Mr. Brant World History January 24‚ 2016 The Templar Order The crusades were a series of military campaigns conducted European Christians in the lands of Asia Minor (Byzantium)‚ Syria‚ Palestine‚ and Egypt. The crusades were described by Pope Urban II as a pilgrimage (for which the sins of the crusaders would be forgiven) and a defensive war to take back the holy land‚ especially Jerusalem (Britannica). Out of the First Crusade sprung an order named The Knights of Templar. The knights of Templar
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The Crusading movement The Crusades were military expeditions undertaken by Christian Europe between the 11th and the 17th century to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims. The main crusading movement took place between the 11th and 13th century. The word crusade‚ which is derived from the Latin "Crux" was adopted by crusaders who adorned themselves with the symbol of Christianity: the cross.1 Crusaders wore a red cross sewn on their tunics to indicate their status as soldiers of Christ
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Samir Hadzic PDP World History 3rd Period Chapter #15‚ pgs 296-301 I. Introduction A. Main Idea- The Middle Ages were a time period filled with a shocking amount of chaos and calamity‚ although accompanied by a large amount of intellectual prosperity‚ political expansion‚ and rebirth. i. During the High Middle Ages (eleventh to thirteenth centuries) 1. The Latin Church became a strong spiritual authority in Europe. 2. Revolution in agriculture. Increased food supplies and populations. 3
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as Ivan the Terrible‚ was the first Tsar. When he became the Tsar‚ he gained control of Siberia. Ivan the Terrible didn’t trust anyone‚ so he created an office of secret police called the Oprichnina‚ which then created the KGB. The KGB was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954-1991. 2. Rome’s republic democracy fell around 31 B.C. The republic democracy reappeared in 1776‚ with the creation of
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Krishi Pothur Emergence of Medieval Europe Proffesor Di Battista 11/18/12 The Road to Salvation starts With Death: Analytic Book Review of the First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading The middle ages was marked by a shocking poverty‚ a sporadic decrease in the birth rate‚ and a high mortality rate due to famine and disease. However this did not stop the fervor that gripped the heart of Europe which was the crusading mentality. Crusading can arguably be seen as the “hip hop” culture of the
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The Crusades The Crusades were a series of holy wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens. Back then ‘Saracen’ was a word used to describe a Moslem. In 1095 The Crusades began when Pope Claremont preached the First Crusade at the Council of Claremont. The reason for the Crusades was a war between the Moslems and the Christians. They fought for the city of Jerusalem‚ as the city held a Holy significance to Christian religion. They also fought for revenge for an earlier
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justified Saladin’s struggle to unify his people under his leadership‚ and it also marked the steep fall for the Crusades as they were stripped of their castles and cities (Housley‚ 1987). This fall not only encouraged the Third Crusade‚ but a crusade with a defined goal‚ aiming towards taking back the Holy City once and for all. Due to its immense significance in the era of the Second Crusades‚ it is vital to uncover the factors that instigated such a battle. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ I suggest three
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Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem‚ many people looked at this as an opportunity. Because of the living conditions that many of the people had a big amount of people joined to get away from the famine and disease. Others left to get away from their tiresome‚ monotonous lives. However the biggest reason why people joined was to help the pope and to defend their Christian religion. Many people started to join the Crusade army‚ which a great amount
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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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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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