The Pros And Cons Of The Crusades

The crusades, were not only barbaric, but they were unsuccessful at achieving their ultimate goal which was to preserving the holy land for generations to come.

The crusades lasted for a total of 195 years. There are eight official crusades, and there is one minor crusade known as The peasant crusade.

The Peasant Crusade,

This crusade is the one and only unofficial crusade of the nine. It got its name because of it’s a lack of orderliness and military experience. Pope urban called the second crusade upon those who believed, to stand up against the Muslim Turks, to take back the holy land. He wasn’t expecting for the help he received to be ordinary men who had almost no fighting experience. The Europeans were bothered by this, but they were

The pope decided instead of trying to make the long journey on foot he would go by see an attack Egypt the base of the Muslim power. But unfortunately they never achieved that goal. Instead things took an unexpected turn to lead them to one of the holiest cities, Constantinople. But before they could even arrive or set off, they experienced plenty of political turmoil. The plan was for the leader of Venice to provide transportation for all the Crusaders approximately which was 33,500 men and 4500 horses. When the time came in 1202, when the crusade was supposed to begin, it was discovered that the estimated amount of men that was supposed to be in Venice was incorrect. 10,000 of the 33,500 men were present. The leader of Venice was furious. He was now demanding more. What seemed like an eternity of our arguing, The leader of that gave the Crusaders an ultimatum. He feels that if the Crusaders want his transportation, they need to aid him in taking on the port of Zara. This port happened to be under the control of the Hungarian King, he was a part the Christian countries that fought under one banner. This was a war crime. In spite of that, some of the Crusader forces saw the port. At this point, it was too late in the season to travel to Constantinople. The crusaders set up camp at the port and waited. Delayed again for the second time, the first crusade seemed like the crusaders would never even get

Louis IX of France led the sixth crusade after invading Egypt and conquering Damietta. Soon after, the sixth crusade, which had been in Louis, was captured and held for ransom. When he was released, he gave up Damietta to ensure his freedom. Louis IX also took on the Seventh Crusade but was shortly killed after at Turis. At this point in time, trade between the Middle East and Europe was important. Treaties were put in place to help keep peace in trading areas. Which saw out the down fall of the crusades.

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