Onward Christian Soldiers While reading a version of the speech given by Urban II at Clermont in 1095‚ I wondered why a pope would want to start a war. So I did some research found a few reliable sources on the internet about the same speech and including my textbook. My objective in this paper is to find out why would any Christian be willing to go to war for a piece of property and or did the pope have an ulterior motive? As it turns out‚ that piece of property I was wondering about is actually
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Why did Urban II call for a crusade in 1095? In order to establish reasons for Urban’s call for a crusade in 1095‚ we need to look at many accounts of the time‚ and find out what was happening in the rest of the Christian world which influenced both what and when he said what he did to launch the first crusade. At the time‚ religion played a major role in almost everyone’s daily lives‚ and the belief system of the afterlife was extremely strong. It was true that every Christian had a very vivid
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Book: Holy Land by D.J. Waldie In 1897‚ William A. Clark of Montana bought 8‚139 acres of farmland (near Los Angeles‚ California) from the Bixby family. Clark was one of the 10 richest men in America. He had been an architect of Montana statehood‚ he owned a silver mine there‚ and he eventually “bought” the Montana state legislature and became a U.S. senator. Clark also owned the nation’s richest copper mines in Arizona (when he died in 1925 he left an estate worth $200 million dollars).
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Texts such as Journey to the West and Tales of the Marvelous all possess a majestic element and aspect to them. Thus‚ the Taoist representation of the human body’s alchemic potential can be derived through the supernatural portrayal of martial arts described these texts. In
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Holy Journey What would our world today be like without the Hijrah? The Hijrah‚ or also known as the Holy Journey‚ was the journey that Muhammad‚ the Islamic prophet and his followers‚ undertook from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. He was known to be the messenger of God. This migration changed the lives of many people because it helped shape the modern world of today and it had an impact on worldwide civilizations. The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the year 570 A.D. He is the founder of the
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Pope Urban II’s decision to launch the First Crusades altered Medieval Europe politically‚ socially‚ and economically. The Pope stressed the religious and economic importance of the Eastern churches and Jerusalem that had both been taken over by Muslim Turks. Previously Vikings and Muslims had been attempting to invade most Western European countries and were troubling them but were soon defeated. All across Europe countries were economically recovering and looking for ways to expand. With the growth
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of Pentecost. 7. The experience of Paraclete forever changed the Apostles as they became enlivened‚ rejuvenated‚ and filled with courage. They spoke openly to the “Jews from every nation” who had come to Jerusalem for the celebration. 8. The Holy Spirit continued to be present in the Apostles and they became “sacramental signs” of Christ. Through Apostolic succession they entrusted the power and authority of the
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prove that Palestinians should own the Holy land. The Palestinians and Jews both claim that the land is theirs and this paper will prove that the Palestinians are the rightful owners. Three pieces of evidence are that the Palestinians were there first. The Jews left for 2000 years so why should they get it back. Second the Jews forced many Palestinians out of there own homes. Third. The Palestinians build houses‚ homes‚ and buildings for what they need on land they found and that they have been on
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A. Why do you want to give the Valedictory/Salutatory speech address? Being recognized as the Valedictorian at Urban Prep is one of the highest achievements attainable at the school. With the significance of this speech‚ it becomes vital that the selection committee chooses a senior from the class of 2018 at Urban Prep Englewood that will deliver not only an effective Valedictory speech address‚ but an entertaining one as well. Establishing a well engaged audience is one of the most challenging
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Pope Urban II Rough draft Pope Urban II was born Otho de Lagery‚ sometime in 1042‚ as the second son to his family of Noble parents. He was from the Champagne region of France. This automatically meant that he was to be a part of the church. He was the head of the Catholic Church from 1088-1099. He had developed ecclesiastical reforms as a continuation of the reforms begun by Pope Gregory VII. Before he was Pope‚ he was a monk. Urban II eventually traveled to Rome where he would become the cardinal
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