The second and much more formidable host of crusaders gradually made its way to Constantinople, led in sections by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemond of Taranto, Raymond IV of Toulouse and other important members of the western nobility.

A second diversion of the course then occurred when the crusaders decided to conquer Constantinople, the capitol of the Byzantine Empire.

Henry's second expedition to Lithuania in 1392 illustrates the financial benefits to the Order of these guest crusaders.

This was the second movement of crusaders ; the first, the People's Crusade, had been composed of the lower classes and caused much destruction on their march before being destroyed in Asia Minor.

Baldwin was among the second generation of children born to the descendents of the original crusaders.

The present castle was built in 1180 by count Philip of Alsace and was modeled after the crusaders castles that Philip of Alsace encountered while he participated in the second crusade.

To history proper belongs the Song of the Albigensian Crusade, which, in its present state, is composed of two poems one tacked to the other: the first, containing the events from the beginning of the crusade till 1213, is the work of a cleric named William of Tudela, a moderate supporter of the crusaders ; the second, from 1213 to 1218, is by a vehement opponent of the enterprise.

Kerbogha began the second siege, against the crusaders who had occupied Antioch, which lasted from 7 June to 28 June 1098.

The second siege ended when the crusaders exited the city to engage Kerbogha's army in battle and succeeded in defeating them.

As a result, Sultan Kilij Arslan I initially felt that the second wave of crusaders were not a threat.

Along the way, Walter of Brienne captured livestock intended to resupply Damascus, as the Ayyubids had probably learned of the crusaders ' plans to attack it.

The campaign continued in 1209 with an attack on the Orthodox Principality of Jersika ( known as Lettia ), accused by crusaders of being in alliance with Lithuanian pagans.

* The crusaders attack Mahdia.

Dandolo encouraged the crusaders to attack the city which had rebelled from Venice.

Given that Aleppo was to far off from Jerusalem for an attack and Damascus, recently allied with the Kingdom of Jerusalem against Zengi, had entered into an alliance with Nur ad-Din, the crusaders decided to attack Damascus, the conquest of which would preclude a combination of Jerusalem's enemies.

Egypt would, Louis thought, provide a base from which to attack Jerusalem, and its wealth and supply of grain would keep the crusaders fed and equipped.

After an unsuccessful siege of Demmin, a contingent of crusaders was diverted by the margraves to attack central Pomerania instead.

The crusaders inflicted heavy losses on the Turks, but the attack was a failure by the end of the day.

The violent attack forced the crusaders down the steep northern cliff.

After an unsuccessful assault on Vítkov Hill, the crusaders decided to attack the local Hussites ' position.

As Sultan, Baibars proceeded to attack the Christian crusaders at Arsuf, Athlith, Haifa, Safad, Jaffa, Ascalon, and Caesarea.

After around 1120 the court also included bishops, and according to tradition new crusaders were entitled to sit and vote ; the first time this occurred was the Council of Acre on 24 June 1148 during the Second Crusade, when the fatal decision to attack Damascus was made.

Duqaq later joined Kerbogha of Mosul to attack the crusaders after they had occupied Antioch in June 1098, but during the battle, Duqaq's line deserted and Kerbogha was defeated.

At Bohemund's suggestion, the crusaders sent all their cavalry ( numbering about 700 knights ) to meet the advancing army while the infantry remained behind in case Antioch's defenders decided to attack.

The Fatimids, assuming the crusaders were simply mercenary representatives of the Byzantines, were prepared to let the crusaders keep Syria if they agreed not to attack Fatimid Palestine, a state of affairs perfectly acceptable between Egypt and Byzantium before the Turkish invasions.

On May 16, the Turkish defenders sallied out to attack the crusaders, but the Turks were defeated in a skirmish with the loss of 200 men.

According to captives taken by Tancred in a skirmish near Ramla, the animals were there to encourage the crusaders to disperse and pillage the land, making it easier for the Fatimids to attack.

The crusaders spent the night in the abandoned camp, preparing for another attack, but in the morning they learned that the Fatimids were retreating to Egypt.

Additionally Albert of Riga, leader of the crusaders fighting the Estonians from the south, paid visit to the German King Philip of Swabia and asked permission to attack the Estonians from the North.

During the Livonian crusade in 1218 Pope Honorius III gave Valdemar II free hands to annex as much land as he could conquer in Estonia, additionally Albert of Riga, the leader of the Teutonic crusaders fighting the Estonians from the south visited the king and asked him to attack the Estonians from the North.

The crusaders agreed to help the King attack Lisbon, with a solemn agreement that offered to the crusaders the pillage of the city's goods and the ransom money for expected prisoners.

Despite the efforts of Henry and his English crusaders, two years of attacks on Vilnius proved fruitless.

The defeat of the crusaders allowed Kilij Arslan to establish his capital at Konya, and also proved to the Muslim world that the crusaders were not invincible, as they appeared to be during the First Crusade.

The crusaders moved their headquarters north to cities such as Tortosa, but lost that too, and were forced to relocate their headquarters offshore to Cyprus.

Nor were the medieval Crusades, as some historians claim, merely an attempt by Christians to reconquer the formerly Christian-ruled, Christian holy land to which some historians disagree because the crusaders slaughtered Arab Christians too.

Though they fought off Duqaq's army, which retreated to Hama, the crusaders were suffered too many casualties to keep foraging and returned to Antioch.

However, these Muslims too were soon killed by other crusaders, enfuriating Gaston and Tancred.

Later, when competing Danish crusaders arrived to Vironia, Thabelin was suspected of being too pro-German and hanged.

In February Ridwan's army was also defeated ; while the crusader army was away from the city fighting Ridwan, Yaghi-Siyan marched out to attack the foot-soldiers left behind to defend the camp, but he too was pushed back when the victorious crusaders returned.

Arpad's Magyars settled here in the Great Plain first and then in Transylvania and Moldavian The Romans in Pannonia were eventually forced to build forts to protect themselves but they were not able to extend their empirs into what is now eastern Hungare. The family name Medonich was found to be descended from the founding Magyar race, a strong and proud race of warriors, farmers and horsemen who survived against the continued incursion of the Turks seeking to gain their and proud beautiful homeland. By the 11th century the Magyars had converted to Christianity and saw waves of crusaders and heated battles over the next centuries in 1221 the issuance of the Golden Bull by King Andras II gave rights of self determination to the nobles and gentryat the national council and it is here that the Medonich family on the document of attendance.

Despite his numerical superiority, al-Afdal's army was hardly as strong or dangerous as the Seljuk armies that the crusaders had encountered previously.

Problems with the theory include, but are not limited to, the fact that there is no proof that younger sons formed the majority of the crusaders, the response to the crusading movement was just as strong in areas with equitable inheritance systems, and, since they were in many ways bound to the wishes and the decisions of their nobles, knights often had little individual choice in whether they would participate in a crusade.