This is your dateline news reporter Clinton Lowery; reporting on an historical event story, featured on the date of 1093. It all started with the religion Christianity. The date of the religious beginning began between the time of the 1000's. I am reporting from the region of Western Europe. That was the time when a spiritual revival spread across Europe. It was led by monasteries. The reformers wanted to return to the Christian religion. The popes began to reform the Church. They expanded its power and authority. That was when a new age of religious feeling was born, called the Age of Faith.
At the time, problems were occurring in the church, but three main reasons were the most upsetting. One reason being was that many village priests married and had families. Marriages of those types were against church rulings. The second reason was because positions in the church were sold by bishops. It was a practice called simony. The last reason was because practicing lay investiture put kings in control of church but church reformers believed that bishops should be only appointed by the church. The conflict led to a reform with foundations of different monasteries. That led to a pope being appointed. The first was Pope Leo IX who took office in 1049. After the first pope came Pope Gregory VII who was elected pope in 1073, and Pope Urban II.
He sent an appeal to someone asking for help to take over the pope's capital, Constantinople. The pope issued for what he called a "holy war" which sparked a reign of battles. There were 4 total crusades in all. The first and second crusades were to fight against the "holy war". The third and fourth ones were to recapture Jerusalem. By that time crusades were common and most were unsuccessful. Then came the Spanish crusades against the Muslims and Jews because of the Reconquista. The effects of the crusade led to effects such as a weakened empire, declines in power, trade expansions in other cities and Europe and the Middle East.
The Crusades In the year of 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. ... The first was to defend Christianity against the Muslims and second to recover the Holy Land. ... Following the fourth crusade was the children's crusades. ... The children in Germany began a march to convert the atheists to Christianity. ... The Crusades also enhanced trade. ...
in∙fi∙del "in-fə-del n: one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity. ... There were eight crusades in all. ... As with the Second Crusade, this crusade was doomed by bickering monarchs. ... A minor and tragic crusade between the Fourth and Fifth Crusade was the Children's Crusade. ... Unlike the French Crusade who wanted to recapture the Holy Land, the German Crusade wanted to convert the Infidel to Christianity. ...
The core of this school of thought was that non-Christians needed not to be forced to accept the religion or should they be physically humiliated for having a different faith apart from Christianity. This was opposed to another opinion which was less common that vengeance was a response to the injuries coming from the denial of the Christian faith, the Christian government or the opportunity of a justified forced conversion to Christianity. ... CRUSADES TIMELINE The timeline of the crusades is very important and significant because it helps in portraying the motivations that the crusaders had ...
Pope Urban II had called the Christians to join him in a Holy War to reclaim the Holy Lands as an act of Christianity, but there were many activities that took place that weren't characteristics of Christianity. The Crusades were a smokescreen for Pope's craving for power and control. The Crusades were the idea of Pope Urban II, a wise Frenchman. ... At this time the Pope hardly had any power over Christianity. ... Political factors were yet another aspect of the Crusades. ...
THE CORRUPTION OF CHRISTIANITY During the Feudal times, Christianity was faced with countless problems. ... Furthermore, the "Holy War," (The Crusades) ordered by Pope Urban II, corrupted almost all the laws of Christianity. ... Anyone who refused to give to the Crusaders was killed. ... These Crusaders completely ignored the teachings of the bible. ... The Crusades were even worse and during the Inquisition, Christianity was at an all-time low. ...
He was often on the move with his troops and missionaries going to new lands preaching Christianity. ... During the eleventh and twelfth centuries in the High Middle Ages, the Church discharged its religious mission through the crusades, initiated by the Church in order to spread Christianity at the cost of the Islamic religion (Sherman p.183). ... Pope Urban II justified his call for a crusade in a plea that he stated. ... Notably during the High Middle Ages in which the crusades occurred, many popes set out into various lands including Byzantium and Islam in order to spread Christianity and ...
The battle for Christianity to survive began long before this, however, with the creation of the Muslim religion. Islam, meaning submission to God's will, was taken partly from the Hebrew religion, as was Christianity. ... The East developed a separate church from the one of the Western Christianity. ... Christianity was regaining some of what it had lost. ... These Turks, who had recently converted to Islam, posed a great threat to Christianity. ...
Some of the darkest events of the crusades were the Paupers Crusade, the blood bath in Jerusalem, the battle of Hattin, the destruction of Constantinople and the Children's Crusades. ... The Pope said Muslims were considered a threat to Christianity in the East and the "Peace of God" in Europe (www.aande.com). ... The first wave of crusaders was called the Paupers Crusade. ... Those they found they accused of disbelief in Christianity and crimes against the church. ... This brought the end to the Pauper Crusade. ...