The liberation of Lisbon as part of the Reconquista [ray-kohn-KEE-stah] was a part of this larger conflict, which was preceded by a war fought by southern Germans against Polabian Slavs.
The liberation of Lisbon as part of the Reconquista [ray-kohn-KEE-stah] was a part of this larger conflict, which was preceded by a war fought by southern Germans against Polabian Slavs. Its only major event was the Siege of Damascus, an utter failure that increased mistrust between Western Europe and the Eastern Roman Empire. This conflict began after the fall of the Principality of Edessa, and was prompted by the Quantum praedecessores, a bull issued by Eugene III. Identify this failed European encroachment in the Holy Land that began in 1145, about fifty years after a related effort launched by Pope Urban II.
The liberation of Lisbon as part of the Reconquista [ray-kohn-KEE-stah] was a part of this larger conflict, which was preceded by a war fought by southern Germans against Polabian Slavs.
Second Crusade [prompt on Crusades before “Damascus”]