The Crusades

The Crusade Crusade was a Christian military expedition to regain sacred ground from Muslims from the 11th century to the 14th century. "The word Crusades comes from Latin (" Cross "). This is a limitation of the Bible that Christians are crossing. "1 Crusaders wore red cloth and sew their clothes. The cross is a soldier of Christ. What is the real reason for the Crusade? How did they finish?

As Peter Locke noted, the North Crusaders took place in five overlapping stages: the Wendish Crusade (1147-85), the Livonian and the Estonian Crusaders (1198-1290), the Eastern Expedition of the Prussian Cross Army (1230 -83), the Crusaders of Lithuania (1280-1435) and the Crusaders of Novgorod (1243-15). While the church approved and represented the church, these wars were prosecuted by military orders such as Danish, Saxonese, Prince of Sweden, Swords brothers and German Order. They were mainly fighting against a series of heathen opponents - Wens, Livonians, Estonians, Lithuanians, Suomi, Prussian - some fighting the Christian division of Russia (ie Greek Orthodox A ceremonial believer)

Misunderstanding about the Crusades is too common. Crusades are often portrayed as a series of sacred wars against Islam, guided by camps powered by power and being done by religious fanatics. They should be symbols of self-righteousness and intolerance, especially black stain and general Western civilization in the history of the Catholic Church. As an elementary imperialist, the Crusades introduced west invasion into the peaceful Middle East, then changed the enlightened Muslim culture into ruins. People do not need to overlook this theme change too much. For example, refer to Steven Runciman's famous epic "The Crusades" in 3 volumes, or BBC / A & E documentary "Cross Crusade" by Terry Jones. Both are terrible history, but they are very interesting