religious war
war primarily caused or justified by differences in religion
Thirty Years' War
war principally fought in Central Europe from 1618 to 1648
Third Crusade
attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin
Hussite Wars
15th-century wars fought between Protestant Hussites and Catholic forces
Wendish Crusade
Saxons and Danes vs Slavs (Wends)
Norwegian Crusade
Crusade from Norway to Palestine (1107 – 1111)
Barbary Crusade
14th-century crusade
Bona crusade
1399 religious war
Way of the Five Pecks of Rice
Chinese Taoist movement founded in 142 CE
The Barons' Crusade
crusade of 1239-1241
Fifth Crusade
an attempt to recontrol Jerusalem and the holy land
European Wars of Religion
series of wars waged in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries
Albigensian Crusade
1209 military campaigns against Catharism in southern France
Eighth Crusade
military raid against muslim Turks 1270
Knights' War
16th-century conflict in the Holy Roman Empire
Yellow Turban Rebellion
rebellion against corruption of the Imperial Court rooted in Taoist religious principles
War of the Three Henrys
war between King Henry III of France, King Henry of Navarre, and Henry of Lorraine, Duke of Guise
Russian invasion of Ukraine
ongoing military conflict in Eastern Europe since 2022
Second Crusade
second major crusade launched from Europe as Catholic ('Latin') Holy War against Islam
First Crusade
1096–1099 Christian conquest of the Holy Land
Northern Crusades
12th/13th century crusades around the Baltic Sea
Children's Crusade
attempted crusade by European Christians to expel Muslims from the Holy Land
Bosnian Crusade
1235 crusade against Bosnian heretics
Sixth Crusade
13th-century military raid against muslim Turks
Seventh Crusade
military conflict (1248-1254)
Ninth Crusade
European crusade to the Holy Land in 1271-1272
Crusade of the Infants of Aragon
crusade in late 1269
Fourth Crusade
armed expedition against Constantinople
Alexandrian Crusade
14ht-century crusade
Umayyad campaigns in India
military campaigns of the Arab Umayyad Caliphate in India
holy war
war claimed to be 'holy' by ecclesiastical or secular authorities; closely related to religious war