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    Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle

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    2 Chapter 1. Preaching the Crusades 4 Chapter 2. Salvation 9 Chapter 3. Other motivations behind the Crusades 14 CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY Introduction 604 years is the time span that the crusades took place. During this 604 years‚ waves of crusaders battled over waves of controversy. Controversy

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    Were the Crusades Justified? In the case of the Crusades‚ the true jurisdictional limitation of the Church of Rome’s authoritative order was infinite beyond that of state or feudal control. It would seem that an “infinite jurisdiction” by any entity is unjust! The only possible rationale for having such unlimited authority would be an innate belief in “entitlement” or “unrestricted sovereignty.” The differences The Crusades were a succession of many wars‚ which “originally” started as a request

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    Louis VII responsible for the failure of the second crusade? (24 marks) There were many reasons for the failure of the second crusade. One of these was definitely the mistakes made by Louis VII but there were also other reasons that inffluenced the failure of the crusade. These included the lack of Byzantine aid by Manuel Commenus and also the rivalry between Kings. Firstly‚ Byzantiu did play a part in the failure of the failure of the second crusade. One reason for this was that Manuel was more concerned

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    It is known historically that the Crusades started because the emperor of the Byzantine Empire was afraid of the Turks threat to invade‚ leading him to ask Pope Urban II for help. The pope then decided to start a series of wars‚ known as the Crusades‚ to take the holy land‚ Jerusalem‚ back from the Arabs. Although it is still a question whether helping the emperor was truly the motive of the pope. At this time the pope was also struggling with the Investiture Controversy‚ a power struggle between

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    Were the Crusades Successful? Throughout the entirety of the Crusades‚ there were a multitude of goals that each combatant from the Christian‚ Muslim‚ and Judaism were trying to achieve. There is a lurking question‚ and that is: were the Crusades a success for anyone? Some historians will lecture that the Crusades were an overall success‚ some believe that they were only partially successful in conveying they’re overall message. Then there’s the historians that will lecture that the Crusades were a

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    from 1337-1453. It was a seemingly endless war over control of the throne that ultimately led to England’s expulsion from all land in France except Calais. The Hundred Years’ War is known in history as one of the most significant conflicts of the Middle Ages. Over the course of several generations‚ the kings of the two opposing houses‚ Plantagenet and Valois‚ campaigned over the largest kingdom in Western Europe in pursuit of the throne. The Hundred Years’ War had a distinctly significant influence

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    Mistakes of The First Crusade The first crusade: a religious endeavor that became a turning point of history. It all began when Pope Urban II traveled to Italy in November 1095. He decided to give an open sermon on the 27th of November at the Council of Clermont. This speech‚ in hopes of drawing a large crowd‚ only gained a few hundred listeners. However‚ these select few witnessed one of the most influential speeches from the highest religious authority in the world. The pope’s

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    Who‚ or what‚ was responsible for the failure of the Third crusade? The third crusade was launched in 1189 due to the catastrophic defeat of Crusader forces at the Battle of the Hattin‚ in 1187‚ and the subsequent loss of Jerusalem. The news of this significant setback was‚ according to the chronicler Ernoul‚ so great that‚ Pope Urban died of grief when he heard the news. As a result‚ the newly elected Pope issued a Papal bull called the “Audita Tremendi” and in turn the three most powerful Christian

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    1096 to 1099 the First Crusade was born. They were Christian military undertakings and religous wars broadcasted by the general population. The motivation behind the Campaigns was to pick up and keep control over Palestine from the Muslims. Palestine was additionally called the Holy Land since Jesus lived there. Alexius Compenus was another ruler that came into force in Byzantium in 1081. Constentinople was in risk in light of the fact that the Seljuks debilitated them‚ so Alexius initially called

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