2007-07-21 03:04:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the crusades who went to the middle east
2007-07-21 03:09:30 · update #1
no, it is wrong rumour... French were always lousy fighters...
But many of them was working at that time as chefs or kitchen stuff for crusader army
2007-07-25 02:42:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Crusades took place over a 200-year period. That's a long time, and a lot changed in that time. Feudalism was so prevalent in the earlier period that it's probably inaccurate to speak of "French" at all. Though theoretically united under a king, various parts of what is today France continued to function independently in fact. Further, royal and noble families often held estates in more than one country, and might call on men from all those estates when they decided to go on crusade. Finally, consider things like the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 (less than 30 years before the First Crusade.) The ruling class of England was now Norman. If a Norman knight went on crusade, did he count as English or French? Or neither? England wasn't the only part of Europe to experience a Norman Conquest.
It's a simple question, but there's not a simple answer to it.
2007-07-21 03:26:49 · answer #2 · answered by usctpowers 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
While there were French Elements in almost all of the crusades to the Middle East, Almost all of the crusades were multinational efforts.
In the middle ages, the tradition held that the first son received the inheritance of the father, the others were destined to scholarly pursuits or the church or to cut out their own destiny. As a result, there were lots of noble born knights, used to being around the trappings of power and wealth, who had to achieve these things on their own.
The Crusades were the perfect venue for such men to find their way to power and wealth. I am not trying to say that the Crusades were a land-grab. I believe these men went to the holy land, in large part, to fight for what they believed in and to fight for what they viewed as right. However, the economic incentive was also present.
As a result, the Crusades were usually made up of contingents of men and arms from a variety of western countries. Their core forces were often provided by Landed Nobility; but these were also augmented by men looking for their own destiny.
2007-07-21 03:31:45 · answer #3 · answered by billthered 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The third crusade was mostly English and German. The big problem with the crusades was the biggest European powers were Austrian and French, and those two were constantly at war with each other. Convincing them to send their army to the Holy Land and leave their country defenseless was hard.
2007-07-21 03:08:07 · answer #4 · answered by Steve C 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We don't like the French very much.....
2007-07-21 03:06:38 · answer #5 · answered by Montego 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
European
2007-07-21 03:30:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋