of how they lived inside the castle‚ the architecture shows how they defended and attacked castles‚ and writing on the walls tells how they survived. As time went on castles became more and more advanced. Castles were first created in the 10th century in Normandy. The first types were motte and bailey castles; these castles were surrounded by ditches often filled with water‚ moats‚ to defend the mounds. There often was a drawbridge to go over the moat and walls around the castle itself. T
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destructive invasions‚ and dramatic depopulation. This order was based on a highly decentralized but flexible system that vested political‚ military‚ and judicial authority in local and regional rulers. A long‚ slow process of economic recovery based first on increased agricultural production within the rural manorial system to be followed by gradually increasing trade‚ industry‚ and commerce and the eventual reurbanization of Europe. The cultural unity provided by the Christian church based in Rome
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of the disagreements that came up about Feudalism? The West and its Expansion Why did population growth rapidly happen‚ what caused it? How did crusades help the community and what disadanges did it have? Where the crusades useful and helpful or they didn’t do any good? What was at least one advantage that the crusades gave? Evolution and Reformation of Religion Why were the church and feudalism disagreeing with each other? What is feudalism and how did it
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Templar Knights first formed as the military arm of the Catholic Church‚ charged with protecting the faithful from muslim mauraders and other bandits on their pilgramages to and from the Holy Lands in Jersusalem. The order was first brought together around the year 1120 by King Baldwin the Second of Jerusalem and a french knight by the name of Hugues de Payens. They were first headquarted in a mosque called Al Aqsa‚ that had been recently recaptured from the Muslims during the first crusade. This mosque
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1). The information that is known‚ however‚ proves that the order’s significance is far greater than the persistent legends that encompass the popular perceptions of the Knights Templar. Formed in 1096 by St. Bernard in the aftermath of the first crusade‚ the Knights Templar made their home on the Temple Mount Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for nearly two centuries (Marzuni) . The earliest Templars were a purely militaristic company bound to a monastic lifestyle of chastity‚ poverty‚ and obedience
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of the European Renaissance. There are several key factors that led to the end of The Middle Ages other than the start of the Renaissance. The Black Plague and The Crusades undeniably led to the end of the Middle Ages because of the decrease of population from The Black Plague and the increase of foreign goods and trade from The Crusades among many other reasons. The Bubonic Plague‚ Black Plague‚ and Black Death are names for a deadly disease that killed between 75 and 200 million people in Europe
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many can argue that this period of time can be labeled as a “Dark Age” because of the evil and injustice that occurred‚ it can be better labeled as an “Age of Faith” because of the great extent of power and influence the Catholic church had‚ the Crusades‚ and the peace that the church brought to the people. The great extent of power and influence that the Catholic church had shaped the lives of Christian Europeans. This was a factor to support how the middle ages were an age of faith. The picture
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RELIGIOUS WARS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN One of the major examples where religion caused war would be the Crusades. The Crusades‚ fought in the 11th century‚ were a series of "Holy Wars" between Christian and Muslims that was centered around the city of Jerusalem. In summary‚ the Turks took Jerusalem in 1065 and massacred 3‚000 Christians. This started a chain of events which lead to the start of the Crusades. Opponents of the claim that religion causes
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are several reasons. The first one is “indulgence”. This shows how wrong and rotten the Church was at the time. They sold indulgence to ordinary people who really believed it would save them‚ and used the money to power the crusades. Also pope Urban II promised everyone who took part in the crusades to get free indulgence. To me this means that people were so blinded they even gave their life to the church which promised salvation in return. Another reason are the crusades. I think that fighting
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intentions‚ which were good because they were trying to regain land for Christ. “As we aim to represent the image of Christ however‚ there will be times when the truth of His word will not always sound appealing‚ but it will always remain necessary. The Crusades were intended for good‚ but as humanity tends to do‚ they were altered from their course because of violent
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