Overview and Analysis of the Crusades
The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians.
The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control
of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that
gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The
origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the middle east. These Turkish forces
invaded Byzantium, a Christian empire. The crusaders were a militia,…
