Siege of Jerusalem

When the Crusader states were carved out in 1109, it was already apparent that the last Crusade was only going to fuel the desire to have many more because the Holy Land had to be protected from the Turks. The Second Crusade can be described as different European Kings who’s only intentions were to accumulate more land for the Crusader states and Wealth for themselves. Rather than preserving the Holy Land with Christianity as the First crusade was primed to do, the Second Crusade was an…

Muslims in the Middle East. These attacks became known as Crusades and the main goal of the battles were to take the Holy Land and Jerusalem from Muslim rule and give it to the Christians in Europe. While many Crusades were launched against the Muslims, few were actually successful. The First Crusade started because the Muslim group known as the Seljuk Turks took over Jerusalem and closed off its borders to the Christians. This interfered with the Christians journeys to the Holy Land, causing…

The Crusades started in 1095, and were a series of Christian military wars set in place so that the Christians could take back Jerusalem(Holy Land) from the Muslims. There are a few misconceptions about whether the Christians were just attacking the Muslims out of spite, and taking their land. The truth is that, the Holy Land originally belonged to the Christians and it was taken over by the Muslims, the Christians were only reclaiming what was theirs in the first place. There were eight…

provisions, swearing of fealty, conquered lands, and use of the Bosporus Strait, and the utter destruction of Peter the Hermit’s forces, the Crusader forces eventually succeeded in securing numerous military victories and capturing the Holy City of Jerusalem. Of course, the Crusaders were fortunate to have faced a Seljuk army who was subject to at best, a very limited unity of command and prone to internal rivalries and power struggles. Likewise, the Shiite Fatimids from Egypt were clearly no…

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opened western Europe to new ideas. While the goal of the First Crusade was to “rescue” Jerusalem, its most lasting effect was the strengthening of the Catholic Church. At the behest of the Pope, Urban II, a large group of French nobles went to try to recapture Jerusalem. The First Crusade was a war that was fought by French nobles at the behest of Pope Urban II, in which they successfully conquered Jerusalem, but it most lasting effect was the strengthening of the Catholic Church The First…