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Essay on Problems Experienced by the Crusaders in the Holy Land
Historians have viewed the Crusades as a concoction of benefits and dismays. On one hand, there was a new acquaintance of the East and the potential of trade to be originated there, not to state extend of Christianity. Conversely, Christianity was extending in a violent, martial way, and the consequence was that new areas of probable trade turned into new regions of invasion and carnage. A numeral of non-Christians mislaid their lives to Christian armies in this era, and this drift would persist in the investigations of the approaching centuries.
There was a history of difficulties, this concerned matters of doctrine, religious practice and papal authority and gave an added sharpness to future disputes. The advent of the crusades in 1095 brought further tensions often created by large and sometimes ill-disciplined armies passing through the Byzantine Empire en route to the Holy Land. Greek purges of the Venetian (1171) and western (1182) communities in Constantinople added to this record of troubles. At the time of the Crusade, tournaments were not yet orderly contests between two individuals facing each other across the lists in front of ordered ranks of spectators.
Rather, they were fast-moving, brutal struggles, sometimes involving hundreds of men. Contests ranged over many acres of lands with the 'arena' designated by particular fortresses or villages. Spectators were confined to the safety of castle walls to watch the fighting. On the herald's signal, two teams would charge each other; the thundering of hooves and the shouts of men were followed by a terrible impact as the combatants began with a lance charge. Then, hand-to-hand fighting broke out and victory was usually achieved by the side that preserved best order. The idea was to capture opponents, rather than to kill or harm them, although in such a heated atmosphere accidents were frequent......
