1. Bell Ringer 9/1/15s Vow I vow to be brave and honorable
To maintain the right
To redress the wrong
To protect women
To give help to those in trouble
And to show mercy to the weak and defenseless
So help me God
Write a response to this “Knights Vow”. What does that make you feel? How far do you think knights would go to complete this vow?
I vow to be brave and honorable. To maintain the right, To redress the wrong. To protect women. To give help to those in trouble. And to show mercy to the weak and defenseless. So help me God.

2. The Medieval Ages
Part 4
The Crusades

3. Purpose of Crusades
A series of Holy wars in which the Christians of Western Europe attempted to regain control of the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims.
In the first Crusade, the Christians traveled from Europe, namely France, Italy, and Germany, and into the Byzantium Empire. From Constantinople they traveled south east finally reaching Jerusalem where they gained control of it from the Muslims.
In the second Crusade, the Crusaders left from Northern France and traveled to Constantinople, and then to Antioch and Acre along the eastern Mediterranean shores.
The third crusade started in England and also included France, Italy, Germany among others, and traveled by sea and land to Acre and Jerusalem.
In the fourth Crusade, ships were launched from Northern Italy and sailed to Constantinople, where the city was ravaged and left.

4. Motives of Crusaders
Peasants were promised salvation if killed on a crusade
Escape from manor life
Adventure
Gain land and wealth in the East
Use fighting skills
Political power
Expand trading markets
Liberate the Holy Land from non believers

5. First Crusade Peasants crusade Land route
Captured Jerusalem temporarily
Led by Walter the Penniless and Peter the Hermit in 1096
12,000 French peasants went but only 4,000 made it there!
Set up feudal estates to help defend recaptured land

6. Second Crusade Land route Made it to Turkey only
Spent more time fighting one another than the Muslims
Jerusalem lost

7. Third Crusade Crusade of the Kings Water route
Led by French, English, and German Kings…Richard the Lion Hearted
Failed to recapture Holy Land – forced to sign a truce with Saladin…Muslim King of the Saracens
King Frederick Barbarossa of Germany drowned in a river on the way

8. Fourth Crusade Water route
Purpose was to gather works of art, jewels, and gold to pay off debts incurred on previous crusades
Crusaders ransacked towns and sent their treasures home to be sold for cash

9. Consequences of Crusades
Contact with more advanced civilizations had impact on European civilization – opened up Europe to the rest of the world
Cities grew through increased trade
Introduction of new products like silks, spices, pearls, food, and clothing materials.
Classical literature was rediscovered
Decline of Feudalism – Lords lost money, incurred debt, and were killed in battle
Left the common man with a broader knowledge of the world

11. In the first Crusade, the Christians traveled from Europe, namely France, Italy, and Germany, and into the Byzantium Empire. From Constantinople they traveled south east finally reaching Jerusalem where they gained control of it from the Muslims.
In the second Crusade, the Crusaders left from Northern France and traveled to Constantinople, and then to Antioch and Acre along the eastern Mediterranean shores.
The third crusade started in England and also included France, Italy, Germany among others, and traveled by sea and land to Acre and Jerusalem.
In the fourth Crusade, ships were launched from Northern Italy and sailed to Constantinople, where the city was ravaged and left.