What were the crusades
What Were The Crusades?
In the year 1095, Emperor Alexius beseeched Pope Urban II in Europe for aid against the invading forces of Seljuk Turks, who were pushing at the borders of the Byzantine Empire. Little did Alexius know, or anyone for that matter, that with the mailing of that letter, one of the greatest religious and military phenomena of the history of the world had just been sparked. In November of that year, in Clermont, …
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…for imformation on the Children's Crusade of 1212, yet it also had additional information on the hardships faced on all Crusades.
Uknown, Author. http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/church/templars/templars.htm . Site on the World Wide Web. (1998). This site provided information on the monastic clans of knights that defended the streets to the Holy Land. I also got many of my visuals for the Power Point, on this site or others advertised on it.
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