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    First Crusade

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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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    The First Crusade (1096–1099) was a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant (632–661)‚ ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos‚ who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon

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    Weapons In The Crusades

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    Next‚ weapons evolved throughout the process of the crusades. Just as the people developed armor throughout the medieval time period surrounding the crusades‚ knights began to use more effective and dangerous weapons in combat with their enemy. Two different types of weapons were used during the Crusades: close combat weapons such as swords‚ maces‚ spears‚ and poleaxes‚ but also long distance weapons such as long bows and crossbows. Blacksmiths softened iron and then shaped the metal into customized

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    Saladin and the Crusades

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    early life in Syria because his family had to relocate before moving to Egypt at the age of twenty-six. There he started his own sultanate which at its height included Egypt‚ Syria‚ Mesopotamia‚ Hejaz‚ Yemen‚ and parts of North Africa. He is well known for his recapture of Jerusalem from the Crusaders in 1187 after the crusaders were defeated in the Battle of Hattin. He was also able to repel the Third Crusade that was headed by Richard the Lion heart king of England. Saladin is one of the most

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    A Personal Crusade

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    A Personal Crusade Sara Sahr Cardinal Stritch University Management and Leadership – MGT405 Instructor – Michael Glassford August 26‚ 2014 Executive Summary Corporate philanthropic efforts are well received by corporate employees as well as consumers; self-serving charitable giving however‚ would not. Corporate charitable giving must not negatively impact the greater good of the company or the employees. It is evident that at least four of the ten general ethical principles are at play

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    800 to 1300 around ninety percent of people who were living in Europe during the middle ages were in poverty‚ lots of them were peasant farmers who would do a lot to make their lives better or to have a change in them. They would wear clothes that would hopefully last a lifetime for them‚ and never bathe more than once a month which included the people who were more fortunate. They would usually never live past the age forty because of diseases or starvation. An English poet William Langland describes

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    The Crusades: Failure

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    Theodore R. Griffiths HIS 101 Essay #1 The Crusades as a whole were an obvious failure‚ yet regardless of the lack of gain from such expeditions‚ Europe still moved forth within their own boundaries. The First Crusade was a shining victory‚ taking Jerusalem out of Muslim control and achieving mass popularity with the people of Europe. Thanks to the achievement of the first Crusade‚ one of the results was the Templars‚ or Knights of the Temple‚ which created safe routes between Europe and the crusaders

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    The Church in the Middle Ages The Catholic Church greatly influenced the lives of people in the Middle Ages. The Church owned land‚ they controlled people’s beliefs‚ they were wealthy and they were led by the Pope. Majority of people in the Middle Ages were Catholic and relied on the Church for teachings‚ rewards and punishments. The church used threats‚ teachings and law to control people of the Middle Ages. People went on Crusades for the Pope and the Church. The Church told people if they did

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    The First Crusade

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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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    CRUSADE In the High Middle Ages‚ a manifestation of religious enthusiasm seized Europe in a series of crusades against the Muslims. These Crusades are important parts to the history in the middle ages. A Crusade was any of the military expeditions by the Christians in the eleventh‚ twelfth‚ and thirteenth centuries to recovery the Holy Land of Jerusalem from the Muslims. The Crusades were thought to be a curious mix of God and warfare‚ which were the two major concerns of the middle ages. Crusades

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