Albigensian Crusade

The Crusades started all the way back in 1095 in the Holy Lands. Leading up to the Crusades, the Muslims rapidly expanded across the middle east and into Jerusalem and into a place called the Holy Lands. The Holy Lands are a very important religious part of the world, where there is great religious value for Christians, Muslims, and Jews. So when the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims and were in control of the Holy Lands in 1095, limited the Christians access to their religious sites many were…

the Name before the eyes of all…”7 The Jews preferred to die as a Jew rather than pretend to adopt Christianity and deject Judaism. Because of this, many Jews lost their lives during the Crusades, leading to the Christian population appearing to expand. This passage shows the fear and military expansion the Crusades inflicted upon foe religions. Although Muhammad’s Jihad allowed for the enemy’s to reside peacefully in their towns, both the…

The crusades were a series of military campaigns carried out between 11th and 15th centuries by the Catholic church against Muslims, pagans, and the opponents of the church (Lock, 2006). Over the past few decades, historians have indulged in the investigation of the occurrence of, and the motivations for the crusades. Some of the motivations for the crusades identified include the need to: capture Jerusalem; free and defend Christian territories; and protect Christians living in non-Christian…

The Pope expressed that they are all God-fearing people and that they are among the chosen ones. He basically told them that the land that is being invaded was for them. He also expressed to them that Jerusalem was being over ran by people that did not believe. He painted a picture so vividly that the people felt compelled to run to their aid. He also used their ancestors as leverage by telling them to do the deeds of their ancestors and reclaim what was theirs and stated that it was the will of…

Middle Ages In Jerusalem The Hollywood film Kingdom of Heaven, is based on events that took place in the Middle Ages, or the 12th century. The movie is about the Crusades, which was a series of battles between the Christians and the Muslims. They were fighting over the city of Jerusalem, for many reasons. One these reasons they were fighting was because it was a very religious city, which allowed them to practice their religion freely. The Christians actually seemed like the bad guys, because…

translated from Old French by Caroline Smith, in the Chronicles of the Crusades to show what happened on two different crusades. As always with two different authors, the writing styles are very different yet effective in their own way. One author focuses on facts and descriptions about his crusade; the other focuses on the sanctity of the king with whom he went on his crusade. Villehardouin’s account of the fourth crusade puts a strong emphasis on the facts to the point of seemingly…

may be unfair? Well, the Crusades, the Feudal System, and the Church were all necessary rather than dark. What happened in the Middle Ages was necessary evil, not "dark times." The Crusades were necessary. The Seljuk Turks would only let muslims into Israel, when the christians and jews wanted to get into the Holy Land, too. The christians needed hope that they could travel to Israel and practice their religion, so Pope Urban II declared a Holy War on the Turks. The crusades were huge failures,…

Did you know that most classroom teachers didn’t teach their students about the Byzantines due to a personal bias toward the Byzantines? The Byzantines ruled from 330 C.E. until 1453. After the Roman Empire fell, the emperor Constantine moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium. Byzantium, also known as Constantinople and Istanbul, is now located in present day Turkey. After Constantine built up Byzantium to be a very nice place, he named it after himself; Constantinople. During the Byzantines…

Throughout centuries, The Byzantine Empire was a center for arts, architecture and religion. Under the leadership of The Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Byzantines stood still as the cornerstone of the Orthodox world. While many churches were built during the empire’s 1120-year life, but most of them vanished over time either getting destroyed or being converted. However, one of them, an old tiny church overshadowed by the mighty Hagia Sophia, stayed where it was despite the powers against…

As Islam grew from being a small Saudi Arabian religion to one of the largest conquering religions in the world in committed a lot of change through the christian based Europe. Before Islam had taken over the territory was mostly just nomadic tribes for a very long time. Islam reached Western Europe through Spain having crossed the Straits of Gibraltar from North Africa. From Spain, it spread across the Pyrenees until the Franks routed the Muslim armies at the Battle of Tours in 732. Islam…