Crusades take a significant part of human history and until nowadays there are disputes about their true motives and goals. The First Crusade was organized in 1096 by pope Urban II according to the request of the Byzantine Emperor Alexios I. The seek for aid was sent primarily because of Asia Minor lands taken from him by Seljuq Turks. First, the pope asked French knights for a force union, but the crusade quickly turned into a big-scale military campaign attaching all the governments in Western Europe. The mutual idea of rescuing the saint city of Jerusalem was bonding the troops and leading them to the fight. As a result, in 1099, crusaders freed Jerusalem from Turks. In the modern historical overviews, it is oftentimes mentioned that the crusaders were led with hatred against Muslims. However, these opinions might be mostly based on subjective perceptions of the XI century’s events. Nicholas Morton provides a convincing statement that the First Crusade was not the reason to express hate towards Muslims, it was an action towards Turks’ religious beliefs and a consequence of a different perception of the enemy. Morton proves that the true motive of the crusaders was to reconquest the Holy Land, and they were religious and perceived the road to Jerusalem as a pilgrimage. Indeed, strong belief in religion and the wish to help their brethren were leading factors of the First Crusade. In Urban II’s speech to the crusaders, it is seen that the pope brings up the topics of peace and unity in Christendom, respect to the church, and the importance of providing aid to their brothers in need. Urban II invokes: “O Sons of God, you have promised more firmly than ever to keep the peace among yourselves and to preserve the rights of the church.” That highlights the deep motives of the war as the leader was using the above-mentioned arguments to motivate the crusaders and unite them. Moreover, Urban II’s speech contains essential words that express the attitude of Christians towards hate: “If anyone hates peace, how can he make others peaceable.” If the initial purpose of these troops was hatred towards Muslims, the speech of Urban II would focus on the disparities between the religions and possible ways of despising them. However, Urban II applies to God and the call of Duty, the respect to the sacred, and the significance of supporting the common belief of humans. In crusader letters, it is also visible that the enemy is called Turks as the group of the population without any religious context and referring to Islam. For example, in one of the letters, no evil emotions are expressed to the competitor, crusaders narrate about past events, their succeeds and failures and ask to pray for the departed ones and peaceful life. Thus, the union of Christian believers was major in the motivation of the crusaders, not the hatred towards Islam. Moreover, the First Crusade did not know enough about Muslims and could not develop hate towards them without any knowledge. Morton proves this argument by providing data about distance factors influencing this acquaintance as the frontier of Muslim countries that were located far from Britain, France, and Germany, and the information back in the days traveled slowly. Christian side inde