The Crusades
Crusade
Fought for religion
Centred on the holy land
A series of wars
fought in Europe and middle east
The term crusade was coined in the thirteenth century
Christians fought against non-christians and heretics
Fought mainly between Muslims and Christians
Jerusalem is a centre for Crusade
Crusader comes from the latin word crux which means the decisive point in an issue
Constantinople was won by Muslims
By call of the Pope
People who responded gained wealth
Gained Land
Gained Knighthood
Promised eternal life in heaven
First Crusade
Second Crusade
Began because Turks had taken down the town of Edessa
Crusade did not succeed
Turks defeated Crusaders at Damscus
Saladin Conquered Jerusalem in 1187
Salah ad-Din
Sunni Muslim
Founded Ayyubid Dynasty
He Led and won Crusades on Palestine, Yemen and Egypt
The Pope would Force the King to give Crusaders land
King was forced to pay
Pope would Knight succesfull crusaders
Used Religious authority to send them to heaven
Defeated crusaders in the battle of hettin 
Born in Tikrit in modern day Iraq
Father was warden in the fortress of Tikit
Kurdish and Turkish ancestry
Became fond of Damascus
Scarce information on Early life
Begun learning under his uncle Shirkuh
First Expedition
Wiped out by Turks after setting out for Turkey
Poorly organised
Left a trail of destruction all the way to Constantinople
Lead by Walter the penniless
Begain with jews being murdered in Germany
Second Expedition
Crusader Victory did not last
Victory was short lived
Took city after city throughout the holy land
Led by Knights
Defeated Turks
Nicea Antioch and Jerusalem were conquered
Crusader and Byzantine Alliance was diminised
Turks fought back
Christianity
Church became domenent after fall of Rome
Catholism was widely recognised
Dominated lives of peasants and nobles
monasteries became wealthy and influential
Gregory I the great began the culture of christianity in europe
He sent monks to the Anglo-Saxons
Church yielded most of the non royal power
Archbishops would supervise the bishops and the pope would supervise the archbishops
Christianity as a religion emerged from Judaism
Christianity in the middle ages honored the concept of pilgrimage
Many who sought to dedicate their lives to the Church went to study, live and work in the monasteries
