DBQ: Impact of the Crusades
The Crusades was a series of 9 wars between the Christians and Islams. In the year of 1095 Pope Urban II calls for a crusade to free the Holy Land from “Infields,” or Non-Christians. Do you think the Crusades were more positive or negative? One might say more negative.
Do you think the Crusades were more positive or negative? One might say more negative. In Document 1 it states that, “In Europe, crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring entire communities. This is relevant because massacring means to kill people. This is negative. Also in Document 4 states, “Thus in April 1204, the Crusaders and Venetians stormed Constantinople, sacked the city, destroying it’s magnificent library, and grabbed
The Crusades was a series of 9 wars between the Christians and Islams. In the year of 1095 Pope Urban II calls for a crusade to free the Holy Land from “Infields,” or Non-Christians. Do you think the Crusades were more positive or negative? One might say more negative.
Do you think the Crusades were more positive or negative? One might say more negative. In Document 1 it states that, “In Europe, crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring entire communities. This is relevant because massacring means to kill people. This is negative. Also in Document 4 states, “Thus in April 1204, the Crusaders and Venetians stormed Constantinople, sacked the city, destroying it’s magnificent library, and grabbed