when the Pope offers redemption through
aggression you know things are gonna get
ugly
welcome to watchmojo.com dispels our one
by one in today’s installment we’re
looking at the top five myths about the
Crusades myth number five the crusade is
exclusively for Muslims what were the
Crusades well how about this Christians
conversion and a war against Muslims
well hold up now because the Crusaders
didn’t wage battle exclusively against
Muslims like you might believe
essentially the Crusades were about
territory and the First Crusade
transpired when pope urban ii organized
a mass pilgrimage to the holy land deus
vult or god wills it functioned as the
11th century hashtag of the time yet the
primary goal for many wasn’t to fight
Muslims it was to wash away their own
sins in the name of Christianity and
while a large number of Muslims were
killed Jews were also murdered most
notably when the German count amico
initiated community slaughters within
his own country and by the end of the
fourth crusade even Orthodox Christians
were murdered during the sack of
Constantinople myth number four all
Crusaders wore white with a red cross
believe it or not there was no official
dress code for the Crusades and given
the peasants and plenty of sketchy
individuals were recruited for the First
Crusade well they just were what they
had remember one of pope urban ii
promotional tools was the offering of
indulgences meaning even the most
troubled of peasants could be forgiven
for their sins
he told us whoever went on crusade would
receive blessings from the church
remission from sin of course the popular
image associated with the Crusades
involves some white threads complemented
by a bloody Red Cross and sure plenty of
folks dressed up as such they were
called rich Knights so Christian
Crusaders weren’t exactly turned away
for their weak or questionable style
myth number three the Children’s Crusade
was a thing if you’ve ever seen the 1987
film Lion Heart or even the gates to
paradise by the great Andre Vader then
perhaps you’re familiar with the
supposed Children’s Crusade of 12/12
after all it’s a well-known tale on
paper the narrative is intense 11th
century German kids feel inspired and
embark on a rather lengthy hike to the
Holy Land via Italy
but they had one major obstacle the
Mediterranean Sea
yet the entitle of children’s Crusaders
apparently expected the water to dry up
for them and well deadly in reality the
crusade is documented as being a youth
movement rather than a child one and
furthermore it wasn’t officially
sanctioned by the Pope so it wasn’t
exactly a crusade to begin with myth
number two the Crusaders lost more than
they won let’s be clear
the Crusaders lost from time to time and
given some of the major fails from the
third and fourth Crusades ie the failure
to take Jerusalem it’s easy to designate
the Christian Crusaders as just a bunch
of violent nuts that freaked out over
religion and territory yet the Crusaders
had enormous success early on especially
given the internal conflict within the
Seljuk Empire in fact the Crusaders did
manage to secure Jerusalem in 1099
closing out the First Crusade and
establishing Crusader States in Tripoli
Antioch Edison and of course Jerusalem
and so the concept of crusading only
grew from there
as politics religion and territorial
control evolved into a larger beast of
burden for everybody involved early on
Jesus Christ which browsers haul across
cannot be beaten and by the Third
Crusade Richard the Lionheart employed
only night Crusaders a tight little unit
that understood strategy they lost quite
a bit but their synergy and affinity for
castles gave them the other hand over
their more disorganized enemies
myth number one the Crusades were
exclusively a holy war
what does Jerusalem work it’s impossible
to get inside the head of pope urban ii
but as the first crusade began the
ultimate goal was to bring Christianity
to the Holy Land as mentioned the
Crusaders slaughtered Jews and they most
definitely killed Muslims in their quest
territory was the name of the game and
the various factions of Crusaders bonded
through their shared interest towards a
common goal and while religion was
obviously a big part of the conversation
the Crusaders didn’t seek to convert
Muslims or Jews nor did they pillage or
provoke them based solely on religion of
course this was made blatantly clear by
the end of the fourth crusade as the
Crusader sect Byzantine controlled
Constantinople which didn’t go over too
well back in Rome and so the Crusades
were not a holy war but a war for
territorial control you go to certain
death or death is sad so which of these
myths did you believe for more
educational toptenz and historical top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com what was it
you
aggression you know things are gonna get
ugly
welcome to watchmojo.com dispels our one
by one in today’s installment we’re
looking at the top five myths about the
Crusades myth number five the crusade is
exclusively for Muslims what were the
Crusades well how about this Christians
conversion and a war against Muslims
well hold up now because the Crusaders
didn’t wage battle exclusively against
Muslims like you might believe
essentially the Crusades were about
territory and the First Crusade
transpired when pope urban ii organized
a mass pilgrimage to the holy land deus
vult or god wills it functioned as the
11th century hashtag of the time yet the
primary goal for many wasn’t to fight
Muslims it was to wash away their own
sins in the name of Christianity and
while a large number of Muslims were
killed Jews were also murdered most
notably when the German count amico
initiated community slaughters within
his own country and by the end of the
fourth crusade even Orthodox Christians
were murdered during the sack of
Constantinople myth number four all
Crusaders wore white with a red cross
believe it or not there was no official
dress code for the Crusades and given
the peasants and plenty of sketchy
individuals were recruited for the First
Crusade well they just were what they
had remember one of pope urban ii
promotional tools was the offering of
indulgences meaning even the most
troubled of peasants could be forgiven
for their sins
he told us whoever went on crusade would
receive blessings from the church
remission from sin of course the popular
image associated with the Crusades
involves some white threads complemented
by a bloody Red Cross and sure plenty of
folks dressed up as such they were
called rich Knights so Christian
Crusaders weren’t exactly turned away
for their weak or questionable style
myth number three the Children’s Crusade
was a thing if you’ve ever seen the 1987
film Lion Heart or even the gates to
paradise by the great Andre Vader then
perhaps you’re familiar with the
supposed Children’s Crusade of 12/12
after all it’s a well-known tale on
paper the narrative is intense 11th
century German kids feel inspired and
embark on a rather lengthy hike to the
Holy Land via Italy
but they had one major obstacle the
Mediterranean Sea
yet the entitle of children’s Crusaders
apparently expected the water to dry up
for them and well deadly in reality the
crusade is documented as being a youth
movement rather than a child one and
furthermore it wasn’t officially
sanctioned by the Pope so it wasn’t
exactly a crusade to begin with myth
number two the Crusaders lost more than
they won let’s be clear
the Crusaders lost from time to time and
given some of the major fails from the
third and fourth Crusades ie the failure
to take Jerusalem it’s easy to designate
the Christian Crusaders as just a bunch
of violent nuts that freaked out over
religion and territory yet the Crusaders
had enormous success early on especially
given the internal conflict within the
Seljuk Empire in fact the Crusaders did
manage to secure Jerusalem in 1099
closing out the First Crusade and
establishing Crusader States in Tripoli
Antioch Edison and of course Jerusalem
and so the concept of crusading only
grew from there
as politics religion and territorial
control evolved into a larger beast of
burden for everybody involved early on
Jesus Christ which browsers haul across
cannot be beaten and by the Third
Crusade Richard the Lionheart employed
only night Crusaders a tight little unit
that understood strategy they lost quite
a bit but their synergy and affinity for
castles gave them the other hand over
their more disorganized enemies
myth number one the Crusades were
exclusively a holy war
what does Jerusalem work it’s impossible
to get inside the head of pope urban ii
but as the first crusade began the
ultimate goal was to bring Christianity
to the Holy Land as mentioned the
Crusaders slaughtered Jews and they most
definitely killed Muslims in their quest
territory was the name of the game and
the various factions of Crusaders bonded
through their shared interest towards a
common goal and while religion was
obviously a big part of the conversation
the Crusaders didn’t seek to convert
Muslims or Jews nor did they pillage or
provoke them based solely on religion of
course this was made blatantly clear by
the end of the fourth crusade as the
Crusader sect Byzantine controlled
Constantinople which didn’t go over too
well back in Rome and so the Crusades
were not a holy war but a war for
territorial control you go to certain
death or death is sad so which of these
myths did you believe for more
educational toptenz and historical top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com what was it
you
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