The primary cause of the crusades Were the crusades caused primarily by religious devotion or by desire for political and economic gain? Christians and Muslims fought in a series of wars for nearly 200 years. The drive to gain control of the Holy Land was the biggest motivation. Christians wanted the Holy Land because this was where Jesus lived. The Muslims also wanted Jerusalem because this was where Muhammad preached. The biggest debate about the crusades is whether it was caused by
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To what extend did the European leaders recapture the holy land from Saladin in the third crusade? Forty years after the failure of the Second Crusade‚ Richard I of England‚ Philip II of France and Barbarossa leader of Germany all ended their conflicts to assist the Third Crusade (1189-1192). Saladin‚ who captured Jerusalem in 1187‚ had unified Syria and Egypt in the past‚ making him a very powerful adversary and an excellent military leader. Losing the Holy Land was too shameful for Christendom
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The crusades were caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. There has been great debates of historians discovering the motives of the Crusades and have tried to determine which of the two factors had served as a more active agent and catalyst. The Crusades started when the religion of Christianity had to have the city of Jerusalem as Christian property as it was where their God was crucified. However‚ the aspect of political gain and economic benefit were an additional advantage
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The aspects and the motives of the crusades have caused heated debates where historians are determining the major motives of the Crusades. The Crusades were primarily caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. The question was that‚ which of the two factors had served as more of a catalyst. The Crusades were constructed on the basis of devoting to the religion of Christianity and leaders protecting their people and the future of their empire and leadership. Despite there being
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The Era of the crusades began with a call by Pope Urban II‚ in 1095 at Clermont‚ France to reclaim the holy land from infidel Muslims who had conquered it in the seventh century.1 & 2 Urban’s purpose beyond recapturing Jerusalem and the holy land. In order that Christians could safely make pilgrimages to the land of the holy sites of Christianity. Urban also hoped that his crusade would also be a springboard for improving relations between the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches. If successful it
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The Crusades were serious vicious Holy wars between the Christian states or Europe and Saracens ‚ who are present day Muslims. There were a total of nine crusades ‚ the first four being the most notable and the Children’s Crusade being the decline of the conflict. The crusades started in 109A.D around the sacred city of Jerusalem which held significant religious value to both the Christians and Muslims. The Children’s Crusade as initiated because of young peasants in France ‚Germany that were to
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In the First Crusade‚ Christian knights that came from Europe went and capture Jerusalem. They had been massacring almost all the city’s Muslim and Jewish population. The reason this happened was because Christians were being persecuted in Jerusalem‚ because the Holy City was passed from Egyptians to Seljuk. A Pope called for a crusade to help Christians in the east and to recover the holy lands. And then people went over there immediately. A Crusade called “People’s Crusade” had went a far way with
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The First Crusade is a conflict that took place in the latter years of the 11th century CE. This war‚ the first of eight‚ was a struggle provoked by the Christian powers in Europe against Islamic powers in the Middle East‚ or Holy Land. This crusade was said to have risen as a result of various reasons; all of these reasons‚ of course‚ being the fault of the European Christians. One minor potential reasoning for starting the conflict is known as the Second Son Theory: due to the Law of Primogeniture
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The Crusades: An Origin The Crusades are renowned as the most massive church-sanctioned militaristic movement of the later middles ages‚ like no other military movement of the time. The series of events that brought about the existance of the Crusaders were so large as to eclipse the affairs of the homeland in the West in the name of religious faith and duty. Chivalric idealism‚ romance of battle and the notion of beautific zeal affect the way in which both the Crusaders and the Crusades are
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The Crusades Biographies The Crusades Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager The Crusades: Biographies Written by J. Sydney Jones Edited by Marcia Merryman Means and Neil Schlager Project Editor Julie L. Carnagie Editorial Ralph G. Zerbonia Permissions Lori Hines‚ Susan J. Rudolph‚ William A. Sampson ©2005 by U•X•L. U•X•L is an imprint of Thomson Gale‚ a division of Thomson Learning‚ Inc. U•X•L® is a registered trademark used herein
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