The Crusades were a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period. Crusading movement is about the ideology and institutions associated with crusading.
Crusade or Crusades may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Comics
- Crusade, a Franco-Belgian comics series published by Le Lombard
- The Crusades (comics), a series of American comic books
- Crusade Comics, publisher founded by Billy Tucci
Films
- The Crusaders (1918 film), an Italian film
- The Crusaders (2001 film), an Italian television mini-series
- The Crusades (1935 film), a 1935 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
- The Crusades (2023 film), an American comedy drama film
- The Crusade (2021 film), a French drama film
Games
- Darkness Falls: The Crusade, a 1999 internet MUD
- Great Crusade, an episode in Warhammer 40,000 fictional history
- Knights of the Temple: Infernal Crusade, a 2004 videogame
- Space Crusade, a boardgame set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade, a computer game expansion pack
- Wing Commander: The Secret Missions 2: Crusade, a computer game expansion pack
- World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade, a 2007 computer game expansion pack
Literature
- Crusade (Destroyermen novel), the second book of the Destroyermen series
- Crusade (Forgotten Realms novel), a novel by James Lowder
- Crusade (Laird novel), a 2007 historical novel by Elizabeth Laird
- Crusade (short story), a 1968 Arthur C. Clarke short story
- Crusade (Young novel), a 2007 novel by Robyn Young
- Crusade, a 2003 novel from the Aquasilva Trilogy, by Anselm Audley
- Crusade, a young-adult series by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
- Crusade, a 1992 Starfire novel by David Weber and Steve White
- Crusade, The Untold Story of the Persian Gulf War (1993), Rick Atkinson's non-fictional account of the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War
- The Crusade, novelization of the TV serial Doctor Who
Music
- Crusade Records, an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia
- "Crusades", a song by August Burns Red from their 2009 album Constellations
- "The Crusade", a song by Lovebites from their 2018 EP Battle Against Damnation
- "The Crusaders", a Jazz Fusion Group
Albums
- Crusade (album), a 1967 album by John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers
- Crusades (album), an album by The Plastic Constellations
- The Crusade (album), a 2006 album by Trivium
Television
- "Crusade" (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the science fiction TV series
- Crusade (TV series), a short-lived 1999 American science fiction spinoff from Babylon 5
- Crusader (TV series), an American drama series from 1955 to 1956, starring Brian Keith
- Crusades (TV series), a British television series hosted by Terry Jones
- The Crusade (Doctor Who), four episode serial from Doctor Who
- WHAS Crusade for Children, an annual telethon broadcast in Louisville, Kentucky
Events and movements
- Children's Crusade (1963), a 1963 Civil Rights march in Alabama
- Children's Crusade, a failed popular crusade by European Christians to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims, said to have taken place in 1212
Organizations
- Campus Crusade for Christ, the former name of Cru, an American interdenominational Christian mission organization
- Crusade of Romanianism, a Romanian fascist party
Other uses
- Crusade (horse), an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse
See also
Search for "crusade" on Wikipedia.