Albigensian Crusade

first crusade were “twofold”. Firstly, the freedom of fellow Christians, and secondly, the freeing of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the "Mecca" of the Christian church. These aims encouraged a sense of religious passion in the early crusaders. Crusaders were certainly motivated by the benefits of church indulgence and protection, but perhaps, even at this early stage, “cynical” self-interest was a motivating factor. Important historians have discussed who to blame the division of Fourth crusades…

On May 7, 351 The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out. After his arrival at Antioch, the Jews begin a rebellion in Palestine. On May 7, 558 In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses. Justinian I immediately orders that the dome be rebuilt. On May 7, 1274 In France, the Second Council of Lyon opens to regulate the election of the Pope. On May 7, 1487 The Siege of Málaga commences during the Spanish Reconquista. On May 7, 1664 Louis XIV of France begins…

Introduction: The Crusades were military expeditions undertaken by Western European Christians, whose purpose was to wrest the domain Muslims of the Holy Land. As Holy Land Christian pilgrimage sites such as Jerusalem and parts of Palestine are known. These expeditions were carried out at the request of the Pope, who granted indulgences to the participants. The start of the cross dates from 1095 and its completion occurs in the late thirteenth century. The word "crusade" comes from the cross…

2014 The Crusades The Crusades were a series of bloody wars during the middle ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem. In Christianity, the crusades were expeditions of Christian Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries for the recovery of the holy land (Chrisholm 44). They were a time of religion, war and religious war leaders. Crusaders were brutal people mostly made up of young, old and poor people. Historians have estimated that there were seven crusades total…

from the Seljuk Turks and needed Western help’ (Kagan, Pg. 211). In 1095 Pope Urban delivered his speech and asked for help from the Westerners to save the Holy Land from the Muslims. Pope Urban’s speech at Clermont was the beginning of the First Crusade. The question is; why did the Christians in the West decide to take this dangerous journey to fight in the Holy Land? The Christians believed in prophets from God. They believed that when Pope Urban was speaking that he spoke words of truth and…

First, the Berbers migrated to Morocco around the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE. They were thought to have originated in Asia. Later, the Greeks and Phoenicians devised trading ports on the cost of Morocco, until the Romans conquered. While the Romans were in power, many of the Berbers rebelled and the reaction of the Romans was to cut out their tongues and ship them off to the Canary Islands, where they were later found by the Spanish. The Carthaginians were also in Morocco before the Romans. After…

wars to be known as, they Crusades. Crusades were basically a raid, Crusaders would go on a long journey just to fight, sneak attacks, and the results of the crusades was either more negative or positive which is our important question. The Crusades were left in the dark on history that failed to be Crusades, meet their goal, but mainly crusades had a negative history. These are they reasons why, they made bishops leave which made the people worried which made the Crusades a bad impact and, the…

orders originated in the 25th century B.C.E. The military orders represented a major theological and military development. These roles played a central formation, which exist today. Territorial expansion-Second, the Crusades played a main role in European territorial expansion. The First Crusade resulted in the formation of the crusaders, which were initially governed by settlers from Europe. Crusading in Northern and Eastern Europe led to the expansion of kingdoms like Denmark and Sweden. In…

The crusades were a series of 9 holy wars which first started in the year 1095. The wars were over a holy city called Jerusalem. The wars were between the Christians and the Muslims. The Christians lost all of the wars to the Muslims except the first one. The Crusades were primarily caused by religious devotion because the Christians wanted to fight for their holy city Jerusalem and also for the rewards they would receive for fighting in the wars, while others will argue that the Crusades were…

There were many motives for the first crusade, which included the taking Jerusalem, the forgiveness of sins, and the greater chance of going to heaven. The motives generally revolved around religious beliefs. People during that time thought that some of their sins would be lifted by going on the crusades. Others wanted to take back the holy land. Based off of the documents, the first crusade was based on varying opinions on religious ideas, with the take back of Jerusalem, and the ignorance of…