Raymond D Aguilers Analysis
The christians when they traveled to Jerusalem they thought they were making god proud of claimings back where their god once walked. They felt like they were going to become heroes for what they were going to do. They were going to walk where he walked. They were going to free their sins they thought. According to The first crusade Analyzing different perspectives document A by Raymond d'Aguilers paragraph 2, “Lord, so that Almighty God, who for us, His servants, laid aside the form of His Godhead, assumed the flesh, and humbly rode into the city on an ass to suffer death on the Cross for our sins, may come to our aid. If we make this procession around the walls, for the honor and glory of His name, He will open the city to us and give us judgment upon His enemies and ours, who now with unjust possession contaminate the place of His suffering and burial, the enemy who seek to deny us the great blessing of the place of God's humiliation and our redemption.(d'Aguilers 2).” As you can see the Christians were trying to free themselves from their sins.
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They saw the Christians coming and they freaked. They were trying to defend themselves. According The First Crusade: Analyzing Different Perspectives Document C by Fulcher of chartres paragraph 2, “When the Franks saw how difficult it would be to take the city, the leaders ordered scaling ladders to be made, hoping that by a brave assault it might be possible to surmount the walls by means 'of ladders and thus take the city, God helping. So the ladders were made, and on the day following the seventh, in the early morning, the leaders ordered the attack, and, with the trumpets sounding, a splendid assault was made on the city from all sides. The attack lasted till the sixth hour, but it was discovered that the city could not be entered by the use of ladders, which were few in number, and sadly we ceased the attack. (Chartes 2)” See the Muslims are were
They saw the Christians coming and they freaked. They were trying to defend themselves. According The First Crusade: Analyzing Different Perspectives Document C by Fulcher of chartres paragraph 2, “When the Franks saw how difficult it would be to take the city, the leaders ordered scaling ladders to be made, hoping that by a brave assault it might be possible to surmount the walls by means 'of ladders and thus take the city, God helping. So the ladders were made, and on the day following the seventh, in the early morning, the leaders ordered the attack, and, with the trumpets sounding, a splendid assault was made on the city from all sides. The attack lasted till the sixth hour, but it was discovered that the city could not be entered by the use of ladders, which were few in number, and sadly we ceased the attack. (Chartes 2)” See the Muslims are were