The Crusades Though they are a dark part of the Christian history, it is still very important to remember how and why the Crusades occurred. The Crusades began first in 1093 when Alexius Comnenus, the Byzantine emperor sent an appeal to the Count of Flanders to ask for help against Muslim turks who had threatened to take over his capital, Constantinople. Over the next 300 years there would be several of different Crusades. (TEXTBOOK, 2009.) Later In 1095 Pope Urban II called for this attack on Muslims for the control of Jerusalem. The amount of Christians willing to fight to attain Jerusalem was very large (history world, 2016.) This is how the first Crusades began. Many different factors tied into the beginning of this bloody holy war.
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Beginning with the focus solely on getting rid of Muslim forces in the Holy Land. In later Crusade, other kinds of threats were taken into focus, like threats on the church and threats at home. Eventually the pop began to use crusades to combat any kind of threats against the Catholic Church (Edmonds, 2016.) In 1095 Pope Urban II gave a speech telling rich and poor to embark on the holy war (History.com, 2016) The popes played a large role in the Crusades, with speeches that would provoke Christians to fight for the holy land. This also acted as a good cover up for some other underlying reasons for the Crusades. These speeches resemble those of ISIS leaders today who tempt young men into attacks against other religions. The intolerance for other religions was very real in this time, as it still is today (Walker, 2001.) With today’s religious intolerance we see the same issues with extremist Islamic believers also known as ISIS. Christians in the time of the crusades were also experiencing their bloody part in history as Muslims are …show more content…
Most of Europe was under control of the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus. The Crusades helped to break down the feudal aristocracy, giving more power to the kings and the people. Many of the nobles that set out on the journey did not return, which gave more land to the Royals of that time. (Alchin, 2014.) Crusades caused changes in nation’s relationships with each other, and even new political states were made because of it. During the first Crusade, emperor Alexius A forces all crusading general to take an oath to return all recovered land to the Byzantine Empire, but once some troops saw Alexius flee from a siege at one of the first cities, the Crusaders lost respect for their emperor and did not return land to the Byzantine empire. Because of this, four Crusader states were created to be controlled by the kingdom of Jerusalem, the county of Edessa, the principality of Antioch, and the county of Tripoli. Unfortunately the leadership in these Crusader states was inadequate and was quickly taken back by Muslim forces. (Edmonds, 2016.) Without good leadership, all attempts to take over new land would
Beginning with the focus solely on getting rid of Muslim forces in the Holy Land. In later Crusade, other kinds of threats were taken into focus, like threats on the church and threats at home. Eventually the pop began to use crusades to combat any kind of threats against the Catholic Church (Edmonds, 2016.) In 1095 Pope Urban II gave a speech telling rich and poor to embark on the holy war (History.com, 2016) The popes played a large role in the Crusades, with speeches that would provoke Christians to fight for the holy land. This also acted as a good cover up for some other underlying reasons for the Crusades. These speeches resemble those of ISIS leaders today who tempt young men into attacks against other religions. The intolerance for other religions was very real in this time, as it still is today (Walker, 2001.) With today’s religious intolerance we see the same issues with extremist Islamic believers also known as ISIS. Christians in the time of the crusades were also experiencing their bloody part in history as Muslims are …show more content…
Most of Europe was under control of the Emperor Alexius I Comnenus. The Crusades helped to break down the feudal aristocracy, giving more power to the kings and the people. Many of the nobles that set out on the journey did not return, which gave more land to the Royals of that time. (Alchin, 2014.) Crusades caused changes in nation’s relationships with each other, and even new political states were made because of it. During the first Crusade, emperor Alexius A forces all crusading general to take an oath to return all recovered land to the Byzantine Empire, but once some troops saw Alexius flee from a siege at one of the first cities, the Crusaders lost respect for their emperor and did not return land to the Byzantine empire. Because of this, four Crusader states were created to be controlled by the kingdom of Jerusalem, the county of Edessa, the principality of Antioch, and the county of Tripoli. Unfortunately the leadership in these Crusader states was inadequate and was quickly taken back by Muslim forces. (Edmonds, 2016.) Without good leadership, all attempts to take over new land would