Pope Urban II’s decision to launch the First Crusades altered Medieval Europe politically‚ socially‚ and economically. The Pope stressed the religious and economic importance of the Eastern churches and Jerusalem that had both been taken over by Muslim Turks. Previously Vikings and Muslims had been attempting to invade most Western European countries and were troubling them but were soon defeated. All across Europe countries were economically recovering and looking for ways to expand. With the growth
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was addressing Christians from all over France calling for a ‘Crusade’ in the name of God and as many would argue‚ abusing his authority and status he received from the Catholic Church. What occurred during the First Crusade is well known to many‚ whereas the reason behind Pope Urban ll calling the Crusade is a highly debated and contradicting issue. One of the reasons which are occasionally cited for Urban’s calling of the First Crusade is the call of help which Alexins Comnenus had sent to Urban
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Instructions: Read through the following sources and answer the questions that follow on a separate sheet of paper. At the end of the readings you will be able to use the sources to answer the focus question listed below. Focus Question: Were the Crusades caused primarily by religious devotion or by the desire for political and economic gain? Explain your answer and use sources and ideas to back up your answer. Source 1: Pope Urban II‚ 1095 …."Although‚ O sons of God‚ you have promised more
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during the Crusades. He was raised in a Kurdish‚ Sunni‚ military family‚ he quickly rose the ranks within the Muslim society as second in charge to the Syrian-northern Mesopotamian military leader Nur al-din. Sultan Saladin played a leading role for the Muslims in the fight against the Crusaders. He participated in three campaigns into Egypt (which was led by the Shi’ite Fatimid Dynasty)‚ and then
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Jerusalem and Ascalon during the First Crusade In 1095‚ Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont made a plea to those present that the French‚ “to whom God has given above other nations outstanding glory in arms‚ greatness of spirit‚ fitness of body and the strength to humiliate the hairy scalp of those who resist you” should “set out on the road to the Holy Sepulchre‚ deliver that land from a wicked race and take it yourselves”. This was the beginning of the First Crusade. In this paper I will compare the
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The Crusades were a long series of battles between Christians and Muslims during the middle ages. The wars started around 1096 and lasted through 1300. The Muslims had taken Christian holy lands and were continuing to spread across Europe. The first Crusade was meant to retake Jerusalem from Islamic territory. The crusade wars had an extremely high impact on the economy of Europe. Joining a crusade came with a high price; men were required to travel in groups‚ and were supposed to pay for their own
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Fourth Crusade Research Paper Brandon Rosty The Crusades-HIST-239 Prof. Moran Cruz For much of history‚ the papacy has been viewed as a driving force behind the Crusades‚ the papacy of Innocent III being a particularly good example. Ever since the days of Gregory VII from 1073-1085‚ and his early ideas of Crusades‚ and Urban II’s call for the First Crusade in 1095‚ the papacy has served as an instigator of plans that have often gone awry. The Fourth Crusade is the perfect
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Crusade is a military campaign established by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle ages and Late Middle ages. Some people believe that another reason behind the establishment of Crusades was because Pope Urabn II accepted to help the Byzantine Empire by reuniting the Christians under his commandership and provide Empror Alexios I‚ who was the emperor of Byzantine Empire with military support‚ while the Byzantine Empire was facing difficulties due to the territory loss during the
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The Crusades That the crusading phenomenon‚ primarily the first three crusades (1096 C.E. – 1192 C.E.)‚ was beneficial to Western Europe as it directly triggered Western expansionism. The crusades were only three of a series of nine Holy Wars fought between the European Christians and the Middle Eastern Muslim forces for control over the universally religiously renowned Jerusalem (Tyerman‚ 2004‚ 14). The first three crusades (1096 C.E. – 1192 C.E.) brought both cultural benefits and economic
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Explain why Pope Urban II called the First Crusade Pope Urban II called the first crusade because the Muslims were attacking Christians and Christian property. Pope Urban II saw the Muslims as enemies to God as they were attacking Christian churches in Jerusalem which were holy to Christians. The Muslims were also brutally attacking Christians. This angered the Pope so he therefore felt it was necessary to fight for Christians in the West to defend Christendom in the name of Christ. The Pope now
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