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    After lunch, we went to the church. hundred or more of men came. Uncle Andrew standing in front, “Good afternoon Men of the Jews. My little friend here has a trouble. His friend was captured by the Crusaders. I am sure you guys will be interested at this war, because our opponent are the Crusaders. Now let’s let our little friend introduce himself with you all.” I walked up to the stage and explained myself, where I came from, why am I here, and my friend Katherine. Many of them seem to pay…

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    The crusaders showed that they did have reasoning behind their actions, which was all in the name of God. However they were not valid because the brutal ways they dealt with people as in killing and destroying thousands of people's lives went against their religion. They believed greatly by doing this horrible actions that they would be doing good but in reality just affecting thousands of people. Most of the effects and influences the crusaders brought was bad but some helped the people of…

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    promise of riches as well as forgiveness for their past transgressions. During this time a person being “free of sin” was more important than being wealthy. At the end of his heartfelt sermon the crowd shouted "God wills it" - the manifestation the crusaders later used in battle to justify their actions against the…

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    from Fisk in 1933 and completed his PhD in History in 1939 at the University of Chicago. A lifelong supporter of civil rights he worked with Martin Luther King Jr. on his book, Stride Toward Freedom and in 1959 he wrote a biography of King entitled Crusader without Violence. He was forthright in his criticism of stereotypical media coverage, on radio, in motion pictures, and textbooks of the portrayal of African Americans. Thus his 1934 article “Racial Attitudes in American History Textbooks…

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    that “All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins.”. This is saying that the crusaders that go to fight for what they believe in will be compensated for with the promise of forgiveness of sins. In document two written by Ekkehard’s Hierosolymita explains that the crusaders were all brought together by the love of Christ. Hierosolymita in his document says “ These members of Christ so different in speech, origin, and…

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    The Crusaders continued to try and obtain Jerusalem from Saladin. The leaders of the crusaders, however, were aware that once they conquered the city, the Crusaders would break up, most of the army moving West. They tried delaying the attack, in order to recover as much territory as they could, in order to assure the basis for attaining the Kingdom. However, the crusaders were lacking funds, thus they could not delay much longer. Nevertheless, on June 1192, there was another advance on Jerusalem…

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    statement was. I know it sounds cliché, but it really does seem like just yesterday we were organizing homecoming, planning our senior trip, fund raising for our senior trip, finally going on our senior trip, decorating for prom, and enjoying our last Crusader Day, or, as we like to call it, Crudader Day. While it is the fun memories like those I just mentioned that tend to stick out in our minds, I think it is important that we also acknowledge the stuff that maybe wasn't so fun; the days we…

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    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 persuade the Crusaders. Several popes use religious reasons to persuade the Crusaders. Pope Leo IV claimed that for any who died in the battle will have their sins forgiven as a reward. When all of your sins are forgiven, this is another way to claim that…

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    Summary of Article: Robert Wonser and David Boyn’s article “The Caped Crusader: What Batman Films tell Us About Crime and Deviance,” explore the “sociology of deviance” within the Batman trilogy (Wonser, p. 1). Throughout discussing the relevancy of deviance and crime in fiction films within modern society, particularly centring on the Batman series over the last decade. Current motion pictures consistently explore criminology in the many forms it presumes in, thus presenting cultural relevant…

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    The crusades were more negative than positive because the Crusaders had a vision that they would control the sacred place the holy land and they would do anything to get it. The Crusaders murdered innocent people. They destroyed other cities and other religion sacred places. It is definite that the Crusades were more negative than positive because the crusaders killed innocent people. Document 1 states that “In Europe, Crusaders sometimes turned their fury against the Jews, massacring entire…

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