Byzantine art

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…

Throughout time, there have been many different cultures and empires, some of which may require the average man to work, or the female to work, or arranged marriages and so forth. However, it seems as if the Byzantine Empire covered the “whole nine yards.” Life as a Byzantine was a lot different than most would expect, they had different beliefs and worked hard for their beliefs and stayed true to them, in all courses of their culture. The Byzantine’s were very hard workers, they worked for…

The first major cause of the epic collapse of the Ottoman Empire was the tremendous loss of territories and land through multiple military campaigns by European countries. Russia, in particular, had a growing desire to capture Constantinople and gain control over the Black Sea after its embarrassing defeat in the Crimean War. Although Russia did not capture Constantinople, during a time of uncertainty and instability in the Ottoman Empire, Peter the Great came to power and strengthened Russia’s…

As the Muslims grow in numbers, starting around 700 CE, the Christians and popes felt threatened by the spreading of Islamic power and domination. Because of this, the popes recruited a group called the Crusades. A crusade is a medieval military or army. The purpose of gathering a crusade is to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims and to stop them from growing in power. However, in order to gather the group, popes from all over Europe, use religious and political reasons to motivate and…

Source Analysis: Pope Urban II’s Fiery Sermon Number 1: What language and quotes would motivate people or inspire people to leave everything for a crusade to the Holy Land? Source 1- Fulcher of Chartres A quote from Pope Urban II in source one, makes the people seem like they are not in control and just irrelevant, by saying they are shepherds and this is sort of an analogy of saying that they are gods people, that they have been born with control, but they aren’t acting or using their…

Golden Dawn Abbey N. Adair University of Texas at Tyler Golden Dawn is a far right party that is located Greece. The history of Golden Dawn may help the audience understand how we got to this point. Based on the electoral and economic data, the reader can see who is voting and supporting this party and what is happening in their economy that could cause people to vote this way. The understanding of the party platform will increase the grasp of the principles Golden Dawn…

The Crusades From 1095 to 1291, Christians from the western part of Europe embarked on eight separate attacks against the Muslims in the Middle East. These attacks became known as Crusades and the main goal of the battles were to take the Holy Land and Jerusalem from Muslim rule and give it to the Christians in Europe. While many Crusades were launched against the Muslims, few were actually successful. The First Crusade started because the Muslim group known as the Seljuk Turks took over…

FOUNDATION Abbayi itinerant preacher, Robert dArbrissel is the origin of the foundation, in 1101, the abbey of Fontevraud, which was directed by women, including many from the family of the Bourbons. By Ivan Cloulas. The foundation of Fontevraud is part of the vast movement of spiritual renewal xil "century. Under the influence of a charismatic preacher they leave everything and follow him at désert. In general, as Grandmont, hermitic center famous domain Plantagenets genet, a monastic…

Imagine a time not dominated by machines and towns. Go back in time to an era of of the real world cast with a fictional tale. That is the scene set in Attila by William Napier. Attila tells the story of Attila The Hun, The one of the most Trenchant villains of all time. The story may be fictional, but the characters and scenery is not. Places such as the Forested Britain, The inveterate Rome, and the frozen tundra of the northernland. In the time of Attila and the Roman Empire, Britain was…

The two main causes of the fall of the Roman empire (suggested by Edward Gibbon) are the adoption of Christianity and the economic decline. Although there are many different theories of what could have happened (and it's undoubtedly more than one thing), these are two of the most important factors that led to Rome's decline. Religion was an issue that caused a lot of conflict in Rome. Most of it started when Israel became occupied by Romans. It had been conquered many times before, but was…