Purpose Of The Crusades

The Crusades are a long-glorified staple of world history as presented in the American education system, posed as the movement that allowed Christianity to blossom around the world the way it does today. In all actuality, this was just mass war between Islam and Christianity portrayed as missionary work. Hard facts show that these holy-wars were to prevent the spread of Islam, while caucasian cultures of Europe achieved “discovering” and conquering of many parts of the world and communities not before contacted from the outside world. Similar to American wars, the purposes proposed for conflict are propagated to the masses, while those in power do all they can to prevent the monetary and other selfish causes for this turmoil to unwrap, often
But this sparked a need to spread Christianity throughout the eastern world as Europe became one of the world's first super powers. An invasive force, on the search to control unknown territories, the Crusades from feudal Europe began by instating their religion as a gift, but unknowingly spreading disease and consciously spreading destruction on almost every continent, in search of resources to command from lesser civilized communities. This took place not terribly long before the discovery, conquering, and then separation of North America into the United States. This very same idealism was in place with colonizing the of the Americas, relaying Europe’s grasp on parts of Africa to promote slave trade after indentured servitude failed as a plan for the unwanted migrants from England and other mid-first millennium powers investing in the melting pot of the United States
These Crusades began under a military order, which seems as though it would be based on government intervention, but this is not true.
“A military order is a religious order in which members take traditional monastic vows—communal poverty, chastity, and obedience—but also commit to violence on behalf of the Christian faith.” (Throop)
Crusades caused a loss of two-to-six million lives, on estimate, during its run through Eurasia and Africa, to combat a natural spread of Islam into areas surrounding its initial development. (Alchin) This movement seems so regressive to the ideology behind all three Abrahamic religions, which all tend to present extremely similar social and moral ideals, promoting peace and tolerance and understanding of those different from one’s self, as presented through their prophets, where allegorical life-stories abound. The Crusades, themselves, are described as movements in favor of the impoverished and unjustly treated. These three derivative monotheistic religions adamantly preach on the spread of peace, assumedly in the name of unity and progression, but use schisms due to basal differences to justify wars that span current human history. These breaks in religious sects show a lack of understanding of the communal experience and peace which their religions, at a base level, strive to teach. These very same recurring issues are extremely distinct