What happened in the 1240s?
🌏 1249 - Capture of Ascalon: Louis IX of France captures Ascalon, the last significant stronghold of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, furthering the objectives of the Seventh Crusade.
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Further Reading
- Seventh Crusade - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Seventh Crusade - World History Encyclopedia (worldhistory.org)
- THE SEVENTH CRUSADE (1248–1254) | by Chronicles of Islamic His (medium.com)
- Battle of Ascalon - Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Seventh Crusade - Arlima (arlima.net)
- Battle of Ascalon in the First Crusade - ThoughtCo (thoughtco.com)
- Louis IX and the Seventh Crusade - Military Review (topwar.ru)
- Seventh Crusade - Packrat-Pro (packrat-pro.com)