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Negative Impact Of The Crusades

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The Crusades were a series of holy wars between the Christians and Muslims.In the year 1095, Pope Urban ll called for a Crusade to free the Holy Land from non-christians. In my opinion I believe that the Crusades had a negative impact.Between the end of the eleventh and thirteenth century there had been nine wars in total. The first reason why the Crusades had a negative impact was because they committed appalling atrocities.Document 1 states that, In the Middle East, both Christians and Muslims committed appalling atrocities in the name of religious hatred behind them.This is relevant because the document proves that the Crusades had a negative impact in the name of religion.Document 1 also states that In Europe, crusaders sometimes

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