The first crusaders war (1095-99)

The first crusaders war (1095-99)

The first crusaders war (1095-99): the best response was in France, but the French
noble armies by joining the all interested parties, the Crusaders are mainly traveled
mainland by the way looting and Catholic and Orthodox country, the first army of
poorly armed peasants Byzantines 1096. transported to Asia Minor where the Seljuks
quickly destroyed, 1097. god. received the bulk of the crusader forces to Constantinople and there lay
vassal oath to the emperor Alexios (since it will break, Byzantium no longer willing to help the Crusaders in subsequent visits), in 1099 the Crusaders conquered parts of Syria and Palestine, and finally Jerusalem (while he conducted a mass slaughter of its citizens), established the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the head by Godfrey of Bouillon and three vassal crusader states (Antioch, Tripoli and Edessa), in the Cru country coming European colonists, and some
indigenous people converted to Catholicism (the religious composition of the population is diverse, mostly Muslims, there are also Jews and Orthodox and Armenian Christians, while Roman Catholics in

minority)