Mr. Kusch
Theology 12
14 November 2014
WICA
Crusades The crusades were a holy war that started because of disagreements in faith. The Crusades began in 1095 when armies of Christians originating from Western Europe went into war by Pope Urban II’s request against the Muslims in the Holy Land. The first Crusade reached its goal capturing the people of Jerusalem in 1099 and the Christians set up many Latin Christian states to regain control over their land. Justice as practitioners of faith, developments in secular Europe, and Papal encouragement to fight Muslims were three major factors behind the crusades. The first major factor talked about who caused the first blood that ignited the many years of warfare