Albigensian Crusade

In Medieval Europe unicorns were kind of a big thing, which is downplaying the hype a great deal. The ancient Europeans used unicorns as a religious symbols; they constantly decorated the walls and windows of cathedrals and even small church buildings with the likeness of the mythical beasts. In addition, the sale of unicorn horns was an incredibly lucrative business at the time (Unicorn Fantasy and Fact). There was even one fisherman who claimed to have found the horn of a sea unicorn and…

The Crusades are recognized as a failure, but influential in shaping the Western world. One can equate the Crusades to a modern-day war, such as Vietnam. Considered a failure by most, there was a learning experience from engaging in Vietnam, and takeaways that are invaluable. The Crusades followed this pattern and would shape the West moving forward. While the foundation was religion, the societal and commercial value that emerged from the Crusades would forever change the Western world and how…

20171114-163_Final Paper (Arianna Drayton).docx 1 / 6 Arianna Drayton Professor Thurston History 350 11/21/2017 Liutprand Cremona This essay is aimed at examining the account of Liutprand of Cremona who travelled to Constantinople in order to arrange the marriage between Otto II and a Byzantine princess. His narrative throws much light on the relationship between the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire in the tenth century. The author discusses various issues related…

by many different factors. The main desire was for new sources of wealth. Europe was hoping to make money trading spices and other luxury goods from Asia, and could only do this by overseas exploration. Another goal was to spread Christianity. The Crusades had left a feeling of hostility between the Christians and the Muslims. The Christians believed they needed to keep fighting the Muslims and convert non-Christians from all over the world. A final factor that fueled the age of exploration was…

over Byzantine the Seljuk Turks moved into Anatolia. Moving south again the were able to occupy the Holy Land. Religion played a role in the origins of the Crusades or Holy War. Pope Urban II called a meeting to deal with the religious issues, to free the Holy Land from the Turks. He has formed an army and head to Jerusalem, to have a Crusade. Anyone killed on this quest would go directly to heaven. Some of the first responders were Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless, whose…

subcategory of religion, is one of the biggest causes, coming to a whopping 108 wars and national conflicts in that year alone. A few wars I have found that based their battles solely on religion were The Second War of Kappel, Lebanese Civil War, The Crusades, The First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars, The German Peasants War, The Nigerian Civil War, The French Wars of Religion, The…

The Crusades were way more than just a zealous Christian colonization venture. The Crusades were a duty given by God. The Crusades allowed for massive trade revival therefore causing a rebirth in cities. Although the Crusades allowed for all this growth there had to some payment. The western Christians were viewed as total barbarians that killed and pillaged by the eastern Christians and the Jewish people. The Crusades were more than a zealous Christian colonization venture because it allowed…

What do the sources for this course tell us about Violence in the middle ages? The spread of Christianity and Catholicism was quite popular and at a large scale throughout the middle ages. One of the main evidence of violence was due to the several religious movements during this time. A huge amount of war was also created since the struggle between several nations for power was extreme as they wished to gain more land to succeed to have more power however the only way to achieve this was…

Some medieval literature used feudalism as a way to motivate medieval people. Feudalism is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return” (Merrian-Webster). Feudalism was a Christian system that was sanctioned by God and took place between 500 A.D. to 1500 A.D. in medieval Europe. A reciprocal relationship existed between the nobility,…

There were still many Knights who followed the “Rule” faithfully, but the crusade took on a new meaning, one of conquest by any diabolical means and they desired to reap as much of the spoils of war as possible. Little had changed as the Teutonic Knights heeded St. Bernard’s call for a Holy War in the Baltic region. The Knights…