Compare And Contrast Essay On The Crusades

The Crusades were fought from 1095-1291. They were fought because the Pope asked them to go to war against the Muslim forces that were opposing them. This is what happened in them. In the First Crusade, four nobles led the Crusade. Also, the First Crusade did a very important part in Medieval England. They attempt to re-capture Jerusalem but the Muslims took it first after 1076. Any of the Christians who wanted to pay the pilgrimages to the city faced a very difficult time. All the Christians were very mad. Then Alexius the First of Constantinople called Pope Urban the Second to give him help. Urban talked to a great crowd at Clermont in France in 1095. He called war to the Muslims so that Jerusalem was regained for the Christians faith. The First Crusade first

In 1212, there were 2 groups that set off on a Crusade to the Holy Land. The children were convinced that they would be protected by the god because of this protection they would get to the Holy Land and take Jerusalem. The person who was in charge in the French group was Stephen of Cloyes. He was 12 years old and a German shepherd boy. In May 1212, King Philip of France wasn't impressed by Stephen and he told him to go away and come back when he was old. By June, Stephen gathered 30,000 followers. Then the children boarded 7 boats and all of them were gone. In 1212, the German's Crusade took place. There was a leader who had 20,000 followers and it was Nicholas. Nicholas dream was the same as Stephen. The German Crusade also included religious men and unmarried women. Their journey was long, but they survived to push to Rome in Italy. When they got there, the Pope praised their bravery but the children was too young to take venture. When they traveled back, they went different ways. Few of the children reached to the Holy Land and some made as far as European port cities. Then the Later Crusades succeeded in re-capturing