Albigensian Crusade

Though the events leading up to the Crusades can be identified as far back as when the Muslim had first conquered the Holy Land in 637 AD, the aggression of the Turks against the Christians and the Byzantine Empire in the late 11th century can be argued to be the direct proximate cause leading to the Crusades. For one, the Turks looked to expand their territory and unfortunately came across Jerusalem, which was, at the time, an established Muslim community with a mix of Christians who were…

The Crusades is an interesting topic that many people have never heard of, although they changed history. They were a series of seven battles that lasted two centuries. It greatly affected life in Europe, and it all started with a man named Pope Urban II, who showed significant care for his religion. Christians during the Middle Ages always wished to have control over their holy city of Jerusalem, where Jesus had lived his whole life in. They took their religion, Christianity, seriously,…

The crusades took place over about 200 years. It wasn’t just one big fight it was a series of wars and battles. There were three monolithic faiths (Christianity, Judaism, and Islamic) fighting in the crusades. Despite their common roots the differences often cause conflict between them. The first crusaders went from Constantinople to Antioch (1096-1099). They fought isolated Turk forces on the way there. In 1212, religious zeal as well as poverty gave rise to what came to be known as the…

What rings a bell when you think about the crusades? Nice and really buff knights (in a sparkling defensive layer, obviously) or maybe just a group of guys going out to do the Lords work in a devilish world. Whichever it may be the Crusades were just wars not a group a people. Crusades impacted Europe both negative and positively in a number of ways. It also has left a lasting impact on the outside world. The First Crusade was propelled at the Levant with purpose of safeguarding Christians and…

Between 1095 and 1291 the Crusades to the Eastern Mediterranean took place, promoted by the papacy. Rome had been asked by Christian emperor in Constantinople, Alexius Commenus, to assist him in fighting back the Seljuk Turk’s expansion and occupation and recover the lost territories. Pope Urban II added the argument of redeeming the Holy Land from infidel Muslim expansion and occupation and harassing Christian pilgrimage to Jerusalem. Over the course of the Crusades, the many differences…

The Crusades failed to reunite the church and it insured the fall of the Byzantine Empire. The Fourth crusade was issued by Pope Innocent III who succeeded to the papacy in January 1198, and the preaching of a new crusade became the prime goal of his pontificate. He called upon Western Europe to lend aid to take control of Jerusalem by way of taking it from the south through Egypt as planned by Richard the Lionhearted. At the time of this call to action France and England were at war with each…

THE CRUSADES AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN The crusade is the group of wars which was undertaken by Christians of the western European which was done to control from the Muslim. These wars was held between 11th, 12th and the 13th century. This history is mostly about the wars and the political situations between the kingdoms. In the movie Kingdom of Heaven (2005) presents the drama related to the history of the crusades which started in an ancient time. This story is about the crusades of the kings…

Before the First Crusades had started, the Byzantine Empire was having troubles protecting themselves from the Muslim Seljuk Turks. The Muslims were able to conquer some of the Byzantines land, as they were able to acquire Turkey and Armenia. As a result the Emperor Alexias went to ask Pope Urban the second for protection against the Muslims. Pope Urban looked at this as a way to gain land for the Christian faith and accepted, he gave a speech calling all Christians to join forces to claim…

the Pope the need for some sort of retaliation against the Islam faith. This idea of a religious fight is what lead to the crusades, the Crusades are defined as a movement against abuse. During the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries the Crusades the military expeditions of Western Christians to gain back control over the Holy land that had been controlled by Muslims. The first crusade began in 1905, with Pope Urban II. This show of power and force manifested within the church and came to notoriety…

The Turkish Letters by Ogier Ghiselin de Bushecq who was Flemish born and was appointed by the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire as ambassador to the Turkish Sultan's court in Constantinople in the 16th Century were written between the years 1555-1562. The letters give not only an insight into the Ottoman Empire’s superior military training in Busbecq’s eyes but also act as a lament of the Christian soldier’s lack of military disciple and the Christian forces use of heredity as advancement.…