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11 Cards in this Set
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What were the crusades? |
Series of military expeditions in which Europeans tried to gain control of the holy land of Jerusalem from Muslims. |
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What did the pope tell Christians? |
That those who died in the holy war would be immediately absolved of their sins. People were convinced that fighting this war was the will of God. |
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What did the pope hope would happen? |
Crusades would stop Christians from fighting among themselves |
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Who posed a particular threat to the Christians and why? |
Seljuk Turks- they had risen to power in Jerusalem and attacked European Christians making pilgrimages into the city |
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What was the first crusade and what happened? |
People’s crusade- 12k french peasants along with two armies from Germany marched through Europe to Constantinople |
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What happened to people marching? |
1/3 died bc they were untrained and in rags and with no money |
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What crusade came next? |
Nobles crusades- great lords led armies of mostly french warriors fought for religion and adventure/gain wealth or a fancy title |
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What happened at end of the nobles crusade? |
The french warriors reaches and took over Jerusalem |
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Later crusades- second and third crusades were they successful? |
Second not good and third - settlement was reached with Saladin- Muslim in control of Jerusalem which allowed Christian pilgrims access to Jerusalem once more |
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What was the result of the 4th crusade? |
Created the division between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church |
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How many crusades in all? And what were effects? |
9 crusades- Positive- brought new trade and advances in math technology and medicine from Arabs. Europeans learned to make better maps and ships Negative- deaths of many people, created religious intolerance, and created a permanent split between eastern and western Christianity |
