PLEASE HELP! What does Christianity have to do with the Crusades? Its been a while since I was in school and I can't remember! What were the Crusades about?
2006-06-07 15:39:37 · 7 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Wikipedia gives a decent overview, though if you're really curious, you should probably head to the library. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades From the Wikipedia article: "The Crusades were a series of military campaigns—usually sanctioned by the Papacy—that took place during the 11th through 13th centuries. Originally, they were Roman Catholic Holy Wars to recapture Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslims, but some were directed against other targets, such as the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of southern France, the Northern Crusades, and the Fourth Crusade which conquered Constantinople." Basically they were Christians killing people for political and religious purposes.
2006-06-07 15:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by apropos2001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello I just wanted to reiterate what another poster has already stated Wikipedia.com has a non-biased explanation of several of the Major Crusades. This is a brief description of the 1st Crusade: "The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II to regain control of the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Land from Muslims. What started as an appeal to the French knightly class quickly turned into a wholesale migration and conquest of territory outside of Europe. Both knights and peasants from many different nations of western Europe, with little central leadership, traveled over land and by sea towards Jerusalem and captured the city in July 1099, establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the other Crusader states. Although these gains lasted for fewer than two hundred years, the Crusade was a major turning point in the expansion of Western power, and was the only crusade — in contrast to the many that followed — to achieve its stated goal, which was possession of Jerusalem." ~ good luck.
2006-06-07 15:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by MG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of Christianity, the Crusades happened. The Christians thought they had the right to take the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Christians won the first crusade, but lost the next three or four (I don't remember how many there were... Five, maybe?)
2006-06-07 15:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Mandi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The area around Jerusalem in Isreal has been fought over for millennia. The Crusades were fought by the Christian troops after the Muslims took it over in the AD 700's, before that the Roman Empire owned it, and so on.
2006-06-07 15:48:14 · answer #4 · answered by Electro-Fogey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crusader such as El Cid Compeador or the Cid frm the book The Poem of the Cid is about fighting in the name of Jesus Christ. Using Christianity to justify war; Jews and Muslim(Moors) were those being "routed" by those who follow Christianity and were knights... George W. is a crusader! Oh... "Poem of the Cid" translated by Paul Balckburn...isbn # is 0-8061-3022-9 University of Oklahoma press/ www.ou.edu/oupress
2006-06-07 15:46:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The European Christians fought the Middle Eastern Muslims for the Holy Land.
2006-06-07 15:43:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the crusades were the time when the armies were searching for the cup of Christ, but I wouldn't promise to be right!
2006-06-07 15:42:11 · answer #7 · answered by advicemom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋