The men were bribed with chocolate milk and playboy magazines.
For Freedom, riches, and Adventure.
that all there sins would be forgotten and they would go to heaven.
Don't volunteer to go on it!
People were willing to go on Crusades because they believed that it was a duty they must fulfill in order to gain admittance into heaven in the afterlife.
the crusades were a series of religion driven military campaings. go to the related links box below for the whole article.
Fame, glory, doing God's will.
Yes
For Freedom, riches, and Adventure.
... They did. Crusade means Holy War....
well...im not sure about this but i dont think they made men fight, i think the men just wanted to
Pope Urban II promised the Knights of France the remission of all of their sins. They literally would be able to escape Hell. Since these men had in many cases lived lives of violence, this was a huge reward. To receive this great gift, they need only journey to the Holy land and seize Jerusalem from the Muslim's grasp, freeing the eastern Christians from their Islamic overlords.
that all there sins would be forgotten and they would go to heaven.
The war hawks right
Muslims belived that if you died in a holy war you go to heaven.
At the beginning of the war it was all volunteers. The young men were encouraged by propaganda. Everyone thought the war would be over by the Christmas and they got good pay too. White feathers were nailed on the doors of people who would not go to war's houses. Most men in the village would go, so peer pressure convinced a lot of men. However, Britain was losing a lot of men later on so then they made everyone go to war.
There were 4 groups of men who didn't have to go to war in the British Army. These were the sick men, the old men, the mentally challenged men, and the physically disabled men.
they wanted to go to war