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C HILDREN ’ S C RUSADE
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1
A PRIL 8, 2010
B ACKROUND
1212, a young French shepherd named Stephen,
from Cloyes had a vision that Jesus commanded him
to gather an army to fight for the Holy Land. He
gathered an army that included lots of children. The
group marched to Paris to try and persuade King
Phillip to take up the Crusade.
King Phillip was not pleased with this and ordered them to go home. But this didn’t stop
Stephan. He went around telling everyone about
the vision and what Jesus had told him to do.
Stephan told the group that crossing the Mediterranean or any other waterways was no
problem as the water would part and they would be protected by God. By June 1212, it
was said that Stephan had gathered 30,000 children! They marched south through France
not sure what to expect.
The Children’s Crusade was not an official crusade. It was never blessed by the pope.
But this never stopped the children. The pope couldn’t bless a ‘crusade’ doomed to failure.
But the church also did not stop it. Why? The church thought that the actions of the children might shame kings and emperors into getting a proper crusade going to capture Jerusalem.
Lots of the children were not used to walking such a long distance. The journey from
Vendome to Marseilles caused many children to drop out. Some even died of exhaustion.
The sea did not part as Stephan has said and they had to cross the Mediterranean Sea by
boat.
They got on seven boats in Marseilles and that was the last anything was heard of them.
C HILDREN ’ S C RUSADE
P AGE 2
C AUSE A RTICLE 1
One cause of Children’s Crusade was obedience to God. Being obedient to God is very important in the Christian religion. It is a sin to disobey God’s commands and you could go
to hell unless you ask for forgiveness and repent of your sins.
Jesus commanded Stephan of Cloyes to gather an army and go
fight for the Holy Land. King Phillip did not allow for this to happen but Stephan did it
anyway. The author of the website: historylearningsite.co.uk said “By June 1212, Stephen
is said to have gathered 30,000 followers around him - all children.” Stephan decided to listen
to what Jesus said and didn’t obey what the king said. A blogger on wiki.answer.com
posted that another reason why the crusaders of the Children’s Crusade were to crusade was because of their religion. “They believed that if they go to the Holy Land they could
convert the people there into being Christians.” These cause’s might have been a reason why
the children agreed to crusade.
C AUSE A RTICLE 2
This might have been a
This quote proves the
There are many causes to
the Children’s Crusade hap- reason for the Children’s conflict because if they
pened. One cause is wealth. Crusade to be. The same killed a lot of Muslims,
blogger believed that
they would be able to get
Numerous crusaders even
children went crusading for glory was another one of the Holy Land to their
many reasons why the selves. We don’t know for
money. A blogger on
wiki.answers.com said “Many Children’s Crusade hap- sure but these two reapened. “Many went over sons might have been the
went over for gaining wealth
thinking if they killed as
reason for crusades.
from gold and money that the
many Muslims they could,
Muslims had.”
that they would have all the
glory.”
V OLUME 1, I SSUE 1
P AGE 3
C AUSE A RTICLE 3
The main reason for the Children’s Crusade was because the Christians wanted to
get the Holy Land for themselves. In my opinion, one of the reasons for this was because that’s where religion started. “The Christians wanted the Holy Land because that’s
where Christianity started.” Stated the author of the Encyclopedia of Britannica. The same author said “Many went to
bring their religion to the Muslims and thought that they could
make them repent for their heathen ways.” That is another one
of many reasons for the Children’s Crusade. As I have
stated before, religion was an important cause of the
Children’s Crusade. I hope you agree with my opinions.
T IMELINE
Dates of Crusades
Crusades Timeline of Events
1096 - 1099
1144 - 1155
The People’s Crusade– led by Count Raymond IV
Attack of Damascus-led by Conrad III
1187 - 1192
Led by Richard the Lionheart of England
4th Crusade
1202 - 1204
Led by Fulk of Neuil - French advanced Constantin-
Children’s Crusade
1212
1217 - 1221
1228 - 1229
Led by French boy Stephan Cloyes
Led by King Andrew II
Led by Holy Roman Emperor Fredrick II
1248 - 1254
1270
1271– 1272
Led by Louis IX of France
Led by Louis IX
Led by Prince Edward
Crusade
1st Crusade
2nd Crusade
3rd Crusade
5th Crusade
6th Crusade
7th Crusade
8th Crusade
9th Crusade
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Background Article:
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historylearningsite.co.uk. © 2000-20ss10. March 30, 2010 <http://
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Caselli, Giovanni. The Middle Ages. New York, NY: Peter Bedrick Books, 1988.
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“Children’s Crusade.” Microsoft Student 2009. 2008.
Cause Article 1:
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Brundage James. The "Children's Crusade", 1212. April 8, 2010. http://www.fordham.edu/
halsall/source/1212pueri.html Runciman Steven.
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The Crusades. New York NY. Cambridge University Press.
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David Niccole. The Conqest for the Holy Land. New York, NY. 2003.
Cause Article 2:
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_the_crusaders_crusade
Cause Article 3:
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Frederick Russell. Children's Crusade. April 8, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Children's_Crusade.
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Kreis, Steven. Children’s Crusade 1212. February 28, 2006. April 8, 2010. http://
www.historyguide.org/ancient/children.html.
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Peter Raedts, The Children's Crusade of 1212. April 8, 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Children's_Crusade.
Timeline:
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April 11, 2010. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/crusades-timeline.htm