The+Crusades

The Crusades
 **//The crusades were a series of wars between christians and muslims fighting for the Holly Land, Jerusalem.//

The Frist Crusade.** The first crusade was 1099.It was fought by European christians againgst Muslims that took over the Holly Land of Jerusalem.The war was launched by Pope Urban II he asked for a volunteer army to take Jerusalem and Palestine from the Seljuks.For the knights the crusade was an opportunity to employ their fighting skills.All volunteers were promised inmediate salvation in heaven.Red crosses were stiched on clothing as symbol of service to God. It marked a huge persecution of the jews. Three armies traveled to jerusalem and there was when they persecuted the jews. In A.D. 1097 they finally met in Constantinople. Crusaders distroyed Jerusalem and executed most of it population. The first crusade was succesfull and it made the church even more powerfull.

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Saladin a diplomatic, united forces with the muslims and kiddnaped Jerusalem in A.D. 1187. The third Crusade if often called "Crusade of Kings" because Emperor Fredrick Barrabarossa, King Philip Agustus,and King Richard I sended warriors. The crusade lasted from A.D. 1189 to A.D. 1192 and had no success at all. The Emperor died in his way to Jerusalem, Philip Agustus returned to France before they reached Jerusalem and Richard had to fight alone. After three years of fighting Richard made a truce with the muslims and persuaded Saladin to return to Jerusalem, but it didnt work. He allowed Christians Pilgrims acces to the Holly Land. []\ []
 * The Second Crusade** Pope Eugenius IV called for a second crusade 50 years after the first one. he wanted the second Crusade to regain the lost territory. Monk Bernard of Clairvaux talked with King Louis VII and Emperor Condrad III to send armies to Palestine. The second Crusade lasted from A.D 1147 to A.D. 1149. It was unsuccesfull.======
 * The Third Crusade**