Crusade (disambiguation)

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The Crusades were a series of wars and campaigns that took place during the 11th through 18th centuries. They were often, but not always, from Roman Catholic Europe against Muslim polities in the Middle East. The Crusaders were the European participants in these wars.

• Northern Crusades, crusades undertaken by the Catholic kings of Europe against the pagan peoples of Northern Europe
• Crusader states, the states set up by the Europeans in the Middle East during The Crusades

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Crusade may also refer to:

• Any type of campaign that is conducted with an emphasis on zeal and persistence; cf. Jihad
• Tenth Crusade, builds an analogy between the U.S.-led War on Terror and the historical Crusades
  • The New Crusade, a book on U.S. policy post-9/11
• Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian mission organization.
• A revival meeting, among certain evangelists (notable among these are Billy Graham and Benny Hinn)
• WHAS Crusade for Children, an annual telethon broadcast in Louisville, Kentucky
• Children's Crusade, a variety of fictional and factual events in 1212 including children being sold into slavery

In entertainment:

• Crusade (TV series), a 1999 American science fiction television show that took place in the same setting as Babylon 5
• Crusade in Jeans, a novel set in the Children's Crusade by Dutch author Thea Beckman
• The Crusade (Doctor Who), a serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, a 1989 Indiana Jones movie starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery
• The Crusades (film), a 1935 movie directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• The Crusades (comics), a 2001 DC Comics series by Stephen T. Seagle and Kelley Jones
• "Crusade" (Stargate SG-1), a Stargate SG-1 Season 9 episode

In music:

• Crusade (band), a Rock Against Communism Oi band from Great Britain
• Crusade (album), a 1967 blues album by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
• The Crusade (album), an album by Trivium

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Crusader may also refer to:

• Crusaders Christian Youth Movement, youth group founded by a missionary Albert Kestin
• The Crusader (train), a five-car stainless-steel streamlined train which operated between Philadelphia and Jersey City, NJ from 1937-1960
• The Crusaders (repeal of alcohol prohibition), a group that promoted repeal of national alcohol prohibition in the U.S.

In the military:

• HMS Crusader, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
• XM2001 Crusader, an American self propelled artillery project
• Crusader tank, a British cruiser tank of World War II
• Operation Crusader, a British attack in North African campaign in World War II
• F-8 Crusader, a U.S. Navy fighter jet
• F8U-3 Crusader III, an experimental fighter intended to replace the F-8 and compete with the F-4 Phantom II
• VMFA-122 Crusaders, a United States Marine Corps fixed wing fighter-attack squadron 122

In entertainment:

• Crusader (game series), an action-oriented computer game series
• Crusader Kings (computer game), a strategy computer game revolving around historical Crusader age personages
• Crusader (Dungeons & Dragons), a character class in a Dungeons & Dragons expansion
• "Caped Crusader", a nickname of the comic book character Batman
• Crusaders (comics), two fictional superhero teams in comics
• Crusader (film), a 2004 TV-Movie starring Andrew McCarthy
• Crusader (Marvel Comics), a fictional character created by Marvel Comics and enemy to Thor; later, an unrelated Skrull superhero of the same name
• Stronghold: Crusader, a 2001 computer strategy game
• The Crusaders (film), a 2001 television mini-series (Crociati) filmed in Serbia

In music:

• The Crusader (album), debut album by New Zealand rapper Scribe
• Crusader (Chris de Burgh album), 1979
• Crusader (Saxon album), an album by Saxon
• The Crusaders, a jazz and R&B group popular in the 1970s
• Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps, a Drum Corps International World Class drum corps
• Crusader, a Belgian heavy metal band

In sports:

• Crusaders (rugby) (formerly the Canterbury Crusaders), a rugby union team from New Zealand
• Celtic Crusaders, a rugby league team from Wales
• Western Crusaders, a rugby union team from Fiji
• Crusaders F.C., a football team from Northern Ireland
• Valparaiso Crusaders, the sports teams of Valparaiso University
• Crusader Speedboat, a jet speedboat in which John Cobb crashed fatally

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