Mostly knights and soldiers went on the Crusades. In the Children's Crusades (1202) England sent children to try and capture Jerusalem, but they never returned. But in most of the Crusades Knights and soldiers went with their huge armies to go and fight the Muslims so they could get Jerusalem(the Holy Land) back, and they thought that the Muslim religion was wrong.
There were approximately 37,000 children involved in the children's crusade. French Army, Stephen led 30,000 children and German Army, Nicholas led 7,000 children.
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No women did NOT go on crusades as they were left behind to look after the children and so on. But sometimes (this is no joke!!) the soldiers kidnapped a old women (also known as an old crone) t clean their clothes, do the cooking and come the nits out of the soldiers hair!
They killed them: men, women, children.
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The popes promised the crusaders that they would go to Heaven if they fought in the crusades
People were persuaded to go to the Crusades through the use of religion and rewards in the after-life. It was believed that a warrior in the Crusades would be greatly rewarded in his afterlife. Participation in the Crusades became a badge of honor.
There were nine numbered Crusades but a few others like the Teutonic Order Crusading north in Lithuania and the Children's Crusade in France and Germany.
A fact about the crusades is that people went on the crusades because Pope Urban told them that they would be forgiven for their sins and tht they would automatically go to Heaven.
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