Crusader

lands and all personal goods, but in some cases, that did not provide enough money. Several them had to get loans as well. To help the crusaders on their journey, the church would supply wages to ease the burden of the cost of the travels. This aided to some extent, but most of the cost fell on the crusaders. This massive surge of land sell off by the crusaders leaving for Asia Minor, was one of the greatest contributing factors to the church's rise in power. It allowed the church to purchase…

in relation to its Arabic neighbors. Politically, economically, and religiously disconnected from its territorial surroundings, with heavy reliance on Western powers for security and growth, Israel almost parallels the experience of the Christian Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Though despite being territorially surrounded by, and economically and militarily inferior to, its Arabic and orthodox neighbors—mainly the Byzantines to the north in Anatolia, the Fatimid Caliphate to the south in the…

Urban 2 at Clermont-Ferrand in November 1095 to wrestle the Holy Land from Muslim control. The desire for access to shrines associated with life and ministry of Jesus was a driving force for crusaders. In addition, the promise to gain to gain land and wealth in the East acted as motivation to the crusaders who also had absolution from sin and eternal glory promised to them. The church was more centralized and stronger from a reform movement to end the practice whereby kings installed important…

with a riot breaking out in Zemun, Hungary, resulting in the death of many Hungarians . By the time Peter’s followers got to Belgrade they sacked the deserted area and exchanged hostages for supplies with nearby Nish, who sent troops after the crusaders, some of which were killed, in retaliation for burning down mills . Eventually they reached Constantinople at the cost of losing many participants and funds, along with inflicting serious damage along the path they had taken . They also lost more…

Byzantine Empire, but once some troops saw Alexius flee from a siege at one of the first cities, the Crusaders lost respect for their emperor and did not return land to the Byzantine empire. Because of this, four Crusader states were created to be controlled by the kingdom of Jerusalem, the county of Edessa, the principality of Antioch, and the county of Tripoli. Unfortunately the leadership in these Crusader states was inadequate and was quickly taken back by Muslim forces. (Edmonds, 2016.)…

Petter had lead the first wave of crusaders without any instructions to take back Jerusalem and the Holy Land. Throughout the crusade Peter’s army took what they pleased from nearby kingdoms and often killed whoever was in them. This adds on to the failure as these kingdoms were allies and…

Salah al-Din was a Kurdish origin Muslim and the first sultan of Syria and Egypt. He was the founder of the Ayyubib dynasty despite it although its name was after his father. He was the leader of the Muslim in the Levant as they opposed the European crusaders. After the Muslim had triumphed, he became the legend of the people giving him a place in history pages. At the height of his power, his sultanate encompassed of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Yemen, Hejaz and other neighboring North Africa regions…

hatred towards each other had been diminished as Pope Urban II had called the Byzantine counterparts as “friends” and “Christians”. The Pope recognized the Byzantine as fellow Christians and brothers. Men of all social backgrounds, flocked to become a crusader because “Christ commands it” (Urban 1095). So in 1095, the First Crusade marched toward Jerusalem. Although the journey to Jerusalem was religiously motivated, the Holy City was not apart of the Byzantine Empire, which was where the…

The formation of Military orders was the most crucial movement for the establishment of crusader states in the Middle-East. When the crusader states first began to form, they were alone in a foreign land with little in the way of established trade routes and constant infighting due to factions from different kingdoms competing among the crusading armies. The movement could have fallen apart at any moment, but military orders, groups of warrior monks, began to form eager to take on all the…

growth is supported by these facts: the church was trying to spread its lands (Doc 1), many men were only in the crusades for the wealth and prosperity (Doc 3), the crusaders were forcefully spreading the religion of Xty to other peoples (Doc 4), the crusaders were removing other religions from certain areas (Doc 5), and the crusaders destroying the lives of many that stood in their wake (Doc 6). Even though the church said the crusades were all for the glory of God they were most certainly for…