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The French eventually came with 700,000 knights and soldiers. They captured the Turkish capital. Once they got to Jerusalem, they marched barefoot in religious procession around the walls, with Peter the Hermit at their head. Then they attacked. They wiped out all of the Muslims in the city and took their homes and possessions for themselves. Then, the first crusade ended. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/bernard.htm
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The Muslims Edessa, which was one of the main Christian outposts in Jerusalem. The loss of the city and then the entire county of Edessa, with the slaughtering and selling into slavery of its people, led to the Second Crusade. St. Bernard, a monk, travelled to preach about the need of another Crusade. Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany were convinced to lead the Crusade http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/secondcrusade.htm
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Saladin, the Muslim leader of Egypt, led a Holy War against the Christians and re-captured Jerusalem. The Christians had fought to stop him, but were unsuccessful and even their King was captured. King Philip Augustus of France, King Richard I of England, and the German Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa all joined together with their armies in the Third Crusade to the Holy Land to fight. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/highmiddle/thirdcrusade.htm
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Stephen of Cloyes, a twelve years old French peasant became persuaded that Jesus Christ had commanded him to lead a crusade of children. He preached for the Crusade and children became wild with excitement. 30,000 boys and girls, most under twelve years of age, set out from the place of gathering for Marseilles. Those that sailed from that Port were betrayed and sold as slaves. The rest of the children returned home when hunger set in. This is more like a disaster than a war.
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Pope Innocent III wanted to unite Christian forces against Islam. No emperor or king wanted to join him, but a number of French knights did. The goal of the crusade was to attack Egypt, since this country was then the center of the Muslim power. To do this, they needed ships from Venice. The Venetians would only help if they attacked the city Zara, which was Christian but a rival of Venice. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/history/latemiddle/fourthcrusade.htm
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