Crusades · TURNING POINT ·
Frederick II regains Jerusalem (1229)
On the Crusades map as “Frederick’s Jerusalem”
18 Feb 1229 — the excommunicate Emperor Frederick II regains Jerusalem by negotiation with Sultan al-Kamil, without a battle. The era’s sharpest irony: the one king the Pope condemned is the one who took the city.
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- Fifth to Eighth Crusades (chapter 10 of Crusades)
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- The Crusades, 1095–1291
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