The First Crusade took place in 1096-1099 in the Middle East and was a very dark place for the Jewish people living in this historical period. A crusade is a holy war or enthusiastic movement for social, political, or religious change. In the book The Chronicles of the First Crusade edited by Christopher Tyerman, the anger of Christians towards the Jewish people after the crucifixion of Christ is described. The Jews were blamed for Jesus' death and the Crusaders decided that under God they must persecute the Jews for not believing in Christ. Another reason behind the First Crusade is that Peter the Hermit, with the help of Pope Urban II, declared the goal of Christians having access to the holy lands, otherwise known as Jerusalem, which at that time was a place of religious practices wicked. The Crusaders were ruthless, killing men, women and children for what was initially in the name of God and killing for the “vengeance” of Christ because that was what God wanted. At first the crusaders were motivated by religion, but as time passed and battles were fought, the mentality of the armies began to change due to the amount of massacres and killing of people, it became a competition to kill to compensate for their own men who perished and violence on power began to affect the armies and its leaders, resulting in disorderly conduct. To begin with, Christians viewed Jews as “enemies of the Christian faith,” and Christians believed that Jews were responsible for the death of Christ, starting a horrific “war of the Cross” (CFC, 30). Peter the Hermit, priest of Amien, was the beginning of the massacres. Peter had undertaken an expedition to Jerusalem and had seen the places that were supposed to be the holiest that we... by the middle of the paper... the situation of restoring Jerusalem to a holy and sacred place had slowly been reduced to a huge excuse to destroy lives and cut throats. The chronicles of the First Crusade state: "Perhaps, however, we were destined to be often misled by our leaders, for in the end what did they do?" (CSC, 89). In conclusion, the crusaders were ruthless, killing men, women and children for what was initially in the name of Christ, in vain the Jews put Jesus to death on the cross. At first the Crusaders were motivated by religion due to the wickedness taking place in Jerusalem, but as time passed, the killings of the innocent began to affect the Christians. The chronicles of the First Crusade state: "Perhaps, however, we were destined to be often misled by our leaders, for in the end what did they do?" (CSC, 89). Ultimately, the leaders led their armies to murder innocent people.