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Were the crusaders religious fanatics, barbarian invaders, or military evangelises?

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Were the crusaders religious fanatics, barbarian invaders, or military evangelises?

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The crusades were the military expeditions undertaken by Western European ‘Christians’ between 1095 and 1291, usually at the request of the pope, to recover Jerusalem and other places from Muslim control. The motives were basically religion and plunder. The Seljuk Turks captured Jerusalem and had become a menace to the pilgrims. Other Turkish invaders also penetrated deep into the Christian Byzantine Empire and subjected many Greek, Syrian and Armenian Christians to their rule. The Crusades were, in part, a reaction to these invasion and events. Ambitious popes used these event to enlarge their political and religious muscle. The armies of the crusades were basically an extension of the papal office. Pope Urban II started the first crusade with great enthusiasm. They formally began on Tuesday, November 27, 1095, in a field just outside the walls of the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. Urban made sure that his speech was to the public as well as the clergy. There were thousands of peopl

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