the possession of the holy land was called the Crusades‚ and they were one of the bloodiest wars in history. These wars were caused primarily by the desire for political and economic gain‚ as shown by the desire for personal gain by both the pope and common crusaders‚ and the Crusaders’ clear violation of Christian teachings on various occasions. The Pope who had called for the First Crusade was Pope Urban II‚ and his motives to call for a Crusade were not
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The Crusades The Crusades were a lengthy number of battles in the Middle Ages that shaped and drastically changed religion all across Western Europe forever. These wars were driven by an intense dedication to faith by the Muslims and Christians of the time. 1. Crusade can be defined as an action driven by what people believe to be a good and worthy cause (Philips). 2. Interpretations of works by Islamic and Christians place start of Crusades ahead of accepted beginning in 1095 when Pope Urban
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War Reaching the Checkpoint Today marks the start of the holy war started by pope urban II all three units have joined at the check point of Constantinople in April of 1096. Over 60‚000 people in total within these people are knights‚ surfs [women and children included] noble men‚ and monks all standing outside the doors of Constantinople. The emperor invited only the principle commanders of the crusade‚ Duke Godfrey‚ Baldwin Godfrey‚ and Jeffrey Baldwin of Toront. I feel like emperor
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Sultan Saladin Sultan Saladin was the first Sultan/Emperor of Egypt and Syria. Saladin also established the Ayyubid dynasty. Saladin was born 1138 in Tikrit‚ Iraq and died on 4 March 1193 in Damascus‚ Syria. Saladin was married to Ismat ad-Din Kahtun and had 7 sons. Saladin was a Muslim military and political leader who led Islamic Forces during the Crusades. He was raised in a Kurdish‚ Sunni‚ military family‚ he quickly rose the ranks within the Muslim society as second in charge to the
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The strongest evidence of this is the Crusades‚ which served to reclaim the ‘holy-land’ for Christendom‚ and also served to create a divide between the three major religions in the west that would later have wide reaching effects. The Crusades are a major turning point of wester culture in that they changed the values and structure of Europe‚ the birthplace of all western culture‚ and in that they would be christianity’s last holy wars. The Crusades changed the fundaments of western culture by
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“I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.”(Hilaire Belloc). This is very true because the Crusades did not have a lot of kid friendly material and were very violent. The army that lead the attack was filled with “ten of thousands of peasants‚ nobles‚ and clergy responded to Urban II’s call.”(The First Crusaders PowerPoint). Jerusalem was a holy ground for the Christians and was taken by the Muslims. When the Crusaders entered Jerusalem‚ a bloodbath commenced with
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defend his land by himself‚ Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus has asked Pope Urban II for help. Post Number 2: As a result to Pope Urban’s decision to help the Byzantine Empire by taking back the Holy Land‚ people became more enthused about Christianity. Pope Urban II urged European lords and knights to fight to take back the Holy Land. In the meantime‚ a group of peasants were starting their own “People’s Crusade‚” which was unsuccessful. Post
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The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens and the rescuing of holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. (Alchin 1) There were eight Crusades in number; the first four were sometimes called the Principal Crusades‚ and the remaining four were the called the Minor Crusades. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades‚ however‚ were considered to be the most important. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades started because of key people
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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 that lead the Church leaders of the time to call upon nobles‚ farmers
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11th and 12th centuries over opposing religions‚ known as Christianity and Islam‚ are called “The Crusades”. While individual soldiers mostly fought in the Crusades for religious reasons such as being rewarded with eternal life and granting God’s wishes‚ those in power mostly started the Crusades for political gain‚ like in the case of the Pope who desired power over Jerusalem. Long before the Crusades started‚ the Christian Empire was split into two groups-- The Byzantine Empire and the Roman Catholic
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