Crusader

Crusades were basically a raid, Crusaders would go on a long journey just to fight, sneak attacks, and the results of the crusades was either more negative or positive which is our important question. The Crusades were left in the dark on history that failed to be Crusades, meet their goal, but mainly crusades had a negative history. These are they reasons why, they made bishops leave which made the people worried which made the Crusades a bad impact and, the Crusaders sometimes attacked people…

that seemed to work the best for the crusaders was called “siege or sieging”. This tactic composed of surrounding the enemy within a walled in area and setting up defenses on the outside. By doing this the crusaders would cause the enemy within to run low on resources and eventually give up and surrender or come out to fight. If the enemy decided to come out and fight they would be tired and hungry meaning they would not be up to par to fight against the crusaders waiting for them on the…

A crusader, clad in thick leather armour, branded with a red cross, charges forward towards the Muslim army, which is defending their city of Jerusalem. War cries sound from both armies as a bloodbath is about to ensue. The crusader uses his The Middle ages were an era of brutal power struggles that would form the modern world. The First Crusade was a Christian attempt at regaining Jerusalem, the Holy Land. It stemmed further than this, however. Pope Urban II had heard word that Christians were…

govern the territory they conquered the people who remained and established large settlements in the west. The crusaders tended to keep the region until 1130, but when the Muslims army started to capture areas in their holy war or what they call as Jihad towards the Christians, Zangi the governor of Seljuk and the governor Mosul took control of Edessa as a result of losing the crusader state in the north. The end of Edessa astonished Europe that caused Christian power or there authorities to…

First Crusade achieved its goal; with the Crusaders having slaughtered hundreds of men, women, and children in their invasion of the city of Jerusalem in 1099, the Christians set up several Christian states. Muslims in the region vowed to wage jihad, or Holy War, to regain control over the region. Many of the Crusaders simply went home, since they had completed their task. To govern the conquered territory, those who remained established four ‘Crusader states’ in Jerusalem, Edessa, Antioch and…

that claim there was justification view the actions of the Crusade as holy. Scholars recognize that crusaders saw the Sack of Constantinople as an opportunity to bring the state into Roman obedience and also to bring honor to the Church. In “Vows and Contracts in the Fourth Crusade” , Thomas Madden who has analyzed personal statements from the Fourth Crusade shows that in the clergy to Crusaders, they were told “that this war is right and just, and if you have a right intention in conquering…

minority, the Crusader states operated similar to that of the Arab states under a dhimmi system; Muslims were free to practice their faith and everyone lived relatively prosperous lives in the Crusader states. As the weakest of the four regions, Edessa was eventually captured by the Turks. A Second Crusade began in order to reclaim Edessa. By the end of the campaign however, Edessa had not been reclaimed and the crusade was an overall disaster. The Second Crusade failed because the crusaders…

reconquer the Holy Land from Muslims. Most Turks had converted to Islam, which was a concern for Alexios who was the Byzantine emperor of the Middle East region. The first war was to retake the Holy Land from Muslims, but it was realized that the Crusaders (or the Franj as referred by Muslims) had other intentions of conquering the territory of the Muslims. The book “Crusades Through Arab Eyes” tries to portray a different vantage point from an Arab-Muslim perspective. The author indicates how…

crusade, crusaders after it) The first Crusade began in 1095, the pope called for all. Whether it be a peasant, knight, serf or criminal. The crusades needed all for the name of christ and glory! This and the promise the church and god would forgive all sin done by the knights. This made people from all over Europe to flock to the church to sign up as a crusader. This bolstered the number of the christians crusaders to invade and conquer the “Holy” lands. After a four year war the crusaders…

First, the Crusaders believed that Jerusalem was rightfully theirs. This stubbornness hindered any sort of diplomacy between the Christians and Muslims, and prevented the Crusades from ending peacefully. Second, the Crusaders believed that Muslims were mistreating the city. The Crusaders wanted to protect their city from further harm while also limiting Muslim influence in the city of Jerusalem and the surrounding area. By doing so, the Crusaders could limit uprisings and greatly…