Crusades Edit Meaning

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A series of wars n shit that happened in ancient medieval times. So you got the Holy Land, Jerusalem. This place is like Mecca to christians and catholics. For some reason the Arabs, Islams, Saracens etc wanted it. So the Arabs marched thier huge army and said "we'll take it". Meanwhile in Europe, all the white boys there got really pissed off about this and got together, got some weapons and marched to Jerusalem getting into all kinds of shennanighans on the way. So the White boys get to Jerusalem and slaughtered the arab army and the Pope was all happy again. Then you get this guy named Saladin who had a huge army and wanted Jerusalem back from the "Blue Eyed Demons" as ahe called the white men from Europe. One of this "Blue Eyed Demons" happened to be Richard the Lionheart from england. He also had an army that was a bit smaller that Saladins but he himself was a tough, streetsmart fucker who could handle himself on the battlefield. The forces meet and a huge battle called Asurf takes place. Richards white boys win the battle against the arabs. Saladin gets realy cut about this and puts a Jihad on their ass. This is serious shit coz u got muslims with jihads and eurotrash with crusades. So the white boys spill heaps of innocent blood and kill and murder and make one hell of a mess then sign a peace treaty with the muslims. Like whiteboys do, they kill n make mess and when things get hectic they think fuck this and leave. They went back to Europe and im pretty sure that they come back a few times to cause a bit more trouble. Meanwhile the Jews who lived here just stood back and hoped that the white boys would protect them coz they aint had an army scince the romans fucked them. Sadly today theres still bitchin about who lives here.

"Man those crusades were fucked up hey"

"JIHAD!"

"ok"

See richard, jihad, crusade, muslim, christian, islam

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A series of conflicts (1096-1204) in which European conscripts called by the Catholic Church attempted to conquer the Holy Land. The First Crusade (1096-1099) was actually an answer to the Byzantine Empire's (the surviving eastern half of the Roman Empire, and the largest Christian country at the time) call for assistance fighting the Muslims. Pope Urban II asked the Catholics to go on an "armed pilgrimage" to the Holy Land and establish a kingdom there. This call wasn't answered by any monarchs, and very few nobles or knights. For the most part, the "crusaders" were an angry mob of commoners such as peasants, merchants, and prostitutes. Somehow this mob managed to establish a kingdom in Jerusalem, which later fell to the Muslims. The Second Crusade (1147-1149) was a bit better organized, but was met with heavy Muslim resistance. The Third Crusade (1189-1192) was answered by King Richard I of England, King Philip II of France, and Frederick I Barbarossa of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany). Frederick drowned in a river on the way to the Holy Land, and Philip and Richard began fighting among themselves. The Fourth Crusade (1202-1204) was the last major one. These crusaders weren't even after the Holy Land this time; they sought to defeat the Byzantine Empire, and thus were fighting other Christians.

The fact that the Crusades even happened is sadly ironic, as Jesus' teachings were of love and peace.

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a shameful chapter in the history of Western civilization. About 1000 years ago Muslimrulers ruled the Holy Land and even tho they permitted Christian and Jewish pilgrims to visit there (" people of the book"), they couldn't completely eliminate the danger of bands of roving robber bandits that scoured the Middle East. This, along with the drive of religious fanaticism and the desire to snag the trade in spices from the Orient(the Arabic merchants acted as middle men in the trade traffic) were excuses to " liberate" the Holy Land. In fact, the Crusader armies raped, pillaged, plundered and killed many innocent people, including Jews and even other Christian people. At one point, they attacked the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. These so-called "holy wars", which spanned about 200 years, were an embarassment for Christianity and a failure: the Holy Land remained in Muslim hands. Afterwards, Christian and Jewish pilgrimages were allowed to continue on.

Sometimes a driving missionis referred to as a "crusade". Billy Graham called his religious touring "crusades". George W. Bush said that the Iraq war is a crusade. I wish that people would stop using that uglyword like that. Al-Qaida and other extremist trash use the Crusades as an excuse to "justify" their terroristic actions. Pope John Paul II, as an ambassador of Christianity, apologized to Islam shortly before died. The Crusades, often glorified and romanticised in school, are a total disgrace.

See europe, religion, armies, god, turks, dirty word, fanatical, stupid, shame, blood

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An embarrassment.

1st Crusade: Byzantine empire sways Pope to start a crusade. In the end, the Christians win. However, after this it's all downhill for them.

2nd Crusade: Saladin takes Jerusalem back from the Christians. They had captured it in the first Crusade. Very few victories for the Christians here.

3rd Crusade: Hah, barely any victories for the Christians here. Saladin destroys the Christians when they try to regain Jerusalem.

4th Crusade: IDK what happened here. Crusaders are journeying to Jerusalem and someone end up attacking the Byzantine (Christian) empire.

Childrens Crusade: My personal favorite. Bunch of kids think they can regain Jerusalem. 20,000 French kids arrange for 7 ships to take them to North Africa. 2 ships sink. The remaining children are all sold into slavery. This proved the friendship of the muslims and christians. They were able to put their differences aside. The christians rounded up the kids and sold them to the muslims.

In the end, a compromise was made and everyone lived happily ever after.

Wtf, the crusades are fucked up.

See crusades, christians, muslims, jews