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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known as the city of Jerusalem‚ had been under Muslim control since 638‚ but in 1095‚ the Byzantine Empire began to face trouble when an invasion of Turks seized control of the Byzantine holdings in Asia Minor. The Byzantine emperor‚ Alexius Comnenus‚ felt threatened and feared the Turks would take over his capital‚ Constantinople. Alexius Comnenus wrote to Pope Urban II asking for help. In response to this letter‚ Pope Urban II spoke and spread his message in a way that influenced the Western Christians
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Christians responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against the harmonious Muslims‚ they were starting a series of wars that would destroy both sides. The First Crusade‚ which took place during the late eleventh century CE‚ was an “endeavor” which Christians set out on a religious pilgrimage led by Pope Urban II. This endeavor was supposedly backed by God‚ in which they made an attempt to exterminate all other religions‚ specifically Islam and Judaism. Although the Crusades started as a widespread
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The First Crusade The First Crusade - 1096 - 1099 A brief description and outline of the Cause of the Crusades is as follows: The massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims in Jerusalem prompted the first crusade Religious Conviction of crusaders The Instinct to Fight The Preaching of Peter the Hermit The Threat of the Turks The Council of Clermont led by Pope Urban II - "It is the will of God" Leaders of the First Crusade The leaders of the First Crusade included some of
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October 8‚ 2016 First Crusade: Prep Paper Causes of the First Crusade The Crusades are an important part of the history of the world. The first crusade marks a major turning point in the history of Europe‚ marking the first major war of conquest launched from Western Europe since the decline of the Roman Empire. The first Crusade has had many different causes and effects. What I am writing about in this paper is those causes and how they came to be in the first place. The Crusades began as religious
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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
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Why did people go on crusades? 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
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People’s Crusade. The Crusade did not turn out very well however‚ because nearly all of the crusaders were killed by Turkish soldiers. 3. European lords have reportedly organized a proper military force which consisted of four armies. The first army‚ led by the
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To what extent did the response to Urban II’s call to Crusade in 1095 correspond to the pope’s plans? "The remarkable success of Urban’s crusade seemed to confirm his preaching theme that God was fighting with the crusaders" -Penny J. Cole This view‚ that the First Crusade was a great success‚ is still generally accepted today‚ as it was by contemporaries. The crusaders themselves‚ convinced that their mission had been achieved‚ "entitled their chronicles Gesta Dei per Francos‚ God’s work done
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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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