The Crusades 2
When you think of wars that would last hundreds of years and would take many lives, religion is not the first subject to come to mind. But in actuality many wars over the years have been fought for that reason. Just so people can worship who they want, where they want, and try to keep others who don't agree with them in fewer numbers. A series of these wars took place from the 1098 A.D. to 1291. These wars were known as The Crusades, which took place just so that the Christians of Europe could gain more lands and riches. The Crusades were fought by the Christians of Europe against the Muslims and other non-Christians. Originally the wars were fought to take back the city of Jerusalem, the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, from the Muslims who controlled it. But The Crusades were also fought to take back land from the Muslims, atheists, and non-Christians. The lands that the Christians believed they should be in control of not only had religious meaning, but were essentially very good trade routes. Even after The Crusades were over, many people who were not Christians faced much religious persecution in areas that were mainly Christian communities. Pope Urban II spoke in Clermont, France in November of 1095. He wante
The Christians were able to hold on to most of the lands that they conquered during the first crusade, but that changed in 1144 A.D. when the Islamic leaders conquered and took back Edessa. This was the beginning of the end for the Christian military. So with the fall of Edessa, Pope Eugenius III called for a second crusade. People were not as excited about the second crusade as they were for the first one. But more important figures joined the second crusade, like Roman Emperor Conrad III and King Louis VII of France. The second crusade was a big failure. Many Europeans died and no lands were gained. The only gain during the second crusade was that of Portugal from the Moors (Encarta 2000 CD Rom). The settling of the new states by nobles was never condoned nor acknowledged by either the pope or the Byzantine emperor. The nobles who were in charge of the newly acquired lands never even discussed with the emperor, what to do with the lands that once belonged to him. The nobles also never forced their religious beliefs on the Muslims who lived in their lands. They also never forced anyone to leave nor did they have a mass killing of the people who were not Christians. They just wanted to have there own lands and they knew this could only happen if the people of their state were content and had no plans for uprising (Encarta 2000 CD Rom). Religious Military Orders mainly protected Christian pilgrimages headed towards the holy lands. Interests of the church and interests of the princes in charge of the states were what the religious orders tried to uphold (Encarta 2000 CD Rom). In 1187, Muslim Prince Saladin of Egypt, and his armies, conquered and took back Jerusalem. This led to the most famous Third Crusade. Three very important leaders of Europe all led armies in this crusade, Richard I of England, Philip II of France, and the Roman Emperor Frederick I. Frederick died on the way to Jerusalem and Philip returned to France in 1191. But Richard, who was very knowledgeable in war situations, stayed so that he could make
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