Contrary to many commonly held notions about the first crusade‚ in his book‚ The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading‚ Jonathan Riley-Smith sets out to explain how the idea of crusading thought evolved in the first crusade. In his book‚ Riley-Smith sets out five main arguments to show how these ideas of crusading evolved. Firstly‚ he argues that Pope Urban ’s original message was conventional‚ secondly that a more positive reaction was drawn from the laity (due to the ideas surrounding Jerusalem)
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First Crusade Documents Summary Document A: Document A by August C. Krey is a descriptive summary of the First Crusade. In the First Crusade‚ the Franks used machines and tools to get into the city of Jerusalem and kill everyone inside. August C. Krey wrote this document from the Crusaders perspective. I know this because of: “there was blood covered up to our knees from the slaughter.” From this sentence‚ we can know that August C. Krey interviewed someone on the Crusaders side of the
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Were the Crusades Political or Religious? The Middle Ages was a religious age that was dominated by papacy. The Crusades show the religiousness of the Europeans in the Middle Ages‚ though we question ourselves if that was their only motive: Religion. People fought the Muslims‚ Seljuk Turks‚ to regain the Middle East in the name of "crusaders" which means "marked with the cross". This was the beginning of the Europe’s waking up to use their growing power to look outside Europe and dominate more lands
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The Era of the crusades began with a call by Pope Urban II‚ in 1095 at Clermont‚ France to reclaim the holy land from infidel Muslims who had conquered it in the seventh century.1 & 2 Urban’s purpose beyond recapturing Jerusalem and the holy land. In order that Christians could safely make pilgrimages to the land of the holy sites of Christianity. Urban also hoped that his crusade would also be a springboard for improving relations between the Roman and Eastern Orthodox Churches. If successful it
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is Free Will? Denise Dale What is Free Will? Free will is the driving force of human existence and individuality. It directs human actions‚ thoughts and desires. Free will is what distinguishes humankind from all other creations of existence. Animals do not have free will. Plants and flowers do not have free will. Humans live their lives. Out of all that there is of existence that depends on air for life‚ only humans truly have free will. As per the Merriam-Webster dictionary Free is
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The Crusades‚ Silk Road‚ Umayyad‚ and Abbasid Dynasties • A1 The start of the Crusades begins with the Turks. In the early 11th century CE‚ the Seljuk Turks moved west from Central Asia and came to occupy the Holy Land and Jerusalem. They did not allow Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem and other religious sites. This invasion of the Holy Land made Greek Emperor Alexis I Comnenus seek the help of Pope Urban II who was his rival‚ as the Emperor could not hold the Turks off alone. Pope Urban called
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The idea that was the driving force behind the crusades was that Christianity must replace previously held Islamic and Judaic beliefs at any price‚ even the lives of others. The people of the world must be saved through their belief in the Christian God‚ no matter the cost‚ even if violence was to be used. All throughout Europe‚ Jews were persecuted‚ and eventually Jerusalem was captured. Jewish and Muslim people living within the city were murdered; this included the slaughter of women and children
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PE R SP EC TI V ES O N P SY CH O L O G I CA L S CIE N CE Free Will in Scientific Psychology Roy F. Baumeister Florida State University ABSTRACT—Some actions are freer than others‚ and the difference is palpably important in terms of inner process‚ subjective perception‚ and social consequences. Psychology can study the difference between freer and less free actions without making dubious metaphysical commitments. Human evolution seems to have created a relatively new‚ more complex form of
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about the same time “Alexios and Phillip of Swabia propose to the Crusaders to overthrow Constantinople and restore Alexios to the throne” . “Alexios had previously wanted Papal support for this but his request was denied” . Previous to the Fourth Crusade happening “the Doge of Venice‚ Dandolo had set his sights on Constantinople. In 1182 there was a Latin massacre that had included the Venetians. This had caused some contentions between the Greeks and Latins. This had stripped some of the Venetians
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Have you ever wondered if the Crusades were a good thing or a bad thing‚ maybe it is in between? The Crusades are 9 holy wars between Roman Catholics and Sunni Muslims from the 11th century to the 13th century. Now today i’m going to show you what happened during the crusades good‚ bad‚ and in between. But overall I think that the crusades were a good thing in Europe. Now‚ the reason why I think that the crusades were a good thing is because it brought the eastern trade industry into Europe. Document
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