With the start of two centuries of crusades beginning in 1096 the holy warriors would begin their journey to Jerusalem to wrest the Holy Land from the infidel Muslims by first murdering the ...

The First Crusade lasted from 1096 to 1099, ultimately leading to the formation of Crusade states and Christian control of Jerusalem. This article will explore the conditions leading to the First ...

The First Crusade was a highly significant event ... Two of the most famous Popular Crusades were the People's Crusade (1096) and the Children’s Crusade (1212). During the Children's Crusade ...

A French priest who got harassed when he tried to visit the Holy Land and helped recruit volunteers for "the Peasants' Crusade," part of the First Crusade in 1096, Peter the Hermit lost 25 percent ...

In May 1096, an army of Christians attacked the ... This was one of the armies of the so-called "First Crusade." But why? If the goal of the expedition was for the Christians to conquer ...

This probably occurred during the first crusade by the Christians led by Pope Urban II (1096-1099). The crusades orignated in France and Germany by the Roman Catholic Church, in order to conquer ...

In 1096, tens of thousands of Christians set ... Few historical events have inspired more research than that First Crusade. But in The First Crusade: The Call From the East, just out from Harvard ...

The 1096 campaign, the “First Crusade,” finally “succeeded” in 1099, when a remnant army fell upon Jerusalem, slaughtering much of its population. But armies under Saladin reasserted ...