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__ Medieval Knights and the Crusades __

Who were the knights and what was their job? Their job was to learn how to fight and serve their lord using a code of chivalry. They had weapon practices that enhanced their skills with the 2-handed sword, battle axe, mace, dagger, lance etc. Once a knight pledged his loyalty to God and the lord of the land then he was expected to guard the castle with his life.

To become a knight you had to go through a course. The course was very difficult and tiring and it lasted for many years (7-22 years if you were a good learner and you weren’t joking around). At the beginning you would start as a page. For about 6 years you would be cleaning the dishes and doing the house work. Once you worked for 6 years you would turn into a squire. Now it became interesting. You had to put your knight’s armor on for him (that consisted of about 100 different pieces). You also started to learn how to become a knight. You would try to hold a heavy 3 meter long wooden pole without swaying too much, learn to fight with a giant 2 meter, too heavy, 2 handed sword and you would have to run with **//__really__//** heavy armor (about 18 kg for the helmet). Once you trained for a few more years then you would turn into a knight //but// not before you pledged yourself to God and to your lord and slept at the local church for 1 night. Another way to become a knight is by being a noble man’s son (but that would only get rid of being a page and a dish washer). So there you have a knight.

Being a knight means building up your skills so that you can serve in the lord’s army. But what do you gain from it? Well first of all we know that you would become stronger and learn to do the dishes. I also think that you might become a little more popular with the ladies. Being a knight also means that you represent your family so that means that you can enter a tournament and the higher you go the tougher people will think that you are. One part of the training is all about being polite and well mannered and some wannabe knights have to study that a lot because they come from very poor, not polite families. Code of chivalry basically says that you should always be polite even to your enemies, never stab enemy in the back or when he is not ready (but that means that you can spear or sword him when he’s ready), to live by honor and glory, to always be fair, to be polite to any women, and to use honor at all times. So that is basically the code of chivalry.

These are the weapons that middle age knights could’ve This is a knight that is fighting in a used. Tournament.

__The Crusades __

Maybe you're asking what the crusades were. Then here's the place you will get to know the answer!

__What were the crusades? __

The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens. A Saracen is a Muslim in the crusades. The crusades started when pope Claremont preached the first crusade on the council of Claremont in 1095. The pope's preaching led immediately affixing the cross to their garments. The word crusade came from the old French word-crois-meaning-cross-. The crusades were great military expeditions undertaken by the Christian nations of Europe for rescuing the holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans.

__What was the cause of the crusades? __

The reason for starting the crusades was wars against the Muslims around the city of Jerusalem. The holy sepulchre in Jerusalem commemorated the hill of crucifixion and the tomb of Christ's was visited by pilgrims. In 1065 Jerusalem was taken by the Turks and 3000 Christians were massacred starting a chain of events which contributed to the cause of the crusades.

__When were the crusades? __

The Crusades Timeline


 * Crusade ||   || Dates of Crusade  ||   || Crusades Timeline of Events  ||


 * First Crusade ||   || 1096 - 1099  ||   || The People's Crusade - Freeing the Holy Lands. 1st Crusade led by Count Raymond IV of Toulouse and proclaimed by many wandering preachers, notably Peter the Hermit ||


 * Second Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1144 -1155  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Crusaders prepared to attack Damascus. 2nd crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Conrad III and by King Louis VII of France ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Third Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1187 -1192  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">3rd Crusade led by Richard the Lionheart of England, Philip II of France, and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I. Richard I made a truce with Saladin ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Fourth Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1202 -1204  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">4th Crusade led by Fulk of Neuil French/Flemish advanced on Constantinople ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The Children's Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1212  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The Children's Crusade led by a French peasant boy, Stephen of Cloyes ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Fifth Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1217 - 1221  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The 5th Crusade led by King Andrew II of Hungary, Duke Leopold VI of Austria, John of Brienne ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Sixth Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1228 - 1229  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The 6th Crusade led by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Seventh Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1248 - 1254  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The 7th Crusade led by Louis IX of France ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Eighth Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1270  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The 8th Crusade led by Louis IX ||


 * <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Ninth Crusade ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">1271 - 1272  ||   || <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">The 9th Crusade led by Prince Edward (later Edward I of England) ||

__<span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 20pt; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">Where were the crusades? __ <span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themetint: 242;">

First crusade: The first crusade went out of Paris and Bruges and went through southern Europe in the countries of Germany and Italy Today and also Greece in 1097. They went through Asia Minor and got to Edessa Antioch in 1098 and got to Jerusalem in 1099. Here is a map of the first crusade:



The 2nd crusade: The 2nd crusade went out of Vezelay. It went through Germany of today and Greece of Today. When they got to Constantinople they split into 2: one was on sea and one was on land. The sea attack got to Acre and the land to Damascus.



The third crusade: The third crusade went in sea and land. The sea set out of the coast of England while the land set out of Ratisbon. The sea went on the coastline of France and Spain and then went through the coast of Italy and Crete until they got to Acre in 1191. The land went actually Through Germany of today and Greece. This time they didn’t stop at Constantinople and went to South Asia Minor and then stopped. The 4th crusade: the 4th crusade went out of Venice on sea until Egypt. From Egypt they went on land to Jerusalem. Blue: sea. White: land

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