The Crusades

He was French. Nuff said.

Agreed.............................ambition and Frenchmen don't go well togather.

I always found the Crusades to be Idiotic. "I kill you in the name of God, pretty much the same God that you have but what some diffrences" and out of all of them the Children's Crusade was the most idiotic.

Hey so does anyone want to sent there children on a crusade to fight for me the pope i mean for the lord Jesus, against those evil heathen Muslims and oh yeah and Orthodox Christians. Anyone?

Father: OOOOOO!!!!!!! MY SON WANTS TO GO! Child: Dad i dont want too! Father: Your going to get this family into the graces of GOD! Now go get your bible and give those heathens a firm talking to.

They went willingly and most were orphans.

yes i knew most went willing and where excited thinking "WE CAN DO IT!" but i just wanted to add some humor. Its not fun being knowledgeable all the time. I need ridiculousness or i turn into a puddle of.............idk stuff.

The really sad thing is that in the end most of the Children ended up being sold into slavery.

That is true those poor misled children. King Louis IX probably thought there goes an entire generation of possible crusaders! UH! well time to throw more men into the meat grinder!
But seriously the only real successful ones where the first few.
Yet (I forget which crusade its either second or third) a leader from the Holy Roman Empire was going to lead a massive Crusade(a little over 100,000 men i believe) . He was an experienced commander an was supported by many, yet he drowned in a freak accident crossing a river. Most of his army lost heart and went home. How successful could he have been if he survived? Could the muslim world have resisted him?

The Muslims got their asses handed to them until the Christians lost interest and the Muslims started flipping their shit at the notion of losing everything they'd gained.

Definatley certain countries lost interest. only foolish old Louis IX of France kept throwing men into the meat grinder. Also Christians fighting christians and Muslims fighting Muslims undermined each others ultimate Goal

I hate when people say that only the Crusades were idiotic...what about the Jihads?? aren't they idiotic too?

Did you have family members serving in the Portugese Crusades? like against morroco?

I should reclaim the Holy Land.

They are too. If your killing people in the name of God it's idiotic especially when they are closely related, like Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are.
http://www.allaboutreligion.org/judaism-islam-christianity-comparison-faq.htm

I don't think my family is that old, I'll do some research on that later.

No first reclaim Istanbul and make it Constantinople again! Bring the Hagia Sophia back to a church. Poor Byzantines, one minute there on top of the World the next they are overrun by the turks.