who were they?
what did they do?
why did they do it?
2007-02-21 14:23:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
They were knights who went out to reconquer the Holy Land from the Muslims. They did it for Christianity. They were usually sanctioned by the Pope.
2007-02-21 16:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to capture the Holy Land. They (the Papacy) did their best to reWrite history, and imply that the mission was to guarantee safe journey of Christians, to the Holy Land. Hence the Knight's Templar. Of course, the Knights would end up being MISrepresented, as zealots, (which they weren't) and many were executed by the Holy Empire.
1st: 1096 to 1099; captured Jerusalem and created a theocracy.
2nd: 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187.
3rd: 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions.
4th: 1202 to 1204 was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem.
5th: 1218 to 1221 (under papal control) achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms
6th: 1228 to 1229 led by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II who fell ill and was excommunicated by the Pope.
7th: (the Last Crusade) 1248 after the loss of Jerusalem in 1244 and defeated in 1249.
2007-02-22 01:19:57 · answer #2 · answered by MotherNature 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋