Major+Events+of+the+Crusades

The first crusade was the most well-known and also the most successful. As men would be fighting for what they believed was right women would tend to the sick and wounded, Eleanor the Queen of France not only sent 300 women to tend for the soldiers but also went herself to participate in the crusade. Another well-known crusade was known as the children’s crusade that took place in 1212. In this crusade Steven of cloyed convince around 15,000 children to fight for their right against the Islamic faith. During the mission with the children, they disappeared, most likely being sold into slavery. 