The Crusades: Major Battles and Effects
The Crusades, which number in eight, lasted from 1095a.d. to 1270a.d. In this paper I will be discussing the major battles and the effects of the Crusades. There were eight Crusades, four of which were led by kings. The battles in each crusade contributed to the outcome of the crusades. The Major battles that had the most effect on the outcome of the crusades will be discussed in the next paragraphs. There were definitely more battles during the Crusades but these were the most significant. In the First Crusade Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. Over the period from 1095-1270, a series of military expeditions were fought to take back the Holy Land, Jerusalem, from the Seljuk Turks. There were eight crusades, which were spurred for many different reasons by many different people that left a lasting effect to the world. The battle I will be discussing for the First Crusade is the Capturing of Jerusalem. The capturing of Jerusalem was a turning point in the First Crusade. The armies of the First Crusade were actually just peasants (Biel 35). Their main goal was not what Pope Urban II wanted. Pope Urban wanted Jerusalem recaptured out of the hands of the Seljuk Turks (Biel
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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