The Crusades Chart

First Crusade

Second Crusade

Third Crusade

Fourth Crusade

Dates/Range

1096-1099
(Three Years Long)

(About Seventy Five Years Later)

1147-1149
(Three Years Long)

(About Forty Years Later)

1189-1192
(Three Years Long)

(About Ten Years Later)

1202-1204
(Three Years Long)

Participants
(name and
description)

Pope Urban II
Alexius Comnenus I
Godfrey of Bouillon
- Raymond of Toulouse
- Robert of Normandy
- Bohemond of Sicily

- Pope Eugenius III

- Bernard of Clairvaux
- French King Louis VII
Conrad HI of the Holy Roman
Empire
- Eleanor of Aquitaine

Fredrick Barbarossa of the

Holy Roman Empire
Philip Augustus of France
Richard the Lionhearted of
England
- Pope Innocent III

Pope Innocent III

Dandola

Journey/Route
(include an
image)

Specific Objective

To take back the holy city of

Jerusalem and convert people to
Christianity or kill them.
Urban II wanted to control the
Church
Defend Constantinople

To retake Edessa.

To use the combined might of

three powerful kings of Europe,
Philip, Richard I, and Frederick I
to drive the Muslims under
Saladin out of Jerusalem

To recapture Jerusalem, which

was under the control of the
Muslims.

Miscellaneous
Information

The First Crusade was when four

nobles, their armies, and members
of their households all travelled to
Constantinople. Out of desperation
along the way, they looted Nicaea
and defeated the Turks at
Dorylaeum. The Crusaders then
besieged Antioch as they ran short

For fifty years, the Crusaders

occupied Outremer while trade
flourished. However, infighting
between rulers led to the county
of Edessa being captured by the
Turks in 1145. Louis VII of France
chose to lead a Second Crusade
alongside his wife, Eleanor of

After the loss of Jerusalem,

three powerful rulers,
Fredrick, Philip, and Richard,
joined together for the third
crusade. Pope Innocent III
convinced them to raise
taxes. Soon after, Fredrick

Pope Innocent III called for

thousands of French soldiers
to help with the forth crusade
to regain the Holy Land. But,
in Venice, they didnt have
enough money to pay for
passage, but they could pass

on supplies and entered it, but were

in turn besieged by the emir of
Mosul. They defeated the emir, restrengthened by the appearance of
the head of the lance that speared
Jesuss side, and reached
Jerusalem after a grueling journey.
The Crusaders defeated and
slaughtered the Muslims and Jews
and took Jerusalem. Afterwards,
they created a kingdom called
Outremer, which was governed by
one of the original four nobles,
Godfrey of Bouillon, and was
divided into counties.

Aquitaine, his army, and Louiss

various belongings. Their caravan
was suddenly attacked, and they
were forced to go to Antioch,
where Louis was disgusted by the
intermingling of Christians with
Muslims and decided to attack
Damascus with his army and the
German one. They attacked, but
retreated after archers killed
several Frenchmen. Some
historians believe this defeat was
partly caused by the knights of
Outremers lack of enthusiasm in
attacking the Muslims because
they had become so friendly.

drowned, and Philip and

Richard began arguing,
Philip left. So, Richard went
about trying to take control of
Jerusalem himself, but he
failed in doing so and was
captured. The showed the
rivalries that could divide
strong Christian rulers

through if they took the city of

Zara. But Zara was a Catholic
City. Soon after many power
struggles, the Byzantine
Empire took Constantinople
but soon enough, the
Byzantine Empire was
succumbed by the Ottoman
Turks. The Crusader attack
on Constantinople weakened
alreay bad relations between
Latin and Greek churches.
Because Latin rule lasted, the
orthodox church was
persecuted

Outcome:
Positive- Trade increased between Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.
- The Arab collection of Greek and Roman writings became available to the Europeans
- The Arab advances in math and science were also given to the Europeans
- Nationalism grows
- Introduced thousands of Europeans to the world beyond their borders
- Shattered parochialism of medieval Europe
- Increased pace of economic changes
- Crusaders brought back spices, fruits, jewelry, perfumes, silks, and rugs
- People were taught to use forks
- Growth of shipping enabled several ports in Italy, like Venice, Genoa, and Pisa, to become powerful wealthy city-states
- Lead to the exploration of Africa, Asia and the New World
Negative- Religious intolerance
o Relations between Latin and Greek Christians deteriorated

o Relations between Christians and Moslems deteriorated

o Relations between Christians and Jews deteriorated
Thousands of Moslems and Christians were massacred in two centuries
Jews who chose to remain loyal to their faith were slaughtered
Jews were forced to live apart from Christians and wear yellow patches on their clothes
Feudalism weakens

To: BRO PHILIP

From: Richard the Conqueror
I write to you from the steps of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
Though I am tired and hungry and many of our fellow crusaders have perished and died of sickness and dehydration, we finally did it!
Jerusalem is Christian once again, and those nasty Muslims and Jews have been annihilated. Im so happy I didnt die last week in
the fight at Antioch, where the horrible emir of Mosul besieged us! We were so exhausted from fighting, but then our pal Gerard found
the lance that speared the side of our savior, Jesus! I want to thank the lord for helping us slaughter them, and then go on to helping
us take back what was rightfully ours. By the way, make sure to tell everyone that were kicking Muslim butt!