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13 Cards in this Set
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Holy Land |
European Christians attempt to reclaim the "Holy Lands" of the middle east from the Muslims; especially Jerusalem |
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Jerusalem |
Jerusalem was the most important "Holy Land" |
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Pope Urban II |
Organized the first crusade at the request of the eastern orthodox christians of the Byzantine |
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Sins forgiven |
Crusaders were promised to have their sins forgiven |
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freed from debt |
Crusader were promised to be freed from debt |
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choice of lands |
Crusader were promised to have choice of land that they conquered |
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Second Sons |
Crusades were most appealing to second sons because all land and wealth was given to first sons and second sons were tired of living off of their brothers |
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"Marked with a cross" |
Crusaders (volunteers) means marked with a cross |
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Red Cross on tunics |
Crusaders would wear tunics with red crosses on it and they on their way to battle they wore the crosses on their front and they wore it on the back on their way home (cross always facing Jerusalem) |
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Vandalism towards who? |
Crusaders were sometimes violent and prone to vandalism, especially against Jews (Reason other religions became trustworthy if Christians) |
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Re-vitalizing of Trade |
New products and ideas were brought back to Europe which re-vitalized trade after the fall of Rome which helped the growth of the cities and end of Feudalism |
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Eastern Orthodox Christians |
the first crusade was by the request of the Eastern Orthodox Christians |
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Size of Cities |
The re-vitalizing of trade helped the growth of the cities |
