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The Violent Crusades from Back in the Day Children CrusadesHistory House: The Children's CrusadesThe First Crusade The Children's Crusades were brutal. On their way to "The Holy Land" the children ended up being mugged, beaten, stolen, and starved. Their feet were often cut because they walked barefoot through the rough grounds of southern France. There were about thirty-thousand children involved and they would throw tantrums because of the bad conditions they were in. Most of the children were no older then 12 years of age. Some of the young girls were often raped by the men.  [Children on their way to a crusade.]

. The First Crusade was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem from the Muslims. It was very difficult for the Christians to do so because the Muslims created obsticals.Those who wanted to fight the Muslims, had red crosses sewn to their clothing. There were many "true" Christians that wanted to fight in the "Holy War" to reclaim Jerusalem for their beliefs. There were many diseases that weakened the men during their pilgrimage to the Middle East. The first crusaders were successful and the "Kingdom of Jerusalem" was formed([|www.historysite.co.uk/cru2.htm])

**The Second Crusade was between the Turks and the Christians. A group called the "Fatimid Caliphs" were upset because the Christians spread out their kingdoms over land they used to have power over. The Turks did not take Jerusalem, but they took over Edessa. This caused the second crusade because people in Europe were not happy that the Turks took over Edessa. This crusade was not successful because many of the soldiers died throughout the journery in turkey, and the attack of Damascus by the kings and queens did not turn out how they hoped.** (The soliders on their way to take back Edessa, suprise attacks caused the death of many.)

The Third crusade