the crusades. The word crusade comes from the Latin word crux‚ meaning "cross." The Christian soldiers‚ called Crusaders‚ wore the cross as a symbol of their religion. The crusades began in 1090’s and continued in the 11th and 12th centuries. The main cause for the holy wars was because of Pope Urban II‚ he wanted to capture the sacred places in the Holy Land from the Muslims who lived there‚ so it was intended as a war to right wrongs done against Christianity. Why would
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The crusade of Urban II Pope Urban II was the key figure behind promoting the idea of Crusades. His appeal played key role in initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated
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During the first Crusades many people joined the Crusaders because Pope Urban II said that God wanted them to. Also because of the spiritual reward like forgiveness of sins‚ and forgiveness of debts and an afterlife in heaven. On the other hand during the second and third Crusades many people joined for more selfish reasons. They only cared about them becoming rich and famous‚ and it began to become a lesser reason to join because of God and a greater reason because of wealth and fame. When the Crusades
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The crusades were holy wars fought by Christians in Europe and Muslims in the Middle East between 1096 and 1270. Generally‚ military campaigns against the Middle East trying to recover holy lands. The Crusades were often controlled by the Pope who had the power to unite all the Catholic nations against a common enemy. Europeans were willing to fight not only for Jerusalem but many reasons. They believed it would give them forgiveness of sins‚ a chance to travel and make money‚ defend the Byzantine
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The First Crusade 1095-1100 1. The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe. They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire‚ western Europe was not isolated‚ but a part of a greater world. Many things flowed along these trade routes. Some were good‚ such as paper‚ the compass‚ medicines and spices‚ new crops and advances
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Pope Urban was seeing an opening for power in 1095. Pope urban decided to assist the head of the Byzantine Empire by murdering the Turks. While the Turks are Muslim‚ and the Pope is Christian‚ the Pope desires the power to stay elsewhere and not in the hands of people who disbelieves in Christianity. It is the first response to Pope Urban II’s call of arms last year in 1095‚ when he challenged the Lords of Europe to reclaim the Holy Land from the Turks. A French monk by the name of Peter the Hermit
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Though Pope Urban II promised a heaven for the Franks and expanded Christianity‚ I believe that his message was frightening rather than inspiring. I have come to this conclusion because in an ideal mind‚ a pope‚ a man of the church is thought to be pure and pious. However‚ Pope Urban II is in fact acting as a political leader‚ scheming and plotting against the Turks‚ under the façade of a pope. In his appeal to the Franks‚ Pope Urban II begins his speech in an ominous and foreboding tone. This
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The First Crusade (1096–1099) was a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant (632–661)‚ ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos‚ who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon
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Gesta Version recorded that Pope Urban said as much‚ “Great is your reward in Heaven.” This previous quote follows the same path that the first two accounts discussed as well. Pope Urban knew that if he could make the men confidant in their eternal life then they would march wherever he told them to. This manipulation of a man’s spirituality was a very cunning move since a lot of the regular soldiers would have to come from the peasants of the nation. Thus‚ when Pope Urban told them that if they left
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As I lay down‚ slowly bleeding to death‚ I know I did what any Christian soldier would do. Fighting for God and the Pope‚ this sacrifice will give me the right of passage to heaven for‚ I justify my deeds to save the holy land where Jesus‚ my savior‚ died for my sins. During the Middle Ages‚ religion was the way of life. With a strong heart full of faith‚ a conflict between the Christians and Muslims emerged‚ resulting in the Crusades: any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians
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