Why did Pope Urban II call the first Crusade ? There are three main reasons as to why Pope Urban II called the first Crusade. These reasons being ; Improving conditions in the west ‚ Power to the church and the reunification of the Christian church. Although there are many reason that could have been said‚ I valued the three above to be the most important deciding factors to crusade. Improving conditions in the west was a significant reason to call a crusade. The fear of hell and purgatory shaped
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The First Sacred War was fought with Thessaly‚ Athens‚ and Sicyon on one side and Kirrah on the other. The battle was fought from 595 B.C. to 585 B.C. Thessaly‚ Athens‚ and Sicyon claimed it to be a “Holy War”‚ hence the name Sacred War. They claimed it a “Holy War” because they were given the blessing of The Amphictyony of Anthela. The First Sacred War would consist of the first known use of biological warfare‚ curses‚ and the god’s divine powers. The war lasted ten years because the
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Urban II say at the council of Clermont to persuade Christians to set forth on such a difficult venture as the Crusades?" One man‚ an early 12th century cleric named Fulcher of Chartres wrote perhaps the best historical chronicle of the events at Clermont and the speech of Urban II.<br><br>Fulcher begins his account with a prologue that states how blessed the journeymen of the Crusades were to take up such a conquest. He follows this by speaking on the Council of Clermont. Fulcher describes Pope
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The Crusades people left a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind Muslims‚ the two religions that are Crusades and Muslims. The Muslims were getting attacked by the Crusades‚ the Crusades were a religious war. It was also a way that Crusades can get a license to kill others‚ Does it make the Crusades Positive or Negative. The Crusades are more negative than positive‚ one reason is that the Crusades left the religious hatred. It states on Document A states‚ “They also left a bitter legacy of religious
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First Crusade Documents Summary Document A: Document A by August C. Krey is a descriptive summary of the First Crusade. In the First Crusade‚ the Franks used machines and tools to get into the city of Jerusalem and kill everyone inside. August C. Krey wrote this document from the Crusaders perspective. I know this because of: “there was blood covered up to our knees from the slaughter.” From this sentence‚ we can know that August C. Krey interviewed someone on the Crusaders side of the
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DBQ: Impact of the Crusades The Crusades were very big wars that took place in the Byzantine Empire‚ and in Jerusalem. The Crusades took place in about 1095. The Crusades happened because at one point in history‚ people wanted land. It was most likely the Byzantine area. The outcome wasn’t always what they desired. The Crusades were very negative because there was lots of death‚ and lots of problems. Document 7 states‚ “To make matters worse‚ the crusading knights often abused and committed atrocities
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The First Crusade is a multifaceted event that is often oversimplified or misconstrued as an analogy for modern-day conflicts. In the last four decades‚ however‚ the field has seen a significant overhaul when analyzing the Crusade. Instead of focusing on singular causes‚ historians now take a pluralist‚ “interdisciplinary”‚ approach when determining the reasons for the First Crusade. These reasons are highlighted in Pope Urban II’s powerful speech‚ Speech at Clermont. His speech‚ in itself‚ is complex
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outside of their families to join. The children’s crusade seemed like it would be successful and had good intention‚ but had a huge lack of sense of leadership and planning. He had led him and his army into a dispute against all factors of nature. At him being so young of age‚ that had also caught up with him. It has been said that the children’s crusade was a set up to try and shame the king and his army to go and fight for the holy land. The Crusades were a series of religious wars‚ blessed by
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The idea that was the driving force behind the crusades was that Christianity must replace previously held Islamic and Judaic beliefs at any price‚ even the lives of others. The people of the world must be saved through their belief in the Christian God‚ no matter the cost‚ even if violence was to be used. All throughout Europe‚ Jews were persecuted‚ and eventually Jerusalem was captured. Jewish and Muslim people living within the city were murdered; this included the slaughter of women and children
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After religion‚ Fulcher characterizes the people of the near-east based on heritage and political ties. Fulcher defines the Turks as “a Persian people” and the editor of A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem‚ Harold Fink‚ specifies that they are “Seljuk Turkish nomads” (Fulcher 66‚ 80). The Turks are governed by the Atabeg of Damascus‚ which is clear from the way Fulcher describes the Turkish army as the Atabeg’s Turks (Fulcher 266). Thus‚ the Turks are defined by their religion as Muslims‚ their
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