Some view the Crusades as wars of bloodlust‚ greed‚ and power. War is an escalated conflict of interest usually over money and/or resources. The outcome of war is that one culture advances due to newly acquired resources or advancements made from the war. The Crusades‚ in principle‚ were originated to assist Constantinople from the onslaught of Seljuk Turks and free the Holy City of Jerusalem from the clutches of Muslim control. These events would create the most dramatic geopolitical upheaval until
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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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Contrary to many commonly held notions about the first crusade‚ in his book‚ The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading‚ Jonathan Riley-Smith sets out to explain how the idea of crusading thought evolved in the first crusade. In his book‚ Riley-Smith sets out five main arguments to show how these ideas of crusading evolved. Firstly‚ he argues that Pope Urban ’s original message was conventional‚ secondly that a more positive reaction was drawn from the laity (due to the ideas surrounding Jerusalem)
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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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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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The Era of the crusades began with a call by Pope Urban II‚ in 1095 at Clermont‚ France to reclaim the holy land from infidel Muslims who had conquered it in the seventh century.1 & 2 Urban’s purpose beyond recapturing Jerusalem and the holy land. In order that Christians could safely make pilgrimages to the land of the holy sites of Christianity. Urban also hoped that his crusade would also be a springboard for improving relations between the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches. If successful it
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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 crusades occurred in 1095 during the postclassical era just after William the Conqueror had unified England. The fighting was between the Muslims and Christians. Many things contributed to causing the crusades. Religious motivation and political/economical gain were both major factors that caused them. Proof that religious motivation was a cause for the crusades is shown through many of these documents. First‚ document one contains such quotes as‚ "Christ commands it"‚ " concerns you and God"
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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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