Albigensian Crusade

These fears and misconceptions are unfortunate, but not a new thing. Christians have long viewed the “Mohammedans” with fear and distrust, a great example of this being the Catholic Crusades, a five century struggle to “liberate” the Holy Land from the native Muslim populations. These fears and misunderstandings continued into the Renaissance and Early modern periods, prompted by the Ottoman Empire’s constant attempts to push into Europe…

While Christianity solely focus on the belief in one God and the blessings he gives us for complying to a set of mandates, Buddhism revolves around no belief in a higher power that is a divine entity, but rather reaching a higher self by following a path meant to lead them to enlightenment. Followers of the Christian religion take forth a big leap of faith and they mold their lives according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Buddhism holds the pathway Prince Siddhartha, or…

that remained threatened by the Arab advances were the Byzantines. This threat to the Byzantine Empire sparked the Crusades, a series of military campaigns with the purpose of recapturing Christian holy sites. These campaigns gave more power to the Pope, and the campaign also gave more power to the Christian nations that participated. The primary reason the Europeans joined the Crusades was religious motivation and the will to drive Muslims out of the Holy Land. The Europeans believed that…

The Epic of the Cid is a poem recounting the tales of the historical Cid, Rodrigo Dìaz de Vivar, a hero to the Spanish people. The poem was written by an unknown, Spanish author in the 1200s, during the Reconquista, to immortalize the story of the great hero of Spain. The Reconquista lasted almost 780 years and was a series of wars between Christians lords and Muslims moors. The Reconquista sought to cleanse the Iberian peninsula of all things non-christian. The poem shows the significance of…

Ayyub´s son Saladin; his ambition to expand this new empire is really a serious matter that we need to face in order to recover our territory and secure of christian states near them. Also, the Byzantine empire posses a neutral position in this crusade, we must ensure an alliance with them in order to get the middle east in the less disruptive way. Using our connections with my…

Introduction The focus of this report will be Eleanor of Aquitaine and the legacy on Medieval Europe. The sign legacy that Eleanor left in the Second Crusade. Eleanor of Aquitaine The court of William IX, the Grandfather of Eleanor of Aquitaine was where Eleanor grew up. Young Eleanor was constantly surrounded by poetry, music, and most notably, courtly love. Eleanor of Aquitaine also knew how to ride a horse proficiently, could speak Latin, learned history, arithmetic and she knew how to…

The Borgia family came from Torre de Canals, which laid in the foothills of the mountains to the Valencia in the kingdom of Aragon. The Borgia’s became landed elitists and were rewarded estates as a reward for the services fighting the Muslim Moors, who ruled Spain during the eighth century. Essentially, the Borgia’s became opportunists and adventurers with an eager ambition to rise above their minor status. Alonso de Borgia, a man who’s greatest success came from when he helped end the Great…

Islamic Expansion Essay For 128 years the religious Islamic words spread quickly and the religion was practiced. Over more years more people learned and spread religious beliefs to friends and family creating more followers, or Muslims, expanding the empire. The early spread of the Islamic religions empire started with the prophet Muhammad. The prophet had gone to pray in a cave when Allah, or God, sent Angel Gabriel down to tell Muhammad that he was Allah’s new prophet and that he shall…

W.W. Jacobs Biography and Short Story Connections ‘’The Monkey’s Paw’’ starts out in a rural part of England, on a ‘’stormy night’’ (1). The White family is waiting for Sergeant Charles Morris, friend of Father. When considering the current weather, the Whites begin to think he will not show. After a while, he finally arrives. The Whites and Morris share some drinks and laughs. Morris begins to tell stories of his travels, including the story of the Monkey’s paw. This discussion heats up very…

peasants were killed. The crusades were a series of many wars where europeans, peasants, knights, and all others went to fight against muslims over the holy land in the middle east. Very few of these campaigns actually succeeded in gaining any land and only the first one succeeded in gaining the holy city (Jerusalem). Many people went on these crusades unprepared and were slaughtered. old women were sometimes kidnapped by knights and used as servants by knights. The people's crusade, formed of…