Outremer

Outremer, French for "overseas," was the general name given the Crusader states established after the First Crusade, especially the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The name was often used as an equivalent to Levant, Syria or Palestine, and incorporated areas that are today also part of Israel, Jordan, and Lebanon.

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French: French can refer to more than one article:...

Crusader states: The Crusader states were the feudal territories created by Catholic Western Europeans who arrived in the Orthodox and Muslim Eastern Mediterranean during the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries....

First Crusade: The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. What started as a minor call for aid quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe. Both knights and peasants fr...

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