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The First Crusade The crusading movement was a momentous event in the history of medieval Europe. The Crusades were a series of wars which began in 1095 and ended in the late 13th century. In a broad sense the Crusades were an expression of militant Christianity and European expansion. They combined religious interests with secular and military enterprises. The main objective of the First Crusade was for the Western European Christians to recapture from the Muslims …

…rds manifested in the Christians a religious fervor and pride which enabled the crusaders to endure hardships and recover Jerusalem. Although the promise of personal gain, both in material profit and the pardon of sins, vastly interested the masses, many crusaders fought selflessly for their people and above all, their God. Their altruistic motives are demonstrated by the fact that scarcely a month after the capture of Jerusalem, most crusaders were on their journey home.