Judeo-Arabic about the First Crusade

1098 battle, part of the First Crusade

Jewish memorial prayer

Anti-Jewish pogrom

work by Robert the Monk

medieval harbour of the city of Antioch

historian