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What can we tell from the available documents about the motivation of those who went on the 1st Crusade?
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What can we tell from the available documents about the motivation of those who went on the 1st Crusade? There are several things that might motivate a person to go on a crusade and I will state them now before going on in greater detail: - 1. Religious convictions--they viewed the Holy Lands as rightfully theirs, and, in a Holy War, dying for the cause led to salvation. The idea that people would receive remission for their sins if they went on a crusade probably played a big part in them deciding to go. Avenging the death of Christ being as Jerusalem was his city was another tempting reason to go. 2. The kings and nobles saw the opportunity for glory at home and the power of landholdings in the Middle East. This conformed to the idea of colonisation "a migration which becomes dominant in another party" Praver. Just like Praver I...
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