The Crusades is an interesting topic that many people have never heard of, although they changed history. They were a series of seven battles that lasted two centuries. It greatly affected life in Europe, and it all started with a man named Pope Urban II, who showed significant care for his religion.
Christians during the Middle Ages always wished to have control over their holy city of Jerusalem, where Jesus had lived his whole life in. They took their religion, Christianity, seriously, and they would do anything to take it back. But another reason why Christians wanted to take back Jerusalem was because Christians were believed to be forgiven for their sins if they took back the holy city. Being forgiven for your sins was supposedly …show more content…
The Second Crusade (1147 - 1149) failed though because the crusaders’ battlefield didn't have any water to drink. Without water, many Crusaders could get dehydrated and die. But the Third Crusade (1189 - 1191) was successful, even though Crusaders couldn't recapture Jerusalem. A leader named Richard I weakened the tension between Muslims and Christians and it is said that when he was sick, a powerful Muslim leader named Saladin gave him fruit and snow because he admired Richard’s work and effort. The Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) also failed in recapturing Jerusalem and so did the Fifth Crusade (1213 - 1221). In the Fourth Crusade, armies left to capture Zara in November 1202 and crusaders seized Constantinople and took control of it from 1204 to 1261, but they never captured Jerusalem. In the Fifth Crusade, crusaders attempted to capture Cairo in 1221 because it was a Muslim city but were in dangerous sea of mud and were forced to leave by Egyptians. After a long period of time though, Christians finally conquered Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade (1228 - 1229), when Frederick II and Al-Kamil signed a treaty for Frederick to have Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and
Christians during the Middle Ages always wished to have control over their holy city of Jerusalem, where Jesus had lived his whole life in. They took their religion, Christianity, seriously, and they would do anything to take it back. But another reason why Christians wanted to take back Jerusalem was because Christians were believed to be forgiven for their sins if they took back the holy city. Being forgiven for your sins was supposedly …show more content…
The Second Crusade (1147 - 1149) failed though because the crusaders’ battlefield didn't have any water to drink. Without water, many Crusaders could get dehydrated and die. But the Third Crusade (1189 - 1191) was successful, even though Crusaders couldn't recapture Jerusalem. A leader named Richard I weakened the tension between Muslims and Christians and it is said that when he was sick, a powerful Muslim leader named Saladin gave him fruit and snow because he admired Richard’s work and effort. The Fourth Crusade (1202 - 1204) also failed in recapturing Jerusalem and so did the Fifth Crusade (1213 - 1221). In the Fourth Crusade, armies left to capture Zara in November 1202 and crusaders seized Constantinople and took control of it from 1204 to 1261, but they never captured Jerusalem. In the Fifth Crusade, crusaders attempted to capture Cairo in 1221 because it was a Muslim city but were in dangerous sea of mud and were forced to leave by Egyptians. After a long period of time though, Christians finally conquered Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade (1228 - 1229), when Frederick II and Al-Kamil signed a treaty for Frederick to have Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and