The Crusades are the Medieval European wars waged principally to recover the Holy Lands from the control of the Muslims. There is an aggregate of nine noteworthy Crusades‚ but the first four were the most important. The main legitimate Crusades were launched from Western Europe to recover and protect Jerusalem. The first crusade started in 1096 where tens of thousands of aggressive younger sons of the nobility went off to Palestine or Eastern Europe to fight the unbelievers‚ recover the long-lost
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The crusades were caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. There has been great debates of historians discovering the motives of the Crusades and have tried to determine which of the two factors had served as a more active agent and catalyst. The Crusades started when the religion of Christianity had to have the city of Jerusalem as Christian property as it was where their God was crucified. However‚ the aspect of political gain and economic benefit were an additional advantage
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Impact of the Crusades The Crusades were a series of nine military campaigns by European Christians to regain Holy Land from the Muslims‚ in which about 1.5 million lives were lost all together. The first Crusade was organized by Pope Urban II in 1095‚ and the last being in 1289. Pope Urban II originally intended to recruit followers by saying that your sins would be relieved if you helped regain Holy Land from Muslims‚ however‚ these intentions quickly turned into bad intentions when people
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When Holy Crusades are mentioned many people will go straight to the epic encounters over the Holy Land of Jerusalem against the Muslim Forces but that was not the only crusade to be called by the Papacy. The Baltic Crusades also known as the Northern Crusades was the Catholic Churches push to clear out the pagan ideology from Northern Europe once and for all. This crusade was called to begin by Pope Celestine III (1106 – 1198) in 1195 but the local Christian states were already fighting to suppress
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to death‚ I know I did what any Christian soldier would do. Fighting for God and the Pope‚ this sacrifice will give me the right of passage to heaven for‚ I justify my deeds to save the holy land where Jesus‚ my savior‚ died for my sins. During the Middle Ages‚ religion was the way of life. With a strong heart full of faith‚ a conflict between the Christians and Muslims emerged‚ resulting in the Crusades: any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th‚ 12th‚ and
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THE FOURTH CRUSADE The Crusades in the middle ages helped define religious and political life during this era. Life in the middle ages revolved around what was happening with the Pope and his anticipations for the next Crusade. The focuses of the crusades were ideally to unite the churches to bring back Christian leadership and control in the Holy Land‚ that is‚ Jerusalem. One of the most impacting crusades is known as the fourth Crusade when Innocent III was pope. The fourth crusade became terribly
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In the First Crusade‚ Christian knights that came from Europe went and capture Jerusalem. They had been massacring almost all the city’s Muslim and Jewish population. The reason this happened was because Christians were being persecuted in Jerusalem‚ because the Holy City was passed from Egyptians to Seljuk. A Pope called for a crusade to help Christians in the east and to recover the holy lands. And then people went over there immediately. A Crusade called “People’s Crusade” had went a far way with
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The Three Crusades There were three Crusades and they all took different routes from western Europe to Palestine. THE FIRST CRUSADE - The first crusade began in A.D. 1095. Pope Urban II mounted a platform outside the church at Clermont‚ France. The crowd shouted "Deus vult!" in response to the pope’s plea. Knights and peasants alike vowed to join the expedition to the Holy Land. For knights‚ the Crusade was a welcome chance to employ their fighting skills. For peasants‚ the Crusade
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