The Crusades

     The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars started by the Christian states in Europe against the Moslems. There was a total of nine crusades, the first four were seen as more important than the others. Crusaders came from upper and lower classes, usually in the middle ages people were grouped in upper and lower classes that were separate. There was one particular crusade that was called The Children's Crusade, The preacher of the Children's Crusade was a twelve year old boy named Stephen. Stephen had been convinced that God had instructed him to rescue the Holy Sepulcher. The rest of this odd group was made mostly of boys twelve and under, however there were many girls as well.

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