| 1144 |
Dec 24 |
Capture of Edessa
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The county of Edessa, a Crusader state, was captured by Zengi, ruler of Mosul. This triggered the Second Crusade in 1148. |
| 1145 |
Dec 1 |
First formal Bull of crusade
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First formal Papal Bull of Crusade ('Bulla cruciata' - calling on France to restore the Holy Land to Christendom) issued by Eugenius III, together with 'Quantum praedecessors' (reissued 1.3.1146).
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| 1146 |
Mar 1 |
Pope reissues Papal Bull for a Crusade
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Pope Eugenius III reissued an amended Bull (a formal proclamation issued by the pope) proclaiming the Second Crusade. |
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Mar 31 |
Sermon at Vézelay
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St. Bernard's sermon at Vézelay so moved Eleanor of Aquitaine that she vowed to go on Crusade. |
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Dec 25 |
Diet of Spires
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Diet of Spires; the emperor Conrad III took the cross and secured the election of his son Henry as his successor in Germany. |
| 1147 |
May - 1148 |
The start of the Second Crusade
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The crusaders left Regensburg to march across land to Constantinople. |
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Jun |
Louis VII joins the Crusade
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Declaring Abbot Suger regent of France, Louis VII and Eleanor began their Crusade. |
| 1148 |
Jun 24 |
Damascus attacked
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The decision was made to attack Damascus. The armies were assembled in Acre. Present were Baldwin, the Patriarch Fulcher, Kings Louis and Conrad, Archbishops of Caesarea and Nazareth, Masters of the Knights Temple and Hospital. |
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Sep |
Conrad III leaves the Holy Land
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Hostilities between the French and German leaders of the Second Crusade became such a problem that the German Emperor, Conrad III, abandoned the crusade and returned to Constantinople. The Second Crusade ended in failure. |
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