That movement started in southern Europe, French monks were the ones who made the basic structure for it, and the Pope then officially started crusades against Jews and Muslims equally, since Catholics knew them as two plates of the same coin. After all trouble they went trough, "German" allies could not wait for French, and when they arrived on the spot, they get cocky and wanted to do things alone, so they were all slaughtered to the last man. Saying "German" that means north of Bavaria. French just observed that disaster when they arrived, that's why crusades were hijacked in first place. Northern parts joined after that, including England, so I'd say any text about crusades written in English is at least dubious.
no - years before the funding was even provided for the news to be sent to monasteries and castles, the jews were already at war with the invaders who took over their trade routes. do you not understand history, or even how war works?
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