The Main Purpose of the First Crusade The history of the Crusades in the early parts of the 11th century is full of battles fraught with many adversities and difficulties, along with their shares of success in achieving the The church's goal is to claim as much control over the Holy Land as possible. The First Crusade is no exception. This campaign had a very specific goal set by the church, which was successfully achieved and equally brought some control back to the church as future crusades did. However, to achieve the outcome that this crusade ultimately did, Christian knights sent by the Roman Catholic Church would have to massacre the city's Muslim and Jewish population and fight to retake the city from Muslim control. Furthermore, there was a general feeling that “Christianity [was] excessively trampled upon by everyone” and that the faith was ignored and treated unfairly by those who were against it, such as the Muslim population. Therefore, it is fair to reason that the First Crusade was primarily aimed at freeing Jerusalem from the grip of Muslim rule and returning it to the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. Because of Jerusalem's sacred significance to the Christian faith, the urge to abandon and liberate the city from Muslim rule was the primary goal for which the First Crusade successfully fought. In Christianity, Jerusalem was (and still is) a revered and sacred city. which had significant meaning for the faith. As one source states, “His name resonates in the hearts of Christians, Jews and Muslims and echoes through centuries of shared and contested history.” There is a lot to be said about how significant Jerusalem is to Christ... middle of paper......ders eventually prevailed, overcame the Muslims in Jerusalem, and the holy city returned again in the rule of Pope Urban II and the Church. As seen, the main purpose of the First Crusade was to reconquer the holy city of Jerusalem from the Church. The Church had made a statement in the First Crusade, sending a message to all that they would not give up on what they wanted and that they would react accordingly to reclaim what rightly belongs to the Christian faith. Many people who sacrificed their lives fighting for what they believed in paved the way for victory and did not die in vain. In the end, Jerusalem may have found favor with people of rival faiths, but it has always been in the eyes of the Church and from the beginning was always destined to belong to it by right, whatever the circumstances or the disturbances that occurred they tried to say or prove the opposite.