Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Yaƙin Crusades na Arewa a kan arna da Kiristocin Orthodox na Gabas sun ci gaba a hankali daga ƙarshen ƙarni na 12 zuwa farkon ƙarni na 16. Ƙarin motsawa ta hanyar siyasa, maimakon makasudin addini, an jagoranci su ta hanyar Teutonic Order. Rashin nasarar su a watan Afrilu 1242
daya daga cikin manyan jaruman Rasha, Alexander Nevsky, ya kawo karshen yaduwar addinin Katolika zuwa Gabashin Turai. Yaƙin Crusades guda biyu da aka yi don a hana Ottoman ci gaba zuwa Kudu maso Gabashin Turai ya ƙare da bala'i a Nicopolis a 1396, da Varna a 1444. Kodayake alamomin al'adu na crusading sun kasance na kowa don wani lokaci bayan haka, wannan ya ƙare su a matsayin wani zaɓi na soja mai yiwuwa.