What is a crusade? Well a crusade is a military expedition organised by the church for the liberation of the Holy Land. Listed below are some of the crusades. Each one bloodier and suicidal in their own way.The First Crusade ( 1096-1099).In answer to the Urban's call contingents took to the road. The first contingents were poor pilgrims, badly armed or some even unarmed. There where four groups formed. The first leader was Godfrey of Bouillion, who came from North France and went up Valley Denube. The second was Raymond of Toulouse from South of France, who went through the Balkins. The third was Stephen of Blois and Robert of Normandy from the centre of France. They went via Italy and Greece. And the fourth group leader was Bchemvid of Toranto and he crossed via Greece. The crusade wasn't really well organised because there was no person who was really in charge.The Second Crusade - 1145 - 1149.The second crusade is different to the first as it was led by Kings - from Europe not by nobles. St Bernard said that the fall of Edesa to the Muslums made a new crusade very urgent. Pope Eugeneus 111 wanted to prevent another tradegy like the people's crusade; so He sent one man St Bernard to preach to the Kings of Europe. He was the ideal person to put the idea of the crusades to the Kings in such a way that they would set out in the right spirit.The English group of the crusades set out by sea but stopped the help the Portuguese fight the Muslums who where invading Portugal, so most never travelled any further.The crusade was a disaster. The attack on Damascus was the end of the crusade. The Kings returned home and the Turks went on taking hold on the land of the crusaders.The Third Crusade - 1189 - 1192.The aim of the this crusade was to finish what the second crusade left undone. Saladin was the leader of this great upsurge of the Arabs against the Turkish conquers. He became the Sultan of Damascus. He won great victory over Hospitallers ...
