Bosnian crusade
The Bosnian Crusade was a campaign from Hungary against the Banat of Bosnia . It was approved by the Pope as a crackdown on " heresy ". The crusade took place between 1235 and 1241.
prehistory
Several crusades were requested against Bosnia, a country which, with its independent Bosnian Church, was accused of heresy by its Catholic and Orthodox neighbors in the west and east. The first crusade was carried out in April 1203 when the Bosnians under Ban Kulin promised the Pope to practice Christianity according to Catholicism . Ban Kulin once again confirmed the supremacy of the Hungarian kings over Bosnia, but in fact Bosnia became more independent.
Course of events
The crusaders were led by the Hungarian Prince Koloman of Galicia . They had little success. They only managed to occupy the outskirts of Bosnia . They were supported by Dominicans . When the Kingdom of Hungary itself was attacked by the Mongols ( Mongol storm ), the crusaders were forced to retreat.
The popes later ordered further crusades against Bosnia, but these were no longer realized.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Lock: The Routledge Companion to the Crusades . Routledge, 2013, ISBN 1135131376 , p. 172.