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​​​​​ ​ __** The Great Crusades **__ Here are men fighting for Jerusalem The First Crusade The Crusades all started in 1096 when Alexius l ws in control of Constantinople. During this time Jerusalem was thought of as the "Holy Land" for not only Christians but for many other religions like the Muslims. It was a constant fight for each religion to capture Jerusalmes. In 1076, the Muslims had captured Jerusalem so Alexius l took a stand to recapture the "Holy Land". He called on Pope Urban ll to help him recapture Jerusalem and save his country,Constantiople, because he thought the Muslims would try to take that land as well. Pope Urban ll agreed to help and they indeed recaptured Jerusalem. However, when doing this they had problems getting to the "Holy Land" like not being able to use the Mediterranean Sea because they didn't have control of the ports on the coast of the Middle East. They managed to make it through and didn't stop after they recaptured Jerusalem.

[|learn more here on the crusades!] ​ This is Pope Urban ll that helped with the Crusades The Second Crusade The Second Crusade occurred from 1147 A.D. to 1149 A.D. This crusade was caused by the fall and massacre at Edessa. In 1146, the Turks killed and enslaved the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem on the side towards Mesopatamia. After this event, the people were furious, a priest named St. Bernard preached to crowds about how the Christians gathered to form a crusade. Even kings like Louis Vll of France and Conrad lll of Germany joined the Crusade. Although they had great efforts, the Second Crusade failed when the two kings had to sieze their attack on Damascus. [| http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/prh3/259/texts/qalanisi.htm]  The Third Crusade The Third Crusade began with Saladin capturing Jerusalem in 1187 for the Muslims. The three greatest emperors of Europe, King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I of England, and the German emperor, Frederick Barbarossa each set out with a large army. King Richard raised money for the Third Crusade through the persecution and robbery of many Jews, taxes upon all classes, and sales of offices and royal lands. The Germans were the first to start off and were under the lead of Frederick Barbarossa. While crossing a stream though he drowned and most of his army didn’t continue on and just returned to Germany. The French and English achieved very little and only captured the city of Acre. King Phillip then soon went home and left King Richard on his own. King Richard and King Saladin came to a truce in which gave Christian pilgrims special access to Jerusalem. King Richard then finally left the holy land which brought a close to the Third Crusade. Crusaders The Fourth Crusade Pope Innocent III revived the plans of Pope Urban II to unite the forces of Christendom against Islam. No emperor or king followed along with his plans and a few knights were the only that did. The crusaders captured Constantinople instead of Jerusalem. They then decided to focus their attention on Egypt. The crusaders went through Venice and they ended up making many deals with the Venetians. They captured Zara as the Venetians had requested and then ended up turning arms against Constantinople under persuasion by the Venetians once again. Venice ended up gaining some of the districts in Greece and Constantinople actually declined in strength and two century’s later it even ended up falling to the Turks.

Crusaders in Constantinople. The Children Crusade The Childrens Crusade started in 1212 A.D and was lead by a child about twelve years old. This French peasant lad was named Stephen of Cloyes and was persuaded that Jesus Christ had commanded him to lead a crusade of to rescue the Holy Sepulchre. In this crusade thousands of childern were gathered and 'inspired" by the Holy Spirit. This group consisted mainly of boys under twelve but there was also some girls. 30,000 children gathered in Banas and marched through towns and villages carrying banners, candles, and saying chants. Meanwhile, Europe and Germany were gathering children as well for crusades. They wanted to go and capture Jerusalum and convert them to Christianity. However, all of these crusades failed and the little troupers didnt make it to the destinations. They were attacked, starved to death, or caught diseases. []

This picture shows the children gathering and making plans for their crusades.

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__Children's Crusade lyrics__ Young men, soldiers, Nineteen Fourteen Marching through countries they'd never seen Virgins with rifles, a game of charades All for a Children's Crusade

Pawns in the game are not victims of chance Strewn on the fields of Belgium and France Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed

The children of England would never be slaves They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves The flower of England face down in the mud And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Corpulent generals safe behind lines History's lessons drowned in red wine Poppies for young men, death's bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed All for a Children's Crusade

The children of England would never be slaves They're trapped on the wire and dying in waves The flower of England face down in the mud And stained in the blood of a whole generation

Midnight in Soho, Nineteen Eighty-four Fixing in doorways, opium slaves Poppies for young men, such bitter trade All of those young lives betrayed All for a Children's Crusade [|Go here for fun games and trivia!]

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