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    Were the Crusades Justified? In the case of the Crusades‚ the true jurisdictional limitation of the Church of Rome’s authoritative order was infinite beyond that of state or feudal control. It would seem that an “infinite jurisdiction” by any entity is unjust! The only possible rationale for having such unlimited authority would be an innate belief in “entitlement” or “unrestricted sovereignty.” The differences The Crusades were a succession of many wars‚ which “originally” started as a request

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    “I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it.”(Hilaire Belloc). This is very true because the Crusades did not have a lot of kid friendly material and were very violent. The army that lead the attack was filled with “ten of thousands of peasants‚ nobles‚ and clergy responded to Urban II’s call.”(The First Crusaders PowerPoint). Jerusalem was a holy ground for the Christians and was taken by the Muslims. When the Crusaders entered Jerusalem‚ a bloodbath commenced with

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    The crusade of Urban II Pope Urban II was the key figure behind promoting the idea of Crusades. His appeal played key role in initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated

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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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    iconic yet misunderstood as the Crusades. The image of cross-bearing knights doing battle with exotic Islamic soldiers is one that most westerners are quite familiar with. It is because of this prominence in the imaginations of modernity that the language and sentiment of the Crusades are still evoked. With the advent of the war on terror‚ the Crusades have become increasingly appropriated to cast imperialism as a present-day holy war. George Bush even used the term “Crusade” in reference to the September

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    EXCLUSIVE NEWS TODAY The Start of a Holy War Reaching the Checkpoint Today marks the start of the holy war started by pope urban II all three units have joined at the check point of Constantinople in April of 1096. Over 60‚000 people in total within these people are knights‚ surfs [women and children included] noble men‚ and monks all standing outside the doors of Constantinople. The emperor invited only the principle commanders of the crusade‚ Duke Godfrey‚ Baldwin Godfrey‚ and

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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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    three important reasons for the Crusades: including‚ names‚ dates‚ places‚ persons of interest‚ events‚ edicts‚ etc… One of the main reason for the crusades was to take back their holy land which was Jerusalem. Two main religions fought for the ownership of Jerusalem and they were Christians and Muslims. The Pope Innocent III was trying to expand the holy Roman Empire and reclaim the holy land from the Islamic Empire. This event lead to the start of the first crusade which began in the year 1096. Another

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    The Crusades are one of the most important processes throughout history. Carole Hillenbrand tries to portray this event from the Islamic perspective in her book “The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives”. She believes that the Crusades are underrated in Islamic historiography. A good book‚ describing this process from Muslims’ point of view‚ does not exist. The author refuses to use opinions of Near Eastern Christians: ”The material presented in this book excludes the views attitudes of Near Eastern Christians

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    Thomas F. Madden defines the crusade as a “war against the Muslims for the defence of the Christian faith and people.” Although‚ the Christians were successful in the First Crusade in establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ as Jonathan Riley argues this was particularly because the crusaders faced little opposition from the Muslims. Consequently‚ with the rise of the emir of Mousl and Alepp‚ Imad ad-Din Zengi‚ who called for a jihad against the crusaders resulted in the fall of Edessa in 1144 and

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