Were the Crusades Successful?

During the 11th century, as the crusades began, Europe’s main religion, Christianity, divided into Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox. During this period of divergence in Europe, Islam flourished. Trade helped spread religion and languages throughout Asia & Africa, while Europe paled in comparison. Given the situation that Europe was in at the time of the crusades, it’s easy to call into question the motivations behind the crusades. The first crusade, supporting the Byzantine Empire, was called for by Pope Urban II, in an apparent combination of Christian Europe behind the image of the Cross. While the results and advantages for Europe springing from the First Crusade may suggest otherwise, the Crusades were called together solely to further

The crusades were multiple religious wars between the muslims and the christians. The wars were very violent and they also destroyed and ruined many things. Were the results of the crusades more positive or negative.The crusades fought violent, bloody wars that were against that christians and the muslims. Document 1 states that the crusades were bitter because of the hatred to certain religions .This is (important) because the main part of the crusades was that they all started to take back jerusalem and they were also very racist. Document 7 states that crusade kingdoms were hard to manage because the crusading knights would abuse and commit other atrocities on other christians.This is relevant because they were hard to maintain because

November 27, 1095 Pope Urban ll called the people of France to help him begin a crusade to free the Holy Land from the Muslims who had the audacity to control it. First Crusade was one of the first attempts to capture the Holy Land which was successful. The First Crusade was a military expedition undertaken by Christian the Holy Land from the Muslims. But the main question is how and why were the Christian Crusaders motivated to fight in the war, was is it to do with political reason such gaining money, power, papacy.

In the “Impact of the Crusades DBQ” essay it explains how the results of the Crusades were more negative than positive. Document 1 states that “They also left bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them.” This is relevant because

The Crusades were an important part of history, and it had a major impact to the people and the Church. There were a total of nine crusades, but only a few were successful. The Church asked helped from people, and succeeded in influencing them to join by telling them how their sins would be removed. Many people believed in the Pope and the Church at first, but after many Crusades it was later questioned. The Crusades started by the Church to capture The Holy Land was caused primarily by religious devotion and not by political and economic gains.

(1) After Palestine again fell into the hands of the Turks, the Children’s Crusade set out with great ambition; however, this crusade ended in failure and death (4). Even though during the Seventh Crusade King Louis the Ninth used his riches and multiple troops in an attempt to obtain the Holy land, it ended up being a total waste of money, soldiers, and time (3). Even though multiple crusades happened within two hundred years, it would almost be impossible to stir up a crusade now in the 21st

The Crusades were a holy war that was directed towards Jerusalem and the Turks that occupied the area. The Christians of the Byzantine Empire had their eyes set on Jerusalem and made pilgrimages to the area due to the site’s religious significance. However, when access to the city became restricted, the Christians were provoked and swore that they would reclaim the Holy Land. The Crusades persisted for nearly 200 years, but they failed to capture Jerusalem. Following these many failures, the crusading movement declined due to lack of interest and the considerable amount of danger that came with crusading.

The Crusades were a series of nine wars that began when Christians accumulated the first Crusaders to go and fight to take Jerusalem from the Muslims. But though the Crusades failed in their quest to conquer Jerusalem, there were positive and negative effects. However, it is evident in many ways the results were very damaging; in the way they impacted future relationships of Christians, Muslims, and Jews; and in how terrible the 4th Crusade ended up being.

The Crusades was a horrific time. Many people had lost their lives, friends, even family. The Crusades were a battle over the holy land, Jerusalem. The Crusaders, people who had fought in the Crusades, were Christians. They wanted the holy land because they believe that’s where Jesus had died and rose. They had fought against the Muslims who were defending themselves against the Crusaders. The Crusades had its positive outcomes as well as its negative results. Some may wonder, were the results of the Crusades more Positive or Negative? I strongly believe the outcome was mostly negative mainly because the Crusaders didn’t win the holy land, lots of lands were destroyed, and so many people lost their lives in the battle of the Crusades.

The Crusades were one of the most prominent events in Western European history; they were not discrete and unimportant pilgrimages, but a continuous stream of marching Western armies (Crusaders) into the Muslim world, terminating in the creation and eventually the fall of the Islamic Kingdoms. The Crusades were a Holy War of Roman Christianity against Islam, but was it really a “holy war” or was it Western Europe fighting for more land and power? Through Pope Urban II and the Roman Catholic Church’s actions, their proposed motivations seem unclear, and even unchristian. Prior to the Crusades, Urban encouraged that Western Europe fight for their religion but throughout the crusades the real motivations shone though; the Crusaders were power

To conclude, The Crusades were not successful in spreading Christianity due to their irresponsibility and unorganization. But some might argue that The Crusades were persistent which has some valid areas of encouragement, however I still believe that The Crusades were not successful. Were it not for my valid areas of discouragement, I would've agreed that the Crusades were successful. All of these facts were taken from:

A major turning point in Medieval history were the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of wars fought between the Christian Europeans and the Muslim Turks, which occurred between the years of 1096 to 1272. In this Holy War the Christians goal was to obtain the Holy Land from the Turks, in which they did not succeed. Although the Christians did not meet their goal, many positives did come out of their attempt. Due to the reason that they did not meet their goal, yet numerous positives came out of their effort, many refer to this as a successful failure.

In 1095, Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land, Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay, I will be suggesting the main reasons of why people went on crusades and which different people went for specific reasons and why.

Many people consider the Crusades as wars of bloodlust, greed, and power. War can be described as an escalated conflict, most commonly over money or other resources. The outcome of war is usually the advancement of one society due to its newly acquired resources or knowledge. If one were to look at the Crusades, and their original purpose, which was to assist Constantinople and free the Holy Land from Muslim control, then one may make the conclusion that the Crusades failed. Although the Christians did not win over the Holy Land, Europe as a whole benefited greatly from the revival of East to West trade, and new inventions and innovations that arose during the time of the Crusades.

One reason why the Crusades were more negative than positive was because they worsen their own relationship with the Jews and Muslims, or religious hatred, even tho they were bad anyways. Document 5 states that ”First, the long struggle between Islam and Christendom and the example of persecution set by Christian kings and prelates (bishops) left an inheritance of deep bitterness; relations between Muslims and their Christian and Jewish subjects worsened.” (description of some of the effects of the Crusades).This is (important/interesting/relevant) because even if the Christian and Muslims relationship was bad already the Crusades made it worse by the bitterness left and even the Jews now are in it because when the Crusades lost, they took their fury against the Jews and would slaughter and destroy their cities even though the lost against the Muslims. Document 10 states that “...which one of the Franks