The Gesta Version recorded that Pope Urban said as much‚ “Great is your reward in Heaven.” This previous quote follows the same path that the first two accounts discussed as well. Pope Urban knew that if he could make the men confidant in their eternal life then they would march wherever he told them to. This manipulation of a man’s spirituality was a very cunning move since a lot of the regular soldiers would have to come from the peasants of the nation. Thus‚ when Pope Urban told them that if they
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Do the Dark Ages deserve to be called dark? People believe that the Dark Ages lived up to its name. They tend to use the term Dark Ages‚ because many people died due to the Black Plague‚ crusades‚ and wars. There was also a large loss of knowledge during the Dark Ages. A large portion of the population forgot how to read and write‚ and inventions like cement were lost as well. Although‚ the majority of people in the Dark Ages forgot knowledge‚ the Dark Ages were not that dark‚ because the monasteries
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is the poem’s hero and the poems most glamorous warrior. With that being said‚ he still lacks some of the majesty of Charlemagne‚ the Christian king‚ and the wisdom and knowledge of his friend‚ Oliver. The entire epic is about Roland‚ the heroic crusader. The nature of Roland as a hero is somewhat different than other heroes because of his knack of often being at odds with other leaders within Charlemagne’s army. This is proof of Roland’s undying pride and strong will. It is Roland’s sense of pride
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Pfeiffer‚ 1 Frederick I “Barbarossa”- The Holy Roman Emperor Throughout the history of human civilization‚ there have been several different empires in different geographical locations. One infamous example of a significant empire in Europe is the Holy Roman Empire. It is undeniable that such a formidable world power could ever come to exist without the help of a devoted and dedicated leader. Throughout the course of his thirty-eight years in power‚ Frederick Barbarossa managed to make several
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both knights and footmen‚ both rich and poor‚” united in their reconciliation (pg. 30). The Crusaders were therefore were meant to be righteous warriors of God. However‚ Fulcher describes scenes during the siege of Jerusalem that suggest otherwise. Fulcher notes that during the sacking of Jerusalem‚ “not one of [the people] were allowed to live; they did not spare the women and children” (pg. 77). The crusaders were meant to be men of God‚ there to do the lord’s work‚ yet‚ like any war‚ the main goal
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internecine feuds weakened Christian positions‚ politically and militarily. After the Templars were involved in several unsuccessful campaigns‚ including the pivotal Battle of the Horns of Hattin‚ Jerusalem was captured by Saladin’s forces in 1187. The Crusaders retook the city in 1229‚ without Templar aid‚ but held it only briefly. In 1244‚ the Khwarezmi Turks recaptured Jerusalem‚ and the city did not return to Western control until 1917 when the British captured it from the Ottoman Turks.[18] The Templars
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episode for me like a test an addition or even reading in front of a class because I might mess up because of my dyslexia. But in my junior year of high school‚ I found a way to fight my sickness by leaving for the summer and marching the Oregon Crusaders where I traveled the country doing Color Guard. The song Fix you By Coldplay I believe explain what I went through in the way that no matter what happen in the past that you can find
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Creating the Melancholic Tone in "The Raven" Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven‚" representing Poe’s own introverted crisis of hell‚ is unusually moving and attractive to the reader. In his essay entitled "The Philosophy of Composition‚" Poe reveals his purpose in writing "The Raven" and also describes the work of composing the poem as being carefully calculated in all aspects. Of all melancholy topics‚ Poe wished to use the one that was universally understood‚ death; specifically death involving a beautiful
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because it said that they had failed at what they were trying to do which made them mad. And they continued their goal. Document 7 states that‚ “The havoc the zealous crusaders brought on the local populations‚ especially the Jewish communities‚ made them hated by all groups throughout the region.” That is important because what the Crusaders did‚ made them hated by all of the groups in the region. They did very bad things which made them unliked throughout a lot of places. Therefore‚ the 4th Crusade was
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got up to when their backs were turned‚ most notably the abolition of the church and the lack of social status‚ the men clearly are not used to everyone being equal in the way that the women now are. Krak‚ a prisoner who was brought back by the crusaders‚ has the idea that the men must build a castle in order to reinstate their authority over the women or at least that’s what he told them in reality he is planning the castle to destroy the women. Krak doesn’t see
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