What were the Crusades?

The crusades were the medieval conflict between the religions mainly Christians and Muslims. These happend in the time period around 1096 and 1291.But Catholics were also part of it not as much as the Muslims and Christians though. The catholics were just the other religion standing by, because the crusades were in the time period of the Byzantine empire. As you can see in the picture below the cross was a sign that many soldiers wore into battle. The crusades were not only religion they were also political, economical and social. The government had ruled in the power of feudalism. The main thing that the crusades started was the Muslims wanted Jerusalem and the Christians had power.

Over the next few paragraphs you will see how many changes in rule Jerusalem went under such as, Islam, Christianity and Arabs conquered Jerusalem. The battles consisted of enemies of the Catholic Church. At least 7 major crusades launched in 1095. That’s a lot! Then the Muslims took over a part of the Byzantine Empire, which the Christians ruled but them the religion was changed to Muslim.