What were crusades?? why did they start??......who won??

Question

The word crusade is very much used these days when we talk about..iraq..afghanistan...terrorism...etc.
What do you think..and know about the history of the CRUSADES....
Who Won...??? what happend...how did they start???

Answer 1

Catholic Military incursions into Muslim land to re take Jerusalem.
They were seven altogether the Muslims won them all except.the second in 1099 when the Crusader Army having taken Jerusalem decided to behead the entire Muslim and Jewish population of the city .Contrast this to Saladin who retook the City in 1187 who took no revenge on the inhabitant's of Jerusalem and was received as a hero by Orthodox Christians too.

Answer 2

The Crusades were the military response of Christian Europe to the military conquest of Jerusalem by those lovable and peace loving Muslims. There were three Crusades. The first was successful, the second not so, and the third was a disaster. Technically, the Muslims won in the end; but the Crusades sparked European civilization toward new heights while the Muslims continued celebrating the past. After the Crusades, the height of Islam was achieved after the sacking of Constantinople around 1500 A.D.; but Europe was already far beyond Islamic East even by this date. The New World was being explored, new trade routes were being established, gunpowder, canons, and firearms were reshaping warfare; and the Renaissance was in full bloom.

Answer 3

The Crusades were the series of wars between the Roman Catholics vs the Islamic People. The pope wanted to take back the holy land, Jerusalem (Sounds familiar) and all of Palestine This created the Knights Templar (The group that is rumored to have the Holy Grail and believed to be the for-fathers of the Masons.) The Catholics did hold the coast but by the 5th Crusade the Catholics lost everything. The Crusades brought out of it spices, Ideas, inventions, and writing more know is the style of drawing Numbers we use today. ( We went from I, II, III... to 1, 2, 3...)

Answer 4

The Crusades were a series of military conflicts of a religious character waged by Christians from 1095-1291, usually sanctioned by the Pope in the name of Christendom, with the goal of recapturing Jerusalem and the sacred "Holy Land" from Muslim rule and originally launched in response to a call from the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire for help against the expansion of the Muslim Seljuq dynasty into Anatolia.

Practially speaking Moslems were able to defend their lands against the combined might of the western European powers. So you can say that they won. This is clearly arguable, especially in west, where crusades are viewed as very heroic and romantic adventures of great kings. But the truth is far removed from it.

Answer 5

There were in total about 9 crusades from 1095 to 1291. They were wars waged by Christians against Muslims. The purpose was recapturing Jerusalem and the Holy land from Muslim rule. Well the Muslims won

Answer 6

Don't be fooled, the Crusades were launched by Catholics, not Christians, against the Muslims that controlled Jerusalem.

The main Crusaders were simply mercenaries, pretty much all of whom had never seen a church, let alone were religious or Christian by any means. They were offered (sold) indulgences by the Pope (that means all their FUTURE sins were forgiven) if they would go fight Muslims and protect Catholic pilgrims. This set up a war where the soldiers were "guaranteed" to go to heaven no matter what they did. The result? Rape, pillage, and PLUNDER!

Answer 7

This is the only consideration: When God cast Israel aside for unbelief, He allowed the destruction of the temple, as well as the destruction of Jerusalem. It was meant for spoils. The Crusades were a perfect example of the feeble attempts of man to interfere with what God has decreed. Just look at Israel; the national Israel that you see today is not re-gathered Israel; i.e., the twelve tribes of Jacob. The Crusades were the result of the catholic church and its pride. A perfect reminder of the fall of Israel and the temple being the will of God is the fact that still, today, in the place where the temple once stood, is the Dome of the Rock, which is a Muslim mosque. When Christ is ready to return, all will be done according to the will of God, without any help from man.

Answer 8

If you are asking about the ancient crusades, they were started by an association of European knights, that were eventually led by King Arthur (yes he was real) in an attempt to take Jerusalem back from the Muslim forces that had It under their control, they moved in after the Romans sacked Jerusalem and prohibited any Israeli from entering the city, a prohibition that lasted more than 400 years (the same length of time that Israel was enslaved in Egypt before the exodus), it was not taken from them until after the charge of the Australian Light Horseman captured Beersheba, and eventually also captured Jerusalem with little loss of life, until a British officer decided to pull back (he was then replaced), the city then had to be retaken, this time with heavy loss of life.

Answer 9

the crusades were a series of 3 wars between the christians and the muslims for control of Israel (holy land). they started in the middel ages around the 1000s when Pope Urban told the Christians to launch an attack against muslims in the holy land because the muslims (specificly the turks) were attacking christian pilgrims heading towards jerusalem, the holy site of islam and christianity. in the end, the muslims were able to retain the land after many conquests and reconquests.

Answer 10

Seven or more insane attempts by European Catholic people to conquer the Saracens (Arabs) and take back the "Holy Land". One particulary tragic one was called the "Children's Crusade".
During the long treks to the Middle East, great many of those who started out died of starvation and disease. Several diseases were brought back to Europe , by those who managed to return.