group of peasants were starting their own “People’s Crusade‚” which was unsuccessful. Post
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The First Crusade The First Crusade - 1096 - 1099 A brief description and outline of the Cause of the Crusades is as follows: The massacre of 3000 Christian Pilgrims in Jerusalem prompted the first crusade Religious Conviction of crusaders The Instinct to Fight The Preaching of Peter the Hermit The Threat of the Turks The Council of Clermont led by Pope Urban II - "It is the will of God" Leaders of the First Crusade The leaders of the First Crusade included some of
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The Weapons of the Crusades Guy Steuart 4/20/13 War in Society Dr. Jobin The Crusades were extremely violent times. With constant pressure to take back the holy city‚ armies were constantly fighting and killing. They were also always trying to find better and more efficient ways to fight and kill. Old weapons were engineered to be more destructive‚ new weapons were invented to destroy the ever-advancing technology in fortification. The three main categories of weaponry that were most important
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The Second Crusade: Discord between the Crusader states Tyler Rathke HIS 111-601 After the end of the first Crusade‚ three Crusader States were created in the East. The three Crusader states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ the Principality of Antioch‚ and the county of Edessa and after the first three Crusader states were developed‚ a fourth was added called the County of Tripoli. The social‚ political‚ and economic factors throughout the Crusader States led to the cause of the second
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The story of King Arthur is one that has been told for generation in many different ways two telling are the book The Acts of King Arthur And His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck and King Arthur directed by Antoine Fuqua. In the Steinbeck version Arthur is the king of England and the son of King Uther Pendragon and Lady Igraine. Due to a deal Uther made with Merlin‚ a wizard‚ Arthur was raised by Sir Ector as though he is his own son. Later on Uther passed away from an illness and lords began to
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THESIS STATEMENT Arthur Miller’s life during the Great Depression and the McCarthy Era influenced the societal and political views he expresses in his plays. Through his experiences‚ Miller came to believe that the common man should inherit the role of the tragic hero‚ previously reserved only for those of high stature. PURPOSE STATEMENT Through research and critical analysis of both Miller’s plays and essays‚ it will be proven that Arthur Miller’s experiences during the Great Depression and the
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The First Crusade (1096–1099) was a military expedition by Roman Catholic Europe to regain the Holy Lands taken in the Muslim conquests of the Levant (632–661)‚ ultimately resulting in the recapture of Jerusalem in 1099. It was launched on 27 November 1095 by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of responding to an appeal from Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos‚ who requested that western volunteers come to his aid and help to repel the invading Seljuq Turks from Anatolia. An additional goal soon
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The First Crusade 1095-1100 1. The crusading movement was a significant event in the history of medieval Europe. They opened an era in which Western Europe came into direct contact with the great trade routes that united the civilizations of Eurasia For the first time since the fall of the Roman empire‚ western Europe was not isolated‚ but a part of a greater world. Many things flowed along these trade routes. Some were good‚ such as paper‚ the compass‚ medicines and spices‚ new crops and advances
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Next‚ weapons evolved throughout the process of the crusades. Just as the people developed armor throughout the medieval time period surrounding the crusades‚ knights began to use more effective and dangerous weapons in combat with their enemy. Two different types of weapons were used during the Crusades: close combat weapons such as swords‚ maces‚ spears‚ and poleaxes‚ but also long distance weapons such as long bows and crossbows. Blacksmiths softened iron and then shaped the metal into customized
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The Real History of the Crusades Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. The Crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics. They are supposed to have been the epitome of self-righteousness and intolerance‚ a black stain on the history of the Catholic Church in particular and Western civilization in general. A breed of proto-imperialists‚ the Crusaders introduced Western aggression
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