The Children's Crusade

The Crusades were serious vicious Holy wars between the Christian states or Europe and Saracens , who are present day Muslims. There were a total of nine crusades , the first four being the most notable and the Children’s Crusade being the decline of the conflict. The crusades started in 109A.D around the sacred city of Jerusalem which held significant religious value to both the Christians and Muslims. The Children’s Crusade as initiated because of young peasants in France ,Germany that were to believe that they could succeed where previous sinful crusades had failure. The leader of the movement was a twelve year old boy named Stephen who proposed a crusade to King Phillip of France in court but was rejected because of his immaturity Stephen