Crusades !!!!!!!! ??????

Question

im trying to learn about the crusades i need 3 cool facts about it, and an explanation on it. PLZ HELP ME!!!???

Answer 1

In the first crusade, Christians killed tens of thousands of people they called "infidels". The Children's Crusade (1212) caused the deaths of nearly 50,000 children.

All were done in the name of Christianity.

Answer 2

One interesting fact is that the Christan crusades sacked constanipole killing its inhabitants - who were Christans. There were reports on nun being stripped in street and raped.

They killed every living thing that was in a city they defeated with little exception.

After the defeat on Jersalum the entire inhabitants were massacred one famous quote was that the blood ran so high that the horses of the crusades waded in blood. That was a Christan source.

Jews were evicted from europe who fled to Muslim spain and morroco. They felt the intail pain. The Jewish blood ran as well as Muslim.

There was nine crusades in total. One of the most infamous was the childs crusade when children were convinced that their innocence would help them defeat the muslims.
Most of these children never made it, they were all sold into slavery by the Christans.

It is true that the holy sepulce was burned but the following ruler rebuilt it to its former glory but this didn't appease them.

I include two books worth looking at The crusades through arab eyes whcih brings home the horror. And What Islam did for us this book has a large section addressing the crusades and there effect.

Another answerer claimed that Muslims were treating Christans badly this is another fallacy. At this time Muslims were not even 50% of the population, so could they?

It wasn't until a few centuries after this did the Muslims reach anything like 60%. Yet this doesn't justify the slaughter of maybe millions.

Answer 3

The primary purpose of the Crusades was to stop the spread of Islam and to liberate Jerusalem from Islamic control. The Crusaders, unable to control their blood lust, rampaged thru Europe massacring non-christian communities as they went.
The word 'crusade' is derived from the cross emblazoned on the shields of the fighters (not the christian cross of the modern day).

Answer 4

The medieval "Crusade" was a holy war. For a conflict to be officially considered a Crusade, it had to be sanctioned by the pope and conducted against groups seen as enemies of Christendom.

For centuries, Jerusalem had been governed by Muslims, but they tolerated Christian pilgrims because they helped the economy. Then, in the 1070s, Turks (who were also Muslim) conquered these holy lands and mistreated Christians before realizing how useful their good will (and money) could be. The Turks also threatened the Byzantine Empire. Emperor Alexius asked the pope for assistance, and Urban II, seeing a way to harness the violent energy of Christian knights, made a speech calling for them to take back Jerusalem. Thousands responded, resulting in the First Crusade.

In the year 637 the armies of Islam lead by the Caliph Omar conquered the city of Jerusalem, the center of the Christian world and a magnet for Christian pilgrims. The city's Muslim masters exhibited a certain level of religious tolerance. No new churches were to be built and crosses could not be publicly displayed outside church buildings, but the pilgrims were allowed to continue their treks to the holiest shrines of Christendom (the pilgrims were charged a toll for access). The situation remained stable for over 400 years. Then, in the latter part of the 11th century, the Turks swarmed westward out of Central Asia overrunning all that lay in their path. Jerusalem fell to them in 1076. The atmosphere of tolerance practiced by the followers of Omar was replaced by vicious attacks on the Christian pilgrims and on their sacred shrines in the Holy City. Reports of robberies, beatings, killings, degradation of holy sites and the kidnapping for ransom of the city's patriarch made their way back to Europe. To the Europeans the Holy Land was now in the smothering grip of the Infidel and something must be done.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If you are told that the Crusades were anything to do with Jesus of Nazareth, don't believe it. It's what Christ-haters love to tell us.
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Answer 7

Had it's roots in the european need to protect the trade routes to china.

Answer 8

the Templar's sword was know to cut a man in half.. ewwww.

Answer 9

Christians slaughtering Muslums comes to mind.

Answer 10

Here's one the Templar's were betrayed by the Church.