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 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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Holy land and Jerusalem from the Muslins‚ or Moors. These series of wars are called the Crusades. These Crusades had effects on Europe that few other events had at the time. Although there were many effects‚ some were stronger than others‚ including the introduction of new technology‚ the creation of towns‚ and trade flourishing as well. Technology had appeared to be nonexistent at the time until The Crusades‚ thus making its introduction to Europe extremely important. Towns were a way to discontinue
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The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens and the rescuing of holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. (Alchin 1) There were eight Crusades in number; the first four were sometimes called the Principal Crusades‚ and the remaining four were the called the Minor Crusades. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades‚ however‚ were considered to be the most important. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades started because of key people
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The Crusades were “wars fought to regain holy land from the Muslims” (Perry‚ Chase and Jacob). These Crusades were fought by the Christians. The first Crusade was started by Pope Urban II in 1095 and in 1099 it resulted in a successful capture of Jerusalem. The second Crusade was to recapture the city of Edessa from the Muslims‚ and were humiliated and failed. The third Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims‚ which also failed due to illness. The fourth Crusade was to again‚ try to take
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The Three Crusades There were three Crusades and they all took different routes from western Europe to Palestine. THE FIRST CRUSADE - The first crusade began in A.D. 1095. Pope Urban II mounted a platform outside the church at Clermont‚ France. The crowd shouted "Deus vult!" in response to the pope’s plea. Knights and peasants alike vowed to join the expedition to the Holy Land. For knights‚ the Crusade was a welcome chance to employ their fighting skills. For peasants‚ the Crusade
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The First Crusade The First Crusade was the first of a number of crusades which were endeavors made by the Christians to invade and regain the Holy Lands. The First Crusade began in 1095‚ when Emperor Alexius I of the Byzantine Empire arranged a meeting with Pope Urban II to ask for advice and assistance to defend the Byzantine empire. After this meeting‚ Pope Urban II realized that they had an opportunity to organize and recapture the Holy Lands. Consequently‚ the Pope called for a meeting of the
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The crusades were caused by religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit. There has been great debates of historians discovering the motives of the Crusades and have tried to determine which of the two factors had served as a more active agent and catalyst. The Crusades started when the religion of Christianity had to have the city of Jerusalem as Christian property as it was where their God was crucified. However‚ the aspect of political gain and economic benefit were an additional advantage
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The Crusades were important to the people of Europe for several reasons. The most important reason is that they were an attempt to defend against Muslim conquests of Christian lands. The Crusades also provided many opportunities to the people of Europe that ultimately contributed to many improvements of their society. I personally think that the Crusades brought about accomplishments that could not have been achieved otherwise such as effects it produced economically‚ the political effects‚ and the
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Were the Crusades Political or Religious? The Middle Ages was a religious age that was dominated by papacy. The Crusades show the religiousness of the Europeans in the Middle Ages‚ though we question ourselves if that was their only motive: Religion. People fought the Muslims‚ Seljuk Turks‚ to regain the Middle East in the name of "crusaders" which means "marked with the cross". This was the beginning of the Europe’s waking up to use their growing power to look outside Europe and dominate more lands
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