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The Crusades Essay Research Paper In the

The Crusades Essay, Research Paper


In the beginning of the thirteenth century most people were Roman Catholic. The church


was the center of life and it was very important to them to pilgrimage to the Holy Lands.


By 1212 Christians were not allowed into the Holy Lands. The Moslems controlled those


lands and would not let them in. The crusades were a series of wars, that were fought in


order to attain control over the Holy Lands. Some of the crusades were successful and


some of them were not successful.


The first crusade was led by Pope Urban then second in 1096. It took the over two


years to reach the Holy Lands. They had started with over six-hundred thousand men and


by the time they reached the Holy Lands they were down to a mere twenty-five thousand


men. This was a successful crusade, and they gained control over the Holy Lands for fifty


years.


The Second Crusade took place in 1145 and was led by Louis the Seventh of


France . However, this crusade ended up being unsuccessful becaus

e everything just fell


apart for them.


The Third Crusade had many important leaders that started out. King Richard, the


lionhearted, Phil Augustas, and Fredrick Barbossa all helped lead it. However, only


King Richard reached the Holy Lands. The other two unfortunately drowned. King


Richard managed to get a treaty with the Moslems to have a safe passage through the Holy


Lands.


The Children’s crusade took place in 1212, when a twelve year old boy had a


vision that Jesus called him to have a crusade. Thirty-thousand children went, only a few


adults went with them. Many of the children died. When they got to Italy the ships


captains sold them into slavery.


The crusades were very important for many reasons. It brought forth new ideas,


words, and products. Commerce then came from the new products, and money and coins


developed from commerce. There was decline of feudalism and they gained new


knowledge about medicine. There was also a growth of towns and of the middle class.

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