crusades
Passionate cause-driven efforts
Crusades is the plural of crusade, meaning vigorous campaigns for a cause or against something perceived as wrong: her crusades against corruption, environmental crusades.
The word implies passionate, sustained effort that may border on zealotry. (Capitalized Crusades refers to the medieval religious wars.)
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
advocacy · activism · reform · zealotry · fervor · moral · righteous · battle · fight · drive
- Medieval Termsfeudalism, manorialism, serfdom, guilds, fiefdoms
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- Medieval Historyfeudalism, Black Death, knight, castles, castle
- Middle AgesMiddle Ages, medieval period, castles, knights, Dark Ages
- medieval knightsknight, knights, armor, sword, swords
active advocacy vs. passive acceptance
crusadesaccepts
Consents to receive
acquiesces · passivity · inaction · apathy · indifference
religious/ideological warfare vs. peace
crusadespeace
Freedom from disturbance
peacemaking · reconciliation · tolerance · coexistence · diplomacy
- caped crusaderCloaked vigilante hero
- moral crusaderAdvocate for ethical standards
- moral crusadesCampaigns promoting ethical standards
- First Crusade1096 expedition to Jerusalem
- Last CrusadeConcluding religious military expedition
- Albigensian CrusadeChurch war on Cathars