When the Christians conquered Jerusalem during the First Crusade, they slaughtered the entire population, rather than attempting to single out just the Muslim civilians, saying that God would choose among them in the next life.
The official First Crusade
Pope Urban II called for the First Crusade. The purpose was to save Constantinople from the Seljuk Turks, but the goal quickly became the capture of Jerusalem and other sites holy to Christians.
its often refers to as the taking of Jerusalem
The Christians of the First Crusade had captured Jerusalem and massacred the entire population, Christian, Jew and Muslim alike. The Christians now occupied much of the former Arab territores of Palestine and threatened further incursions. Saladin recaptured Jerusalem as part of a push to recover lost territories. At the end of the Third Crusade, which failed to dislodge him, he reached a truce with Richard I of England.
Jerusalem
The First Crusade resulted in the Christians taking control of Jerusalem.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Christians took Jerusalem from Muslim control.
The Saladin conquerors of Jerusalem cut off access to the city after the Christians welched on a deal they had made together. The Pope was angry, and called for the First Crusade.
The first crusade started because the Christians wanted to regain the holy land of Jerusalem from the Muslims.
Pope Urban II called on Europeans to join a Crusade against the Muslim Turks who controlled the city of Jerusalem and refused to allow Christians access to the holy sites located there. This First Crusade was called in 1095 when he urged Christians to free Jerusalem.
The First Crusade.
The First Crusade.