We need to retake the holy land from those Muslims!
First Crusade, 1096-1099
A crusade is a journey to retake the holy land
Second Crusade, 1145-1149
The pope announces kings for Crusades and then all the kings that want to join will march to the holy land on a known date.
An army of peasants led by Peter the Hermit was the first group to set off to the Holy Land. After Robert of Normandy joined the Christians captured Jerusalem.
In 1144 the Muslims began to take back the Holy Land.Louis VII set off to regain the land, but he was defeated in Damascus.
