Byzantine Empire

ideology of the Crusade, asserting that the crusade was not only an act of war or charity in order to gain control of the Holy lands but these efforts within the Holy lands were a means of redemption. The Crusades began with a call for help from the Byzantine Empire, who was losing a considerable amount of land and power to the Seljuk Turks. These Turkish invaders went on to control much of Anatolia, before the crusaders were able to turn the tide and drive the Turks out of…

(Roman Empire) and East (Byzantium Empire) had an unstable relationship towards each other even though it was a part of the same Empire. Both were Christian, only the West was Catholic and the East Orthodox. As a result of the Byzantine Empire losing a substantial amount of territory to the invading Seljuk Turks, Emperor Alexius I sent representatives to Pope Urban II asking for military aid from…

embark on such a journey. In 1095, the Byzantine Empire was in trouble. An invasion of Turks had seized control of the Byzantine land in Asia Minor and was starting to threaten the city of Constantinople. The Byzantine emperor, Alexius Comnenus, wanted to reconquer this lost territory, so he wrote a letter to the pope asking for help. When the Byzantine Empire appealed to Western Christendom for help, the Pope may have recognized that if the Byzantine Empire fell, the rest of Europe could be…

Kayla Woodcock Mr. Kusch Theology 12 14 November 2014 WICA Crusades The crusades were a holy war that started because of disagreements in faith. The Crusades began in 1095 when armies of Christians originating from Western Europe went into war by Pope Urban II’s request against the Muslims in the Holy Land. The first Crusade reached its goal capturing the people of Jerusalem in 1099 and the Christians set up many Latin Christian states to regain control over their land.…

Latin Christians World, Byzantine Empire, and Muslim ruling world. In the Mediterranean world, the Latin Christians, Byzantine, and Muslims cultures experienced acculturations and assimilations amongst one another cultures. The Latin Christians through experiences become acculturated/assimilated from the Byzantine and Muslim cultures, the Byzantine become accultured and assimilated from the Latin-Christian and Muslim cultures, and the Muslims get acculturated from the Byzantine and Latin…

levels, it would seem that the apocalypse crept closer with each lost life. This was the conclusion that came to those living in the Byzantine Empire during 541 A.D. Until this point, Byzantine citizens enjoyed only the finest of luxuries- rich culture, magnificent buildings, such as the Hagia Sophia, and overall prosperity. Nonetheless, even the splendid Byzantine Empire, and its surrounding Mediterranean areas, could not defend itself from the Justinian Plague, an invisible enemy. By the…

clashes were between local princes over boundaries and principals, against native Italian tribes and threats from the Byzantine and German empires. These warring factions use Normans as mercenaries in their battles. Normans first cemented their involvement and supremacy in warfare in the Italian peninsula by being involved in clashes between the Lombards and the Byzantine Empire. The Normans fought on both sides of the conflict, with their loyalties with whoever paid more. Emily Albu says that…

Pope Urban II started the First Crusade to help Byzantine Christians, to manifest papal authority, and to provide redemption for Christian souls. Thomas Asbridge¹ in his book, The First Crusade, explains that in the advent of the First Crusade in 1095, the papacy was slowly recovering. In the events leading up to the First Crusade, Europe had undergone significant political and social upheaval. The Church was divided with Eastern Christians following Orthodoxy and Western Christians following…

medieval conflict would later shape the turnout of Europe and the Middle East. Before the Crusades happened Christianity was the dominant religion of power. Muslim leaders and armies started to conquer all of the Christian territories, like the Byzantine Empire. Christians did not want muslims to conquer all of their lands , especially the Holy Land . This led to a fierce and brutal competition over Jerusalem, as the muslims and Christians fought in the Crusades. Religion without a doubt was…

Islamic Empire replaced the Byzantine Empire as the controlling power in the Middle East and North Africa. In the middle of the eleventh century, Seljuk Turks destroyed the Byzantine army in the Battle of Manzikert and then conquered Asia Minor (modern day Turkey); a further encroachment into the Byzantine Empire territory. By 1079 AD, the Seljuks conquered Jerusalem, thus wresting control of the Holy Land from the Christians. Faced with the Islamic aggression and expansion, Byzantine…