Albigensian Crusade

In order to investigate how the expansion and approval of the Mongolian Empire and the customs of its conquered countries came to change Mongolian culture, what must be analyzed is the influence of fear that the Mongolians displayed to all their enemies, the effectiveness of trade and economics thanks to new roads and connections with businesses, and the growing community of the Mongolian society with the association of many ethnicities. When Genghis Khan united the Steppes Tribes, his military…

The Crusades: A Catalyst for Exploration “God, glory, and gold--not necessarily in that order--took post-Renaissance Europeans to parts of the globe they had never before seen.”, states Larry Schweikart and Michael Patrick Allen at the beginning of their book, A Patriot’s History of the United States (Schweikart). Discoveries stemming from the Crusades’ driven hunger for gold and righteousness are explored in this paper along with contemporary examples of discoveries made to meet wartime needs.…

metres, a longbow arrow penetrated over one inch of solid oak – more than sufficient power to penetrate the armour worn by soldiers” (historylearningsite). But little do you know, that the longbow wasn’t even used in Jerusalem until after the second crusades took place. Supposedly the longbow was created in Wales and shortly after moved its way to England. So guess what that means, they didn't have these longbows back then to use in “Kingdom of Heaven.” Hollywood just saw it and was like, heck…

cities during the Crusades like; Jerusalem, Egypt, Syria and other Middle Eastern cities. During the Crusade time period (1099-1291) the Muslims succeeded in driving the Crusaders from the Middle East, even though they also lost lands on the Iberian Peninsula. They needed a new leader because the Muslims were not very strong and did not know how to defend themselves along with Islam, that is where Salah al-Din came in. Salah al-Din was the greatest Muslim leader during the Crusades. His…

The siege of Jerusalem is not just any mundane siege. In lieu of one side claiming victory, both sides had different stories themselves, rather than one linear story. From this point in the story, the three different sources from which the event is retold do not concur entirely on what transpires. The Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible tells of an angel that descended from heaven and smote the army of Sennacherib, driving him back into his maleficent capital of Nineveh (II Kings 19:35).…

The movie Kingdom Of Heaven is based in Jerusalem in 1184. During this time Jerusalem had a population greater than any European city, and had enormous cross culture significance;Judaic, Muslim, and Christian holy sites coexisted, side by side. Each believed they had a right to control Jerusalem. Peace in Jerusalem, at this time, seemed impossible. The film depicts the fight for Jerusalem in 1187 from the Christian side of the war and focuses on the political unrest of the religion. Three…

When the word crusade appears in either a sentence or in a verbal statement it automatically begins to raise concerns in ideas due to problematic historical references being recalled and even present day social problems. The infamous idea of the crusade refers to the medieval era, 500AD-1500AD, where there was a rise in European military expeditions. This rise in military power created a series of European “crusades” and campaigns in attempt to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Even in…

The Crusades was one of the most significant “large scale military campaigns to win back the Holy Land from the Muslims” (Backman 313). This happened during a time of religious persecution and a rise of the Christian faith and “proceeded the centuries old struggle for control of the eastern Mediterranean shore” (Backman 313). The Crusades have been seen as a holy war, deemed justifiable through means of religious property; yet others see the Crusades as merely a way to expand the Christian…

The Role of Warfare in Religion Throughout history, the attitudes that Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam have had towards war have changed, and have affected each religion 's development throughout history. The study of warfare in the context of religion is important, because the ability of the three largest religions to survive to the modern day is only partly due to their religious messages. Rather, in times of conflict, religious warfare protected the foundations and peoples of each religion…

reader, by using historical evidence, strong synthesis, and a strong sense of understanding. I will try and relate the “Crusades” to the modern day tragedies cause from Middle Eastern hate groups like “ISIL.” The Crusades were extraordinarily interesting, and lengthy religious battles that lasted from the 11th century all the way to the 13th century. There were seven major crusades and they all involved a variety of different countries and cultures. However, the main two combatants were Western…