Third and Fourth Crusades
What were the crusades? The Crusades are actually pretty simple. They are a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe, against the ‘Saracens’. The ‘Saracens’ were Turkish Muslims who fought the Crusaders. They fought for control over the Holy Land. There were about 5,000,000 people fighting in the first four Crusades.
The person who really had started the 3rd and 4th crusades was Innocent III, the famous Pope. He was young, enthusiastic, and ambitious. He started them because he wanted the glory of the Papacy. He was not successful in getting what he wanted. So, he sent out a number of knights that were mostly French. They had taken the crusaders vow. None of the Crusaders really helped to change anything for the Holy Land.
The 4th Crusade took place in Jerusalem (Middle East) between 1202-1261. For the 3rd crusade, it took place in Jerusalem and happened for about ten years. It started in 1187 and ended in 1197. The outcome of the 3rd Crusade was that they failed in many ways. One way was that that they lost the battle and it stayed in the Muslims hands. So, Henry VI was soon going to plan the next Crusade. That was the 4th crusade. The outcome of the 4th crusade was that it was kind of a mess and nobody really, technically won. I guess you could say the Crusaders one though because they were supposed to fight the Christians, but went to Constantinople instead. But, that is a Christian city, so you could also argue that the Christians won.
There were a lot of people that died during all of the crusades. Over 200,000 people died just from the Crusades. They were all for different reasons. Some of the reasons that people got killed in the 3rd and 4th crusade were because in the 3rd crusade, the people from Muslims wanted to keep Jerusalem, but, the Crusaders wanted Jerusalem also. At the end, the Muslims won and kept Jerusalem. The 4th crusade happened because the 3rd one didn’t go to well and wanted to kind of re-do it.
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