Causes And Effects Of The Crusades
The Christian Crusades were a series of battles between the Muslims and the Christians in order to claim the Holy Land as their own. Religious and economic tensions are the causes of these numerous crusades.
For starters, religious tensions occurred when Muslims taught the message of the prophet Muhammad. These teachings went against the christian teachings and the what the christian church believes. Muslims thought they would be able to overrun the traditional christian ideas. At the time, Pope Urban the second was the pope of the church. He made it known that it was not a sin to kill non-christians if you do it for your faith. He told his followers that those who would fight in the Holy Land will automatically have their sins forgiven and will be going to heaven. This was an issue because knights were now able to commit as many sins as they wanted to and could still get away with it (“The Crusades”). …show more content…
This was because for 400 years Muslims occupied the Holy Land. The goal of the christians were to capture Jerusalem. In turn, the christians won the Holy Land. This only led to more conflict and more crusades later on. At St. John hospital, the christians were taking care of the people in the hospital. The Knights of Templar believed that fighting off hospitallers were a sign on charity and that they would receive salvation. They were political forces and were the elite forces (“Origins”).
In addition, these Knights Templar used bloodshed and prayer as their only tools. They were significant because 800 years ago they built the strongest fortification to be ever built. They constructed vaults and arches. These arches contained a keystone which was a supporting element. This keystone was the only thing keeping these arches from collapsing. These buildings were extremely important because for 200 years they were able to defend the Holy Land from invasion
For starters, religious tensions occurred when Muslims taught the message of the prophet Muhammad. These teachings went against the christian teachings and the what the christian church believes. Muslims thought they would be able to overrun the traditional christian ideas. At the time, Pope Urban the second was the pope of the church. He made it known that it was not a sin to kill non-christians if you do it for your faith. He told his followers that those who would fight in the Holy Land will automatically have their sins forgiven and will be going to heaven. This was an issue because knights were now able to commit as many sins as they wanted to and could still get away with it (“The Crusades”). …show more content…
This was because for 400 years Muslims occupied the Holy Land. The goal of the christians were to capture Jerusalem. In turn, the christians won the Holy Land. This only led to more conflict and more crusades later on. At St. John hospital, the christians were taking care of the people in the hospital. The Knights of Templar believed that fighting off hospitallers were a sign on charity and that they would receive salvation. They were political forces and were the elite forces (“Origins”).
In addition, these Knights Templar used bloodshed and prayer as their only tools. They were significant because 800 years ago they built the strongest fortification to be ever built. They constructed vaults and arches. These arches contained a keystone which was a supporting element. This keystone was the only thing keeping these arches from collapsing. These buildings were extremely important because for 200 years they were able to defend the Holy Land from invasion