April of 1096. Over 60‚000 people in total within these people are knights‚ surfs [women and children included] noble men‚ and monks all standing outside the doors of Constantinople. The emperor invited only the principle commanders of the crusade‚ Duke Godfrey‚ Baldwin Godfrey‚ and Jeffrey Baldwin of Toront. I feel like emperor Alexies seem furious I don’t think he was expecting a catholic army as big as we are‚ if anything I feel he only wanted an elite team of mercenaries. But he
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The Crusades were military journeys made by Western European Christians. The announced reason for the Crusades was to control the city of Jerusalem and in addition other eastern areas of religious journey from the control of the Muslims. Pope Urban II advanced from Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus for military help against the Turks. Urban accomplished so much to restore Papal honor after Gregory VII. While occupied with a religious voyage through French seas‚ he stop at Clermont 1095‚ and preached
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Unjustified Crusades During the middle ages‚ there have been multiple crusades that happened all over the Middle East. The Crusades were missions led by nobles. All of these crusades were meant to liberate and conquer Jerusalem or also called “The Holy City”. The first crusade out of the four main crusades came out as a success. The first crusade did conquer Jerusalem at first until it was taken back from them. The other three main crusades ended up as a failure‚ but the most embarrassing crusade was
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Were the Crusades Successful? Throughout the entirety of the Crusades‚ there were a multitude of goals that each combatant from the Christian‚ Muslim‚ and Judaism were trying to achieve. There is a lurking question‚ and that is: were the Crusades a success for anyone? Some historians will lecture that the Crusades were an overall success‚ some believe that they were only partially successful in conveying they’re overall message. Then there’s the historians that will lecture that the Crusades were a
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The Crusades was one of the most violent military campaigns in the world. Added to that‚ the Crusades cause many positive things‚ but also caused some negative things as well. Before the Crusades‚ most Muslims did not allow Christians into the sacred places like Jerusalem‚ this sparked the Crusades. The Crusades had a massive effect on the conflict between Christians and Muslims. The Crusades started at the beginning of the 11th century Europe was becoming one of the largest civilization on the
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Submitted To : Prof. C.K. Raju Submitted By : Mohamed Zawmy Shifran History and Philosophy of Science (SHH1044) 209110164 1 Origin of Science and the crusades | Mohamed Zawmy Shifran_209110164 Origin of Science and the Crusade Science and technology was‚ is and will be a lethal tool to rule the world. Science has been the key to the power. The nation which owns the latest technology can rule the world‚ it is proved from the Cavalry archer of Genghis Khan to the modern day
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The crusade of Urban II Pope Urban II was the key figure behind promoting the idea of Crusades. His appeal played key role in initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated
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Thomas F. Madden defines the crusade as a “war against the Muslims for the defence of the Christian faith and people.” Although‚ the Christians were successful in the First Crusade in establishing the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ as Jonathan Riley argues this was particularly because the crusaders faced little opposition from the Muslims. Consequently‚ with the rise of the emir of Mousl and Alepp‚ Imad ad-Din Zengi‚ who called for a jihad against the crusaders resulted in the fall of Edessa in 1144 and
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------------------------------------------------- CRUSADES The Crusades where a sequence of wars starting in 1095‚ and ending in 1291. A total of nine Crusades. It was a battle between the Christians and the Muslims‚ both sides having the same goal of taking the holy land (Jerusalem). The cause of the crusades was in 1095; the Arabs took control of Jerusalem‚ and shut off all the Christian and Jewish pilgrims from entering. Of course‚ different religions have different beliefs‚ and they both
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Per.1 2/5/13 Crusades Essay The initial cause for the crusades is the emperor asked for help. Pope Urban the second thought that by “moving” the Muslims Christianity would be brought back together. The goals of the crusades were economic‚ social‚ and political goals as well as religious motives. The Pope wanted to reclaim Palestine because the Muslims controlled it and Christendom had split into Eastern and Western branches in 1054. Kings and the Church saw that the Crusades was a good opportunity
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