The Crusades were a series of holy wars that lasted two hundred years. The purpose of the Crusades was to “regain” the Holy Land which is Palestine and the Holy City which Was Jerusalem from Muslim controls. Pope Urban the second ordered these wars in 1096CE. He gathered the kings and knights to Europe to discuss the problem in the holy land. This discussion led to the series of the crusades with the knights which were called the crusaders. The effects of the Crusades on Europe of the middle Ages were an important factor in the history of the progress of civilization. I will be discussing the causes and effects of the crusade years and the causes and effects of the crusades.…
The Crusades were a bunch of wars during the Middle Ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the…
For more than 200 years, two great religions clashed in a fight for the possession of the Holy Land, or Jerusalem. To the Christians, Jerusalem was where Christ was crucified and resurrected. To the Muslims, Jerusalem was the place where their prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven to meet their god, Allah. The series of holy wars that these two religions fought for 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.…
Although a major component of the crusading army were peasants, many royal individuals and their armies decided to embark upon the First Crusade , resulting is a big success of the Christendom during the First Crusade, known as the Princes Crusade. This sub-part of the Crusade played a major change in the result of the First Crusade, due to the mentality of the Christendom becoming more enhanced. For a change, the leaders made a plan of what they needed to do, where to go, and how much food to take with them. Just as the Christian mentality at the time was changing, the European Royalty wanted a chance for heavenly reward and forgiveness of their sins. These royal princes and knights decided to take it upon themselves and fight for the Holy…
At one point or another in their life everybody has felt what it feels like to want something so bad they would go to extreme lengths to get it. Maybe it was stealing something from a store, or lying to a parent in order to go out with friends. For the Muslims, Jews, and Christians from 1096 AD- 1200 AD, they would go to extreme lengths in order to have power over Jerusalem, the Holy Land for all three of these religions. These three would persecute, rape, and even kill each other in order to own the Holy Land. The Crusades had a more negative than positive effect on the world because people all over the world were persecuted for their religion.…
The crusades were a series of wars for the holy land also known as Jerusalem. The sires of the religious wars were very unpleasant for many people. Most of the religions wanted the holy land because it had something important to them like for Christians Jesus was crucified there and there are other important places for the other religions. The crusades had a negative impact, the religions created a bitter relationship to each other and many men, women, kids, and soldiers were killed. Many people lost their friends, family, and loved ones.…
The Crusade, or the “Holy War” was a medieval military expedition between the Europeans and the Muslims. Their main goal was to conquer the Holy Land, as it will give the conqueror prosperity. Pope Urban II was known for starting the First Crusade which begun in 1096 and lasted till 1099. Within this period of time, chaos and destruction was unavoidable. With both sides having their own schemes of conquer, this resulted to be an endless blood striving battle for control. Despite the clever tactics of the Christians, their attacks toward the Muslims were unjustified.…
During the Central Middle ages there existed a number of religious movements that challenged the traditional authority of both the church and state. New Christian movements such as the Crusades, the Knights Templar, the Franciscan order and the Dominicans. These movements challenged the traditional authority of the Church by taking the traditional ideals of the Church and moving them in different directions either to more aggressive techniques or to how the ministry should reach out to the common people. Each movement also had it’s own hand in the economic expansion of Europe during the middle ages because of the direction as to which they handled themselves.…
The First Crusade was a military expedition by the Roman Catholic Church from 1096-1099 in order to retake holy lands taken by Muslim conquest of the Levant. The result of the work led to the recapturing of Jerusalem. During the crusade knights and peasants from many parts of Western Europe traveled by land and sea to Constantinople and then to Jerusalem. The peasants outnumbered the knights. Peasants and knights were split into separate armies. However, because the peasants weren't well-trained in combat their army failed to reach Jerusalem. The knights arrived at Jerusalem and launched an assault on the city and captured it in July1099 while killing many of the city's Muslim and Jewish people. They also established the crusader states of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. The First Crusade mainly began because of political and social problems in Europe during the 11th century. It seems that Christianity caused the majority of the problem because the papacy wanted to establish a uniform religion throughout Europe, but there were many battles across the land that caused so many problems. As a result the popes who had great political power established these crusades which were fairly well organized. Although Europe was successful in capturing Jerusalem for the first time their rule was short lived. They weren't even able to maintain hold on Jerusalem for more than two centuries. Before this crusade the Byzantine Empire had to fight with the Seljuqs and other Turkish dynasties for control. When the crusaders arrived there had already been conflict wit the area. The pope rulers were too much of extremists. They worried about capturing land for religious purposes before trying to improve their own living conditions before trying to capture even more land. This is something I don't understand with most empires is why the capture more land when they are already in social and…
During the years of 1095 to 1291, the Christians sought to gain the Holy land and Jerusalem from the Muslins, or Moors. These series of wars are called the Crusades. These Crusades had effects on Europe that few other events had at the time. Although there were many effects, some were stronger than others, including the introduction of new technology, the creation of towns, and trade flourishing as well. Technology had appeared to be nonexistent at the time until The Crusades, thus making its introduction to Europe extremely important. Towns were a way to discontinue the manor system and try something more beneficial to everyone. The increased trade in Europe resulted in multiple new advantages for the Europeans that would prove valuable later on. These changes ultimately led to the High Middle Ages.…
From the Christians wanting the land to build more churches to Muslims protecting the kingdom of Constantinople from the Crusades who use it for the kings like The King of Germany to the king of England.The Crusades had a big effect on what we see the medieval times back then Before the war and even how we see the word Crusades not just as a military campaign but as a ruthless war filled many deaths and many high cities falling down to the…
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.…
In 1095, Pope Urban II called for an army to go to the Holy Land, Jerusalem. This was what was later known as the ‘First Crusade’. A crusade is a religious war or a war mainly motivated by religion. The first crusade consisted of 10’s of thousands of European Christians on a medieval military expedition to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. This doesn’t mean that the first crusade was just motivated by religion. Throughout this essay, I will be suggesting the main reasons of why people went on crusades and which different people went for specific reasons and why.…
The Crusades were a series of nine military campaigns by European Christians to regain Holy Land from the Muslims, in which about 1.5 million lives were lost all together. The first Crusade was organized by Pope Urban II in 1095, and the last being in 1289. Pope Urban II originally intended to recruit followers by saying that your sins would be relieved if you helped regain Holy Land from Muslims, however, these intentions quickly turned into bad intentions when people joined for adventure, estates, and for commercial opportunities. The Crusades left both a positive and negative impact on the Eastern and Western worlds that were involved in the conflict. Positive effects of the Crusades include expanding of trade (Document 2) and the introduction of spices, sugar, and silk to the European world (Document 8), however the Crusades left more negative effects, such as leaving a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them (Document 1), the permanent split of the Greek and Latin churches (Document 4), the hatred of crusading knights (Document 7), and the persecutions set by Christian knights and bishops (Document 5).…
Many people consider the Crusades as wars of bloodlust, greed, and power. War can be described as an escalated conflict, most commonly over money or other resources. The outcome of war is usually the advancement of one society due to its newly acquired resources or knowledge. If one were to look at the Crusades, and their original purpose, which was to assist Constantinople and free the Holy Land from Muslim control, then one may make the conclusion that the Crusades failed. Although the Christians did not win over the Holy Land, Europe as a whole benefited greatly from the revival of East to West trade, and new inventions and innovations that arose during the time of the Crusades.…