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Well as to who funded the crusade varies per crusade but since you referred to Richard I, I'm going to base my response on the third crusade. Richard I funded through a tax called the "Saladin Tithe" that was originally made by Henry II who planned to go on crusade but died, leaving the rest to his successor, Richard. Philip II who was King of France also employed the same tax but ultimately didn't gather as much money as Richard. The tax essentially striped 10% on revenue and movable property. The last ruler to participate in the third crusade was Frederick Barbarossa but I couldn't find anything specific in terms of how he gathered funds.
To answer your second question as to why Richard participated in the third crusade. No one can be sure of the complete intentions people had in the past, the best we can do is look at the evidence and guess the most likely reason, as Fredirich Nietzche says "there are no facts, only interpretations". One of the reasons could be that he felt like he needed to continue the work of his predecessor Henry II died before he could leave for crusade. Another reason (which I see as most likely) is that he saw the threat of Islam great, especially with the rise of Saladin and his control over Egypt and perhaps thought that had they remained unmatched, they would eventually reach the west and put his kingdom in threat.
To answer your second question as to why Richard participated in the third crusade. No one can be sure of the complete intentions people had in the past, the best we can do is look at the evidence and guess the most likely reason, as Fredirich Nietzche says "there are no facts, only interpretations". One of the reasons could be that he felt like he needed to continue the work of his predecessor Henry II died before he could leave for crusade. Another reason (which I see as most likely) is that he saw the threat of Islam great, especially with the rise of Saladin and his control over Egypt and perhaps thought that had they remained unmatched, they would eventually reach the west and put his kingdom in threat.
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For the most part, if you were a noble who wanted to go on crusade, you'd have to pay your own way. Crusades were a largely self-funded enterprise.
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(Original post by copycat888)
And why did Richard I participate in them?
And why did Richard I participate in them?
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(Original post by I just went gay)
Richard I or Richard the Lionheart was a man who was very much into adventures. He hated England and was mostly an absent ruler, which was the case for most of the Plantagent kings as they considered their selves more French than English. The Crusades gave him an excuse to go on a dangerous battle in the name of 'holy war' and Christendom. It allowed him to escape dreary England for a while.
Richard I or Richard the Lionheart was a man who was very much into adventures. He hated England and was mostly an absent ruler, which was the case for most of the Plantagent kings as they considered their selves more French than English. The Crusades gave him an excuse to go on a dangerous battle in the name of 'holy war' and Christendom. It allowed him to escape dreary England for a while.
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(Original post by Ghostmaster475)
That's completely wrong. If anything Richard felt duty to England, of protection. It's true that the Plantagenet Kings did feel more French than English and with Richard's case he did spend more time in France than in England but he still cared for his kingdom since it ultimately granted him power. The crusade was not some excuse for him to leave on some romantic adventure. He understood the threat posed by Saladin and that the aspirations of such a feared ruler could lead to Islamic attack of the west which Richard especially did not want and took the opportunity to stop Saladin before he even considers westward expansion
That's completely wrong. If anything Richard felt duty to England, of protection. It's true that the Plantagenet Kings did feel more French than English and with Richard's case he did spend more time in France than in England but he still cared for his kingdom since it ultimately granted him power. The crusade was not some excuse for him to leave on some romantic adventure. He understood the threat posed by Saladin and that the aspirations of such a feared ruler could lead to Islamic attack of the west which Richard especially did not want and took the opportunity to stop Saladin before he even considers westward expansion
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(Original post by Ghostmaster475)
That's completely wrong. If anything Richard felt duty to England, of protection. It's true that the Plantagenet Kings did feel more French than English and with Richard's case he did spend more time in France than in England but he still cared for his kingdom since it ultimately granted him power. The crusade was not some excuse for him to leave on some romantic adventure. He understood the threat posed by Saladin and that the aspirations of such a feared ruler could lead to Islamic attack of the west which Richard especially did not want and took the opportunity to stop Saladin before he even considers westward expansion
That's completely wrong. If anything Richard felt duty to England, of protection. It's true that the Plantagenet Kings did feel more French than English and with Richard's case he did spend more time in France than in England but he still cared for his kingdom since it ultimately granted him power. The crusade was not some excuse for him to leave on some romantic adventure. He understood the threat posed by Saladin and that the aspirations of such a feared ruler could lead to Islamic attack of the west which Richard especially did not want and took the opportunity to stop Saladin before he even considers westward expansion
It is very unlikely that Saladin actually posed a threat big enough to warrant of a possible Islamic invasion of the west. When the third crusades happened, Saladin was physicially weak and reaching the end of his life, hence why he lost many battles in the Third Crusades and was forced to form a truce with Richard.
Again, at this point it is also erroneous to suggest Saladin was thinking of westward expansion. He had a lot of enemies in the Muslim world and was trying to hold on to his power in the Islamic world.
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