states “Accordingly‚ undertake this journey eagerly for the remission of your sins‚ with the assurance of the reward of imperishable glory in the kingdom of heaven.” The Pope is declaring that as long as Christians willingly participate in the First Crusade then there will be a place for them in heaven. Source C states‚ “we will cross over with Gods good pleasure and take from you lands in the strength of the Lord”. Based on this quote it is clear that Saladin and his people are positive that God will
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Jason Arnold The Crusades Liberty University CHHI301 The Crusades The Crusades are a big part of history‚ not just for the church‚ but for the world. This point in time showed the weakened state of the Romans and the power of the church over its people. There are good and bad things that came out of the Crusades; the heart of the people and the corruption of man. But where does the story start? The call to fight started in November 27‚ 1095 during the Council of Clermont under Pope Urban II
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Over the centuries many significant wars have faced political and economic turmoil. The significant wars are The Crusades‚ World War II‚ and The Persian war. The years leading up to the end of the eleventh century in Western Europe and Eurasia saw several different social‚ political‚ and economic factors that collectively contributed to the start of the First Crusade in 1096. Perhaps one of the most obvious and leading factors is the role that religion‚ specifically Christianity‚ played in everyday
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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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Crusades Please create two journal entries. For the first journal entry you will write as if you are a Crusader. You should discuss the long journey it took for you to reach Jerusalem‚ your reasons for participating in the Crusades‚ and any fears you might have. For the second journal entry‚ you will take on the role of a muslim living in the city of Jerusalem writing about the Crusaders and the attack on the city. 1. Crusader- Dear journal‚ My days on the ship were ever lasting they seemed
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caused the Crusades & the World Wars to take place. These wars had different outcomes; both expected & unexpected ones. Seljuk turks (Muslims) invaded the Byzantine Empire & conquered Palestine. The Byzantine Emperor asked pope Urban 2 to help chase the Muslims out & get back the Holy Land (Palestine) in the year 1095. The Pope agreed‚ making a speech in the Council of Clemont calling all Christians too join in a Crusade. A Crusade is a military journey for a religious cause. The first Crusade started
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The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe‚ particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years‚ between 1095 and 1291. There are several reasons for the Crusades‚ but the importance and relevance of some are debated by scholars even to this day. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In the Middle Ages‚ Christians considered
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merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. During the Middle Ages there was an uproar of holy wars known as 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
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The First Crusade What was the cause for Western Europe to implement the Crusades? To answer this‚ we must go back the 11th century when the Seljuk Turks made their presence known in the east by conquering Armenia‚ Syria‚ and Palestine. They soon moved on to Jerusalem where they burned down Christian churches and murdered the clergy and many Christian pilgrims visiting there. Byzantium quickly saw the Seljuk Turks as a threat‚ and in 1071‚ met them at the Battle of Manzikert in Asia Minor. The
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The first of the Crusades began in 1095‚ when armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. After the First Crusade achieved its goal with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099‚ the invading Christians set up several Latin Christian states‚ even as Muslims in the region vowed to wage holy war (jihad) to regain control over the region. The Crusades were predominantly a series of religious wars undertaken by the Latin Church
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