Crusades

The Crusades were religious wars authorized by the Latin Church (Latin Church is part of the Catholic Church) and by Pope Urban II in 1095 during the medieval period. The Crusaders were composed of Christians. The Crusaders massacred Jews in multiple towns and destroyed the houses and synagogues of the Jews during the Rhineland massacres in 1096. The Crusaders arrived at Jerusalem during the First Crusade and massacred many of the city's Muslim and Jewish inhabitants.