The Medieval Christian tradition of Holy War was turned against Muslims, Jews, and fellow Christians alike. The crusades were a time of confusion for most people, yet today we look back at them as a turning point. The Crusades were Christian military expeditions undertaken between the 11th and the 14th century to recapture the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims. The word crusade, which is derived from the Latin crux "cross", is a reference to …
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…was hatred for those they believed murdered Christ, resulting in outbreaks of mindless mob actions of unspeakable atrocity. The Jews were safe as long as they had money to led the European rulers, but lost all protection when that money ran out (mostly because many who borrowed never bothered paying the money back.) After the recapture of Jerusalem many Jews moved to Palestine because the Saracens were far more tolerant of Judaism than the Christians.