There have been many debates over the years about the crusades. Some people think that they were based off of a strong and unbiased religious faith to reclaim the holy lands. Others thought that the Pope and his advisors were trying to grow their country economically and politically. In my opinion, it’s the latter. The thought of the crusades being based off of economical growth is supported by these facts: the church was trying to spread its lands (Doc 1), many men were only in the crusades for the wealth and prosperity (Doc 3), the crusaders were forcefully spreading the religion of Xty to other peoples (Doc 4), the crusaders were removing other religions from certain areas (Doc 5), and the crusaders destroying the lives of many that stood in their wake (Doc 6).…
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.…
Document 7 states that the crusader knights often committed atrocities against Eastern Orthodox Christians, Jews, and Muslims. This is interesting because the knights are supposed to protect against attackers or intruders. Document 4 states that the Muslims destroyed its magnificent library, they also grabbed thousands of relics that were later sold in Europe. This is relevant because the library is important to the Christians also the Muslims stole their relics and sold them. There are more reasons why the crusades is negative but these are the main reasons…
Between the end of the eleventh century and into the thirteenth century the European Christians conducted a series of nine wars come to be known as the crusades. Trade was one of the positive things in the crusade because with trade still going around the people of the city could still purchase thing that they needed. Document 2 states that trade built up starting at the Muslim empire. This is important because without trade people and soldiers couldn’t purchase what they needed. Document 4 states that the crusades attracted people that differed from the ones anticipated by its organizers so they can adventure, have estates or get commercial opportunities.…
Between the end of the eleventh century and into the thirteenth century,european christians arguing of the church,Conducted a series of nine wars that have come to be known as the crusades. Were the results of the crusades more positive or negative. The results of the crusades are negative because of the eastern and western worlds that were involved in the conflicts. The whole world was involved in the conflict of the crusades manly christians and muslims. The Crusades were more negative because of the holy land which what started all the conflict of the crusades.…
The crusades had a major effect of Europe. The Crusades brought in many new things such as spices and fabrics. Not only that, but also they reintroduced many ideas. One idea that was reintroduced was medicine. A Muslim doctor named Avicenna, had written down many of the ideas from many great doctors in the years before.…
Religion in the Middle Ages had a huge impact on people’s lives and medieval Europe. People would do many things because of their religion! Some ways that religion affected people’s daily lives were the Crusades happening, people devoting their entire lives to the church, and the church having power over kings. One way how religion affected medieval life was that many people fought in the Crusades. According to Document 6, Christians would go on pilgrimages to visit holy sites.…
Even though the Crusades were responsible for thousands of deaths, it was a success in acquiring land, power and riches, as well as spreading cultures and products. After the first Crusade, Christians returned to Central Europe, bringing with them riches, spices, exoctic jewlery, women, frabics, and entertaining tales of their adventures. Once the people in Central Europe were exposed to those products, they were in need of more. Luckily for them, Merchants had many of those products. The Merchants became very wealthy in the trading business.…
In 1095-1291, the Crusades was a series of war between the Christians and the Muslims waging the power over the land of Jerusalem. Christians wants the land of Jerusalem because that land is a holy land. The Pope encouraged the Christians to join this huge war as a Crusader to take away the land of Jerusalem, from the Muslim people, who originally lived in. Both sides had their own holy sites so they both wants the land so they can pray freely. Therefore, Christians had to go to war with the Muslims by traveling from Europe to the land, Jerusalem.…
The Crusades were influenced by the Eastern culture. Because of this the Crusades took the opportunity to spread the idea. They saw the way there country treated each other and decided to spread it throughout the land that they occupied in the Western Nations. This made the peoples Social life more courteous to one another and spread the chivalry around the Western Nations. The last are that will be focused on is the Religious area.…
The crusades had many things that motivated people to fight in the crusades. People saw an economical, political and religious reward that came with fighting in the crusades. From the crusades wealth and status would be affected because they would be able to trade the things that was taken from the city. Land could be gained and power would increase, people saw this as a political gain coming from the crusades. The Pope also promised many religious benefits from the crusades.…
How the Crusades lead Western Europe into the Renaissance By Ravi Cho The Renaissance would not have occurred had it not been for the Crusades or a Crusades like event. The First Crusade took place in 1095 when Pope Leo II declared that it was a Christian believer’s duty to fight for God and to reclaim Jerusalem from the Muslims who occupied it. The Crusades lasted until 1291. One of the greatest and lasting effects that the Crusades had on the Western European region is that it lead to newly established trade relationships with other world powers.…
The Crusade were a major failure but it was a big success in economic. The result of the Crusades had open many trade with outside world, lead in many product and values that weren’t not seen by the European before. Crusades were a great economic impulse to European economy. It put a great emphasis in organization and execution of very large projects that involved many states. The fleet was expanded to carry masses of people into extend that was not seen since the fall of Rome.…
The Crusades were a series of four Holy Wars that that were intended to reestablish Roman Catholic Christianity in the eastern Mediterranean basin. The Crusades are also referred as the expeditions that Roman Catholic Christians mounted in the effort to recapture Palestine, the land of Christian origins, and the holy city Jerusalem from Muslim authorities. The Crusades were ruthless, bloody and violent wars that disrupted the western hemisphere for over 200 years. Even though that the Crusades brought violence and death to the world there were many positive aspects that came from the Crusades. Through the wars, The Crusades brought the exchange of ideas and products between Christian Europe and Islamic Mediterranean, which have never happen before and with the crusades brought great interest of Islamic products and cultural ideas into Christian Europe.…
The Crusades that took place in the medieval period between 1096 and 1291 were a series of political and religious wars fought by European countries in order to gain control of the Holy Land. The first call for a crusade was made by Pope Urban II in order to send aid to the Christian Byzantine Empire, which found itself under attack during this period from Muslim Turks. This first crusade lasted from 1096-1102, with the Christian knights taking control of Jerusalem in 1099. In response to the Christian invasions and their occupation of the Holy City, the Muslim’s retaliated with substantial force, which led to continuous subsequent crusades to maintain control of the Holy land. However in 1291 at the end of the final crusade the Muslims regained control of Jerusalem and the surrounding costal areas, which remained under Islamic control until the twentieth century.…