What are the Crusades?

The Crusades were a number a religiously authorized military campaigns

foregone by the European Medieval Christian Church in order to restore

the Christian control of the Jerusalem (Holy Land). The Holy Land is a very

significant part of the Catholic/Christian faith because, Jesus’ birth, ministry,

crucifixion, and resurrection had occurred. The Church felt that they needed to

 take that back after the Muslims had taken it over because of the Expansion of

the Muslim Seljuk Turks in that area and that did not sit well with the Church.

 There were many good reasons besides the obvious ones that made the crusades

a success, for example, The Crusades had an influence in the European Middle

Ages. The Crusades showed that you can rely on the Church to protect you and

your religious beliefs, because at the beginning of the Crusades, and helped to

keep the Islamic forces out of certain parts of medieval Europe. The Crusades

also helped to open up the Medieval European Church adopt science, medicine,

and architecture due to the prolonged exposure and conflict with Muslim/Islamic

people.