The Second Crusade
Timeline of Events Specification
Circumstances in the Outremer in 1130s and
26th December 1144 – Zengi, Ruler of Mosul 1140s; rise of Zengi and the development of
and Aleppo captured Edessa Jihad; taking of Edessa (1144); Bernard of
Clairvaux and the call for the Second Crusade;
1st December 1145 – Pope Eugenius III issued reasons for the failure of the Second Crusade,
Quantum Praedecessores events at Anatolia, Antioch, Acre (1147-1148);
siege of Damascus (1148); the Islamic
Easter 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preached response; the impact of the failure of the
at Vezelay accompanied by King Louis VII of Second Crusade on the West; Outremer and
France the Islamic world
Christmas 1146 – Bernard preaches at Speyer
where Conrad III of Germany takes the cross
Questions
May 1147 – Conrad departed from Nuremburg
Assess the causes of the Second Crusade
June 1147 – Louis departed from Metz
Assess the reason for the failure of the Second
Crusade
September 1147 – Conrad III’s army arrives in
Constantinople
Assess the reason for the failure at Damascus
October 1147 - Louis VII’s army arrived in
Significance of Muslim opposition within the
Constantinople
Second Crusade
October 1147 – Conrad’s forces defeated near
Assess the reason for the failure of the Second
Dorylaeum
Crusade (June 2018)
January 1148 – Louis’s forces defeated at the
Which of the following had greater impact on
battle of Mount Cadmus
the failure of the Second Crusade? (June 2017)
Events in Anatolia, Antioch and Acre
March 1148 – Louis sailed to Syria from Adalia
The siege of Damascus
– massive loss of manpower
June 1148 – Conference at Acre with Conrad,
Louis + Baldwin III agreed to attack Damascus
July 1148 – Crusaders defeated at Damascus
September 1148 – Conrad returned to
Germany
April 1149 – Louis returned to France
Timeline of Events Specification
Circumstances in the Outremer in 1130s and
26th December 1144 – Zengi, Ruler of Mosul 1140s; rise of Zengi and the development of
and Aleppo captured Edessa Jihad; taking of Edessa (1144); Bernard of
Clairvaux and the call for the Second Crusade;
1st December 1145 – Pope Eugenius III issued reasons for the failure of the Second Crusade,
Quantum Praedecessores events at Anatolia, Antioch, Acre (1147-1148);
siege of Damascus (1148); the Islamic
Easter 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preached response; the impact of the failure of the
at Vezelay accompanied by King Louis VII of Second Crusade on the West; Outremer and
France the Islamic world
Christmas 1146 – Bernard preaches at Speyer
where Conrad III of Germany takes the cross
Questions
May 1147 – Conrad departed from Nuremburg
Assess the causes of the Second Crusade
June 1147 – Louis departed from Metz
Assess the reason for the failure of the Second
Crusade
September 1147 – Conrad III’s army arrives in
Constantinople
Assess the reason for the failure at Damascus
October 1147 - Louis VII’s army arrived in
Significance of Muslim opposition within the
Constantinople
Second Crusade
October 1147 – Conrad’s forces defeated near
Assess the reason for the failure of the Second
Dorylaeum
Crusade (June 2018)
January 1148 – Louis’s forces defeated at the
Which of the following had greater impact on
battle of Mount Cadmus
the failure of the Second Crusade? (June 2017)
Events in Anatolia, Antioch and Acre
March 1148 – Louis sailed to Syria from Adalia
The siege of Damascus
– massive loss of manpower
June 1148 – Conference at Acre with Conrad,
Louis + Baldwin III agreed to attack Damascus
July 1148 – Crusaders defeated at Damascus
September 1148 – Conrad returned to
Germany
April 1149 – Louis returned to France
