Crusading in the Middle Ages

At the time of the second crusade, our wars against baltic ainst pagans in the baltic am also start to become crusades. The great third crusade to attempt to recapture lots of lost lands from saladin, isled, b led by richard the lion heart. And then under innocent the third right athe end of the period that we're talking about to day, the beginning of the thirteenth century, you start to see crusading extended against the cathos just heretics in france. You start to see Crusades preached against christian kings. There are crusades preached against the honstatand the holy roman emperors. It goes mad