The+Jewish+chronicler+(1096)

=The Jewish chronicler, Solomon bar Samson, 1096.=

….“At this time arrogant people, a people of strange speech, a nation bitter and impetuous {impulsive} Frenchmen and Germans, set out for the Holy City, which had been desecrated {a violation of sacredness} by barbaric nations, there to seek their house of idolatry {worship of idols} and banish {expel} the Ishmaelites {Muslims} and other denizens {inhabitants} of the land…Their ranks swelled until the number of men, women, and children exceeded a locust horde {large nomadic group} covering the earth;…Now it came to pass that as they passed through the towns where Jews dwelled, they said to one another: ‘Look now, we are going a long way to seek out the profane {vulgar} shrine and to avenge ourselves on the Ismaelites; when here, in our midst, are the Jews—they whose forefathers murdered and crucified him for no reason. Let us first avenge ourselves on them and exterminate them from among the nations so that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered, or let them adopt our faith and acknowledge the offspring of promiscuity {casual sex}.’”


 * Answer these questions in 3-5 sentences. Use details from the text to support your answer.**
 * 1) In Document 7, what did the Crusaders do to the Jews they encountered on their way to the Holy Land?
 * 2) What was their (Christian Crusaders) reason for doing what they did?

SOURCE: The Jewish chronicler, Solomon bar Samson, 1096.