3. WHO ARE THE “CRUSADERS”  KNIGHTS  A rank of great honor and distinction  Not a mere foot soldier or archer  Equipped with heavy weaponry, horses  Carried a banner with them into battle so his opponents could know he was there  Knights were rarely killed in battle, they were taken and ransomed, because that’s the chivalrous and noble thing to do

4. KNIGHTHOOD  The ceremony of being “knighted” is highly respected  The Knight to be must take an oath and agree to a Code of Chivalry that guides all Knights  Who invented it? CHARLEMAGNE  Still done today? Yes. Sir Elton John…

5. PROLOGUE…  The Crusading forces have marched through the Byzantine Empire on their way to Jerusalem…  The Emperor was pissed when he found out how many Knights showed up…  An agreement was made that anything that was won by the Crusaders was to remain in Byzantine Control…  A surprise attack at the Battle of Dorylaeum by the Saracens

7. RECAP: The First Crusade  GOAL: Capture Jerusalem for Christianity  WHAT HAPPENED:  Baldwin – Takes Edessa for himself, puts previous Christian rulers head on a spit Becomes King of Jerusalem even though no Christian was to call himself king in the land of Christ  Bohemond – Takes Antioch, Muslim rulers but had allowed Christians to continue their worship in the city At Ma-arra Bohemonds men resort to cannabilism torture kill and cook innocent civilians  30 000 Muslims and Jews slaughtered in Jersualem

8. RECAP:  RESULT: Mission Accomplished….but at what cost and FOR WHAT ‘REAL’ REASONS?  One of the biggest dark spots in history for Christianity…

9. LEGACY

10. SECOND CRUSADE 1145 - 1149  Saracens (Islam) began trying to take back areas taken from them by the Christians  Second Crusade is called by a new Pope and they are successful in repelling the Muslim forces…  At the end of the Second Crusade, Jerusalem is still in the hands of the “Christians”