The Crusades
Merchants was the group that was especially interested in winning the Crusades for some reasons. :)
black death (plague) and crusades
To capture the Holy Land from the Saracens
The crusades were fought for a variety of religious, economic, and political reasons and many historians see the Crusades as part of a purely defensive war against Islamic conquest.
Early voyages were undertaken for different reasons. These reasons included looking for new supply routes and looking for new lands.
The Crusades were launched by the Popes (leaders of the catholic church). The European Kings' Armies March to Places that were occupied by Arab Tribes. The Crusades were unsuccessful, they ended giving more land to the Arabs. One of the only lasting resault was that Europe gained more technology. Dictionary.com describes it as : "any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims."
The Crusades
because hey were bored
An example of exploration to the east would be the Crusades. The Crusades happened for multiple reasons one was to flush out heretics and Muslims and the other was to get the riches that the East held in store.
Merchants was the group that was especially interested in winning the Crusades for some reasons. :)
people went on crusades for many reasons like to please god, to runaway from the law, get more land or help their reputation
people wanted to fight in the crusades for many different reasons, such as:EVERYBODY WAS EAGER TO FIGHT IN THE CRUSADES BECAUSE THEY GET GRANTED INTO HEAVEN IF THEY DIE IN THE CRUSADESKnights fought in the crusades because of their love for war also for their lady.Fighting in this war meant honour and pride as well as the reasons above.
one is fighting over the Holey land and fighting over different views in religion
black death (plague) and crusades
To capture the Holy Land from the Saracens
Watch the CBBC horrible histories - crusades clip on YouTube, I know that it appears basic and is rather cringworthy but I simplithies the crusades quite effectively :)