Eighth Crusade ends on African sands
1270
After Louis IX's death outside Tunis, his brother Charles of Anjou negotiated a treaty with the Hafsid emir and withdrew the remaining crusaders. Charles was chiefly interested in Tunisian tribute and commercial privileges. The holy war ended as a commercial transaction. The debacle confirmed what many Europeans had long suspected: the age of crusading was over, and the Holy Land would not be recovered.
In context
Also in 1270 (4 other events on record)
- Louis IX dies on crusade outside Tunis · Africa · Religion
- Yekuno Amlak founds the Solomonic dynasty · Africa · Politics
- Pandyan kingdom at its medieval peak · South Asia · Politics
- Igbo Ukwu bronzes created in West Africa · Africa · Technology
Before and after in Africa
Before and after in War
Era
High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.