Did Middle Eastern Christians and Jews join the crusades?

by MrMantis765

Did the Jews and Christians living under Muslim rule during the Crusades join the European crusaders? Did they remain neutral, or fight against the Crusaders? Or am I wrong to assume they reacted in the same way, and some joined the crusades while others opposed them?

sunagainstgold

I think you'd be interested in this earlier thread:

Although the initial post focuses on Jews, further down in the thread another user (who has since deleted their account) and I discuss whether there were Byzantine or Oriental Orthodox Christians present in Jerusalem during the Crusades, or if that's a historiographical myth.