Crusades were military units that began “in the late 11th century‚” and was initiated “by Western Christians” to regain “the Holy Land” and stop the expanse of both Muslims and Islam. Of course‚ the warriors or the knights were guaranteed for a cancellation of their wrongdoings‚ which are accepted as sins in Christianity‚ and an immediate acceptance “to Heaven” as soon as they were killed in the military action. According to Douglas E. Streusand‚ Jihad means “holy war” as a usual usage of the word
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The First Crusade originated as the brainchild of the Catholic Pope Urban II and was announced at the Council of Claremont in Aquitaine in 1095 as a call to arms to reclaim Jerusalem and holy sites like the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus Christ was crucified and aide the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus against the Shia Muslim Seljuk Turks‚ who had taken Anatolia after a series of victories over the Byzantine Empire including the Battle of Manzikert. These events were recorded by Alexius
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West in the Age of the Crusades: The Dividing of Christendom? Ryan Waddell GHIST101 Professor Harding November 14‚ 2013 (Reviewed by Professor Harding) Christianity has played a crucial role in world history since the death of Christ. From its humble beginnings along the Sea of Galilee until its solidified spread amongst Western European nations‚ the religion has had its fair share of conflict. Most notable would be the Crusades. An in depth look at
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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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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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The ways religious people perceive the crusades in different religion differ from one another. For many Christian the crusades were a force of reconquering the “holy land”. However‚ for many other people such as Muslims and Jews the crusades were a catastrophic destruction of their beliefs. The crusades during the 11th and 16th for many people had different motives. For people‚ who were attacked by Christians the crusades meant something very different from the people‚ who were conquering and killing
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evil control of the violent Muslims‚ non-Christians‚ and other religious pagans‚ a successive array of crusades had been launched by the Christian followers of the Western Europe‚ which spanned from 1095 onward to the 13th century. It was a historic fact that not all of the crusades achieved their purpose and attained success. Instead‚ defeat or failure was the usual result for most of the crusades‚ and victories were only a seldom or occasional visitor to the Christian crusaders who joined the mission
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The Crusades were a Christian army fighting against the Muslims to gain the “Holy Land” (Jerusalem). The Crusades were referred as “Histories most successful failures “‚ because they were able to conquer Jerusalem (holy land) but weren’t able to keep it because the Muslims took their land right back. I agree that the Crusades were failures more than successors because of the fact that they failed to keep the “holy land” from the Muslims: when they spent so much time and effort trying to conquer it
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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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The crusades had a wide range of impacts on international society‚ during and after the wars. These impacts can be categorised as effects on; the Catholic church‚ politics‚ intellectual and material development‚ economy‚ feudalism‚ and also the territories under the constant changing of hands. The crusades contributed to the thriving of the churches economy. As such the power of the Pope and his church increased which in event naturally fostered the authority and influence of the Popes by providing
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