Pope Urban II Rough draft Pope Urban II was born Otho de Lagery‚ sometime in 1042‚ as the second son to his family of Noble parents. He was from the Champagne region of France. This automatically meant that he was to be a part of the church. He was the head of the Catholic Church from 1088-1099. He had developed ecclesiastical reforms as a continuation of the reforms begun by Pope Gregory VII. Before he was Pope‚ he was a monk. Urban II eventually traveled to Rome where he would become the cardinal
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In his appeal to the Franks‚ Pope Urban II begins his speech in an ominous and foreboding tone. This foreshadows the news he brings forth. He also praises the Franks and calls them the ones chosen by God. He does this to persuade them to go on the crusade. The grave news delivered by the pope is that Islamic forces have invaded Jerusalem and converted the churches into mosques. The Pope was distraught that the Christians’ sacred Jerusalem was just taken by the Turks and they did not do anything about
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History of the First Crusade Robert the Monk’s history of the First Crusade‚ Historia Iherosolimitana (HI)‚ was composed several years after the events it records. There is also no evidence making him an eyewitness for the anything he transcribes except for the Council of Clermont. Robert is generally accepted as a valuable source for the First Crusade as his story is based on the Gesta Francorum and he was commissioned by his abbot to offer a new more exciting account of the crusades.1 Robert’s account
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Reston Jr. is a non-fictional view of the third crusade. This particular crusade spanned from 1187-1192‚ containing many gruesome battles and a lot of intense moments between Islam and Christianity. Reston supplies the reader with a little background to the third Crusade when he talks about the first Crusades happening since 1095. Reston gives a fairly impartial view of this holy war. He discusses the battles‚ politics‚ and emotions of the Crusade as an outside party and if he takes any side at
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influence could be spread across the known world. No better was this driving force of expansionism expressed than in the Crusades. Shortly after the first Crusade‚ the contemporary writer and abbot Guibert of Nogent coined the phrase “Holy Christendom’s new Colonies” for the recently conquered areas of Syria and Palestine ; similarly‚ the true nature of the societies created by the Crusades has been debated fiercely over the past two centuries. The question of whether the Frankish settlements in the Levant
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about the Turks and what they were doing to Jerusalem to all that were in attendance (Ancient History). The pope encouraged all of the Christians with the exception of women‚ elderly‚ the feeble‚ and clergy (unless they had permission) to launch a crusade to take back the holy land in the name of GOD (The Council). In exchange for their service to the Lord our God‚ Pope Urban II made the following promises to those that chose to go on this endeavor: the absolution of their sins and everlasting life
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will be granted slavations for their sins (Pope Urban). The Catholic Church glorified war and compared it to praying or fasting (Movie). Pope Urban II misguided Christians into taboo‚ saying if permissible to kill in the name of the Lord (Ideals of Crusades
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The Dabiq/Rumiyah is the ISIS newsletter which they post in order to draw support from Muslims around the world in hopes of them joining the ISIS movement. The newsletter was originally called the Dabiq‚ but was later changed to Rumiyah after ISIS was pushed out of this symbolic city. The latter name is arabic for Rome‚ indicating their objective in conquering the Christian center of the world. The magazine itself is well made: it contains polished graphics‚ easy to read text‚ and contains a variety
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carries that sheds light upon the culture out of which the poem emerges. In this culture during the late 700’s‚ pride in one’s religion is expected and upheld to great extents such as sacrifice. The Song of Roland was written at the beginning of the Crusades and is designed to stir the Christians and to fire them up. The intent of the poem is not to celebrate certain men like the likes of Oliver‚ but to glorify men of the likes of Roland. Roland is the poem’s hero and the poems most glamorous warrior
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the current outlook of the holy city in Islam‚ it is imperative to analyse the time period of the First Crusade and the events leading to it. The period of Frankish rule in Jerusalem is not a long one when compared to other periods in the history of the city. It consists of two distinct phases‚ the first one extending from the conquest of the city in the 11th century at the end of the First Crusade‚ until the Ayyubid occupation by the end of the 12th century. These two periods of Frankish rule together
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