The four accounts of the first Crusade are definitely colored by the perspective of the writer. In each of the stories there was very little respect given to others. We see it in comments from Pope Urban II “exterminate this vile race from our lands”. Solomon Bar Simson wrote of an “arrogant people‚ a people of strange speech‚ a nation bitter and impetuous.” Ibn Al-Athir wrote of Roger the Frank “At this Roger raised one leg and farted loudly‚ and swore that it was of more use than their advice
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Crusades Writing Task 1-summary In June 1099 an army appeared outside the walls of Jerusalem. Who were they? Why were they there? How did they get there? What had happened along the way? How were they equipped? What did they intend to do? Write a 200-300 word summary In June 1099 a Christian army appeared outside the walls of Jerusalem. They were the first crusade‚ set on achieving their one goal; to take Jerusalem from the Muslim population that had settled there over 200 years ago. The
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The impact that the Crusades had on the Western world was that the Crusaders learn’t how to build better castle’s and more advanced war techniques. Another thing the Crusaders brought back to the western world was science and medicine‚ they also learn’t the arabic number system and made calculations a lot easier to do. They were also taught about were the Muslim world went to and in return taught them that the world was a lot bigger then what they thought it was. They had many different fruit‚ spices
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campaigns to wrest the Holy Land from Muslim control. Known as the Crusades‚ these campaigns‚ considered to be divinely sanctioned in the Christian view‚ were led by the desire for Christian access to the shrines associated with Jesus Christ‚ Lord and Savior of the Christian Faith. Out of the eight to nine crusades‚ only the first truly fulfilled the purpose that Pope Urban II wished to fulfill. While‚ there were positive effects of the Crusades – such as the opening of the Mediterranean to commerce and
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How important was Muslim disunity to the success of the First Crusade? Muslim disunity was an important factor which lead to the success of the First Crusades. This is because it meant that due to the Muslims not being united they lost many battles which helped the Christians recapture Jerusalem. However it can’t be said that Muslim disunity was not the only reason for the success of the first crusade‚ this is because there are other factors such as religious beliefs and the supernatural‚ such as
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The Chronicle of the First Crusade The Chronicle of the First Crusade is a firsthand account of the First Crusade by the western Christian world to retake “the promise land”. Written by Fulcher‚ is gives a firsthand look into the preparation for and the completion of the crusade. What was meant to be a holy war‚ the crusade saw the completion of many atrocities by the solider it sought to redeem. Among other things‚ it leads us to the question of can there be such thing as a “holy war”‚ that is‚
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Created during the Crusades in 1119 A.D Jerusalem‚ the Knights Templar served to protect Christian pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. As a result‚ the Knights Templar gained power‚ respect and wealth that threatened Philip IV‚ King of France. Philip was influenced by his top adviser‚ William De Nogaret‚ to spread seditious stories about the knights‚ accusing them falsely of committing satanic practices and then torturing them into confessing that they had. Although the Knights were founded for the
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The crusades a known as a series of military campaigns that took place during the medieval England that fought against the Muslims of the Middle East. During the year 1076 the Muslims had captured the most holy of holy places for Christians‚ city of Jerusalem. In the 900’s Byzantium had successfully seized religion in Syria‚ in the begging of the 1030 the Seljuk Turks had managed to take over land and power in Syria. These actions prevented the emperor of Byzantium‚ Alexis I had sent an assignment
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The Crusades‚ Silk Road‚ Umayyad‚ and Abbasid Dynasties • A1 The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE‚ the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival‚ as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called
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Summary of “The Campus Crusade for Guys” In “The Campus Crusade for Guys” Sarah Karnasiewicz introduces Michael Thompson‚ a child psychologist who supports the life of American boys. Thompson is a bestselling author of “Raising Cain” and is an educational speaker on television for troubled boys. Although he supports American boys he has a daughter of his own‚ so he does not agree that boys should be given a better opportunity getting into colleges. Despite Thompson’s opinion on the opportunity
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