The Crusades started all the way back in 1095 in the Holy Lands. Leading up to the Crusades, the Muslims rapidly expanded across the middle east and into Jerusalem and into a place called the Holy Lands. The Holy Lands are a very important religious part of the world, where there is great religious value for Christians, Muslims, and Jews. So when the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims and were in control of the Holy Lands in 1095, limited the Christians access to their religious sites many were people became upset and outraged. One of those people was Emperor Alexius, emperor of the Byzantine empire, and began the idea of a Crusades with the goal in mind of recapturing the Holy Lands and wreaking revenge on the Muslims. These actions of Emperor
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The first relationship that was severely hurt was between Muslims and Christians. Their relationship was severed because the Christians kept attacking and attacking the Muslims for 150 years straight to get back the holy lands. While in the process, they killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including women and children, even though the Muslims had practiced religious tolerance while they occupied Jerusalem. The second relationship that was hurt was the relationship between the Christians and Jews. Throughout the course of the Crusades the Crusaders committed multiple acts of anti-semitism. Most Christians believed that the Jews were responsible for Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, so they thought that they should not only avenge the Muslims, but the Jews, especially since they lived amongst all of the Christians and not all the way in Jerusalem (“Jews and the Crusades”). One example of their hatred is shown when the king of France received a letter, from Peter the Venerable, about punishing the Jews because, “They defile Christianity and fleece Christians. They should not be killed, but they should be made to suffer fearful torments and be prepared for greater ignominy, for an existence worse than death”(Venerable, Peter the). Although many Christians believed that they should attack the Jews, most church officials were completely against it and tried to stop the
The first relationship that was severely hurt was between Muslims and Christians. Their relationship was severed because the Christians kept attacking and attacking the Muslims for 150 years straight to get back the holy lands. While in the process, they killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including women and children, even though the Muslims had practiced religious tolerance while they occupied Jerusalem. The second relationship that was hurt was the relationship between the Christians and Jews. Throughout the course of the Crusades the Crusaders committed multiple acts of anti-semitism. Most Christians believed that the Jews were responsible for Jesus Christ’s crucifixion, so they thought that they should not only avenge the Muslims, but the Jews, especially since they lived amongst all of the Christians and not all the way in Jerusalem (“Jews and the Crusades”). One example of their hatred is shown when the king of France received a letter, from Peter the Venerable, about punishing the Jews because, “They defile Christianity and fleece Christians. They should not be killed, but they should be made to suffer fearful torments and be prepared for greater ignominy, for an existence worse than death”(Venerable, Peter the). Although many Christians believed that they should attack the Jews, most church officials were completely against it and tried to stop the