The Crusades
To me the Crusade was more of committing to religion, and bringing back their city-states. What brought my attention was the fact that it involved trades and the fact that land played a huge part in the Crusades. The only thing that just hit the ballpark was the fact that children were involved as well in taking back land from a huge country/city. First, let’s start in the 1st Crusade, which started in 1095, this brought on by Pope Urban II, who got the Catholic church involved in this war. Next, I do not know for sure what happened in the 2nd and 3rd Crusade but I think, it was more of a one wins one battle as do the other back and forth. This will not get us anywhere; the most important will be the first and the last, which brings me to the 4th crusade. This started in 1204 bringing up the end of the war and shared by the winners. And last but not least after the 4th Crusade was the Children Crusade, where children ages 10-14 was led to overpower Jerusalem and win back their property in 1212. Crusades were a way of showing what they can do in a way of wanting to conquer to get what is needed for their country but sometimes it is only fair to share.
The trades
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Who does that? My children need education, stay healthy, and have fun before they get old enough to leave the home. Children Crusade, I think was the worst of all of the Crusades because it was little kids involved in a war that should not have happened. In our lecture, it was said that it was the most tragic event and they were not able to make it towards Jerusalem. Instead they were either killed or enslaved. “In that Crusade, thousands of children aged 10 to 14 set out to recapture Jerusalem. Almost all were killed or enslaved before ever reaching Jerusalem.” Therefore, it does not make it right to put children in a situation as