What were the Crusades?
The Crusades were a series of expeditions to the Holy Land (the Middle East) to recapture Jerusalem in the name of their religion (Christianity). The Crusades were ordered/called by the Popes of that time, Pope Urban II, Pope Gelasius II, and Pope Eugenius III in order to reclaim captured territory and to protect Christianity. The Crusades happened between 1096AD and 1189AD, and was the mass genocide of people from a particular religion, in this case, Muslims. Around 2 million people died fighting on both sides. This exhibition focuses on the First Crusade and the Peasant's Crusade.