The Crusade of 1267 was a military expedition from the Upper Rhenish regions of the Holy Roman Empire for the defence of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. It was one of several minor crusades of the 1260s that resulted from a period of Papally-sponsored crusade preaching of unprecedented intensity. The only major campaign to come of it was the Eighth Crusade in 1270.[1]
Something is known of the preaching and organization of the crusade, but nothing for certain of its results. Several hundred crusaders and pilgrims did reach the Kingdom of Jerusalem under the leadership of two ministerials, but they probably waited in vain for the arrival of the Eighth Crusade without undertaking major military actions. Most of the crusaders of 1267 returned home before the Eighth Crusade even set out.[2]
The main source for the Crusade of 1267 is the Bassler Chronick of Christian Wurstisen, which appeared in 1580.[2] Although a late source with a confused chronology, Wurstisen is generally reliable and his chronology can be corrected by other sources.[3]
- ^ Maier (1994), pp. 79–81.
- ^ a b Murray (2006).
- ^ Bleck (1987), p. 25.