Therefore, the historical question to be answered within is--were the Crusades a ‘holy’ war, or a successive series of unholy armed hajj’s? It is reasoned, in advance, that the latter is believed to be the resulting response. Accordingly, since the Crusades encompass over two centuries of history, this examination seeks to collate and analyze but a scant few ‘activities’; the hostile incursions into friendly lands, the unspeakable acts committed by Christians and Muslims alike, the disorganized bands of pilgrims and children alike, and the genocides conducted—all in the name of God mind you—throughout the dozen or more Crusades. The first to answer the call of Pope Urban II were the people, or paupers, of Europe; chief among them
