In the Middle Ages, Christians considered Palestine the Holy Land because it was where Jesus had lived and taught. The Arabs had conquered Palestine in the 600s. Most Arabs were Muslims, but they usually tolerated other religions. Jews and Christians who paid their taxes and observed other regulations were free to live in Palestine and practice their own religion. The Arab rulers didn't usually interfere with Christian pilgrims visiting Palestine, and European traders could generally do business there. During the 1000s the Seljuk Turks, people from central Asia who had adopted the Muslim faith, conquered Palestine and attacked Asia Minor, which was part of the Byzantine Empire. When the Turks threatened the capital city of Constantinople, the Byzantine emperor appealed to the pope in Rome. Because Christian pilgrims going to Palestine came home with reports of persecution from the Turks, the Byzantine emperor's appeal for help found a reception in Europe. Pope Urban I wanted to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims. He called a great meeting of church leaders and French nobles at Clermont France in 1095. At the meeting he encouraged the powerful feudal nobles to stop fighting with each other, and to join in one big war against the "unbelievers."" Urban's request made his listeners very enthusiastic and they joined in one big cry, "God wills it!- From Clermont people traveled through France preaching the cause. The people who joined the expeditions sewed a cloth cross on their clothes. They were called crusaders, from the Latin word cruciata, which means, "marked with a cross."" People joined the Crusades, the expeditions to regain the Holy Land, for many different reasons. Most knights joined the crusades for the land and plunder in the rich Middle East. Merchants saw a chance to make money. The pope promised both heavenly and earthly rewards. Those who died on a Crusade were said to go strait to heaven.
The Crusades were pivotal events in world history. ... The crusades brought so many different changes to Europe in many different ways. ... The crusades had a big effect on the economy especially. ... The economy was not the only thing affected by the crusades. ... The crusades in my opinion were really a pivotal events in history....
There were eight crusades in all. ... As with the Second Crusade, this crusade was doomed by bickering monarchs. ... The Fourth Crusade was a result of the failed Third Crusade and was preached by Pope Celestine III. ... A minor and tragic crusade between the Fourth and Fifth Crusade was the Children's Crusade. ... Louis) decided to lead the crusade. ...
The Crusades In the year of 1095, Pope Urban II started what we know as the Holy Wars or the Crusades. ... The fourth crusade was not a crusade that was meant for the Holy Land, but only an event of political greed. Following the fourth crusade was the children's crusades. ... The crusades mostly effected Italy and Spain. ... The Crusades also enhanced trade. ...
The crusades were sanctioned during the high middle ages and the late middle ages. 1095 was the first year that the pope, Urban II sanctioned the first crusade. ... CRUSADES TIMELINE The timeline of the crusades is very important and significant because it helps in portraying the motivations that the crusaders had at that time that led to the emergence of various crusades during different periods. ... The Second and Third Crusades The second attempt by the crusades was to take Damascus that is in Syria. ... By the end of the third crusade that happened in 1189-1192, the crusades had forced a...
The Crusades The Crusades had a profound effect on the way the Church is viewed. ... The Crusades undoubtedly benefited the cause of the Church, yet the negative consequences as well as specific Crusades will be surveyed throughout the work. ... One individual ascended from the crusaders. Godfrey was selected as the first leader of the crusades. ... Pope Urban II also played a very important part in the crusades and helped to shape the worldview of the crusades. ...
The Crusades From the year 1096 to 1270, thousands of devoted Christians joined in the Crusades to free the Holy Land from the Turks. ... This crusade took place from !... The forth crusade was from 1202-1204. ... The Tragic children's Crusades was very unbelievable. The 12 year old boy, Stephen, led the crusade. ...
The answer is that they walked a line between the three and it constantly shifted from crusade to crusade. ... Housley can even be directly quoted as stating that crusaders had a "role in Urban II's crusade plans" (pg. 34). ... The first crusade was also an armed pilgrimage at times due to certain events that transpired during and after the crusade. ... Skipping ahead to the fourth crusade, we begin to see a drastic change around the year 1200 in what begins go into defining a crusade. ... The Albigensian Crusade further complicates things in terms of defining a crusade because...
The remaining crusaders run away to Constantinople and joined the second wave of the Crusade. ... In May 1097, the crusaders attacked Nicaea. ... The Second Crusade had failed miserably. ... The leaders of the crusade had no other choice. ... There were many more crusades after the 4th crusade, eight in all. ...
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 first wave of crusaders was called the Paupers Crusade. ... This brought the end to the Pauper Crusade. ... After the fall of Edessa the second crusade began. ... Following the failure of the Second Crusade the remaining crusader states continued to exist mainly because the Muslims were not united. ...
