Chronicles Of The First Crusade By Christopher Tyerman Analysis

A Violent Disagreement Religions have a tendency to dictate a person’s life. There are millions of people around the world who not only belong to a religion, but their lifestyle is influenced by their religion. When a person has such a deep attachment with something, it is very difficult to for them to change their belief or love for that certain thing. One of the “easiest” ways to get somebody to change their belief on something that they’ve dedicated a huge portion of their life to is by violently stripping it away from them. In Chronicles of the First Crusade by Christopher Tyerman, he helps us further explain how Christians managed to reconvert Jerusalem into a Christian country. The whole purpose of the crusade was to convert non-Christians …show more content…
I believe that the writers feel sympathetic due to the hatred that the Christians had with the Jews, Christians believing that God was on their side and Christians giving an option to convert from their religion …show more content…
When we look at these events nowadays, it is almost impossible to see how anyone would have sympathy for those committing the violent acts. Even though we currently have wars that have been going on for years due to disagreement over religions, we no longer see people that are not part of either religion to give a compelling argument as to why we should have some sympathy for one side. Not agreeing on a religion is like any normal disagreement out there. Both sides believe to have some type of superiority over the other, but at the end of the day it is just an opinion or a belief. It was difficult for me to understand how writers could show any sympathy for these harsh and violent acts. I know that times have are different and peoples views on religions have also changed, but it is hard for to understand how a human can have sympathy for someone committing violent