The Crusades
Date Submitted: 10/09/2003 01:53:17
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 5 pages (1293 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Religion
Length: 5 pages (1293 words)
Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians.
The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control
of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that
gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The
origin of the crusades was a …
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…set a great example for the others,
yet the next crusades didn't follow the same path. The later crusades lacked organization. No one
wanted to provide leadership due to the uncertain outcome. Leadership demonstrated in later years
was from Stephen and Nicholas in the Children's Crusade, however unfortunately young children
were used in combat. This was a reflection of the moral character or lack of it, in their leaders and
subsequently contributed to their failure.
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