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=__//**The Crusades **//__= The Crusades were a series of wars between the Christians and Muslims. The wars were mainly fought over the sacred land of Jerusalem. The crusades took place over a 20 year period of time. Now let's explore the tales of the crusaders and their crusades as they fought over the most holy of holy places the mighty Jerusalem! [|TIMELINE] = =

== There were eight crusades total not including the Children's Crusades. We will be discussing the first five here.

**__[|The First Crusade]__** **The Christians wanted to retake Jerusalem from the Muslims, because they believed it to be their holy land. Pope Urban II persuaded knights to participate in a Crusade. He told them that they would be fulfilling their religious duties and would become wealthy and glorious. He also said that instead of fighting each other, they could fight Muslims. The Crusaders crossed into Anatolia in 1097 and reached Jerusalem by the summer of 1099. They defeated the Muslims and recaptured Jerusalem. The Crusaders set up colonies in the holy places. **

[|The Second Crusade]
 * The success of the Christians in the First Crusade had been largely due to the disunion among their enemies. But the Muslims learned in time the value of united action, and in 1144 A.D. succeeded in capturing Edessa, one of the principal Christian outposts in the East. The fall of the city of Edessa, followed by the loss of the entire county of Edessa, aroused western Europe to the danger which threatened the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem and led to another crusading enterprise. **



[|The Third Crusade]
 * The third crusade was caused by the recapture of Jerusalem in 1187 c.e. by Saladin. The crusade was a vain attempt in regaining the holy city. However Richard the lion-heart and Saladin are known for their knightly endeavors such as nurturing the enemy to full health before resuming the fight to say honestly that they won with out contestant. In the end there was a truce that Jerusalem would stay with the Muslims but Christians could pilgrim their without fear of death and without being taxed.**



[|The Fourth Crusade]
 * The Fourth Crusade is one of the most important of all the major crusades. It is also one of the most complex and certainly one that is easily misunderstood, or at least is often understood in much too simplistic a manner. The Fourth Crusade did not recover Jerusalem, in fact, it never even made it to Outremer; rather, the Crusaders ended by attacking Constantinople, driving out the Byzantine Emperor, and installing one of their own in the ancient capital of Constantine.**



= = [|The Childrens Crusade]

= =  ** The Children's Crusade is one of the more unusual events in Medieval England. The Children's Crusade took place after the Fourth Crusade. By the end of the Fourth Crusade (1202 to 1204), it was clear that the Christian crusaders had gained no long term success. In fact, the Fourth Crusade had been a disaster for the Christians as many crusaders had not even got to the Holy Land let alone fight for Jerusalem ** **and many Christians had used the crusade as a means to plunder valuable goods from abroad. The Children's Crusade seemed to put some Christian belief back into crusading. Not a great deal is known about the Children's Crusade other than it was a disaster. The person who seemed to be in charge was a boy called Stephen of Cloyes. We know very little about him. We know that he was a shepherd and that in 1212 he was 12 years of age. With a peasant's background, he would not have been able to read or write and at his age he would have done very basic work around a farm.**  The Children's Crusade seemed to put some Christian belief back into crusading.

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