eastern Mediterranean seemed assured for many years to come, but

little did the people know what was ahead . This, thus embark us on a

journey back into the First Crusade. In this paper I will be

discussing the events that lead up to the first in a long line of

crusades. I will also be mentioning the lives of some of the

crusaders through letters that they wrote. The crusades were a time

of confusion for most people, yet today we look back at them as a

The Crusades were Christian military expeditions undertaken

between the 11th and the 14th century to recapture the Holy Land from

the Muslims. The word crusade, which is derived from the Latin crux

("cross") , is a reference to the biblical injunction that Christians

carry their cross . Crusaders wore a red cloth cross sewn on their

tunics to indicate that they had assumed the cross and were soldiers

The causes of the Crusades were many and complex, but

prevailing religious beliefs were clearly of major importance. The

Crusaders continued an older tradition of the pilgrimage to the Holy

wills it!" - Interrupted his speech. Just after the Pope ended his

extremely horrific. I don't nessarily think that Urban new what he was

care of them. During his speech Cries of "Dues le wolt! -- "God

Life during the first crusade was miserable and evil. Men

failures, population pressure in the West, and an alternative to

The Crusades continued may years after Pope Urban originally

Christians, the very name of Jerusalem evoked visions of the end of

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