Crusades

Through months of excavating an old library in the Middle East, our group of archeologists and historians have found fragments of a secret treaty between the nobles of the First Crusade and the Seljuk Turks. The treaty was written in French which we all know, the main language spoken by the Crusaders. It was found to be written using carbon ink on goat skins. Since it is an organic material artifact, it is more likely to be susceptible to environmental damage. Hence, extra careful steps were…

Under what Circumstances Did Pope Urban II Preach the First Crusade? Do You Think that the Preaching of the Crusade Was Likely to be a Success? In 1095, Pope Urban II delivered a sermon: a call of arms to the Christians of Europe. He preached a pilgrimage to recapture the city of Jerusalem and other states in the East from the control of the Muslims. At the time, it cannot have been known what the outcome or impact of this Crusade would have been. There are many reasons why it might have been…

appoint a rule, and expand their territory to keep Jerusalem under Christian rule. However, the Christians establishment of the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem emerged out of Muslim disunity and alliances between Muslims and Franks. The leaders of the Crusade immediately assigned a ruler to protect and govern Jerusalem. Initially, the leaders…

According to the first four accounts by Fulcher of Chartres, Robert the Monk, Baldric of Dol and Guibert of Nogent in chapter two of The Crusades: A Reader Pope Urban II called upon all of the Christians (the wealthy, the poor, knights, farmers, father, son) in Europe and neighboring regions to come together as one force and to travel to the Jerusalem (The Holy Land) to take it back from the wicked and sinful who have apprehended it and take it back from those who oppose Christianity. Though the…

plea to Pope Urban II for troops from the West to encounter the Turkish intimidation (Backman 255). Urban, wanting to reinforce the power of Christianity leadership, took advantage of the opportunity to unite Christianity in Europe by starting a crusade to take back the Holy Land from…

A key pillar to the Roman Catholic Church are its Saints. Saints are men and women who are recognized by the Church to have had an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God and or Christ. There are many hundreds of Saints within both the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Coptic Churches. The writing of the history and great acts of saints is called a Hagiography, literally meaning sacred writing. Of the many hundreds of saints, a few stand out in the history, Saints like…

When the word crusade appears in either a sentence or in a verbal statement it automatically begins to raise concerns in ideas due to problematic historical references being recalled and even present day social problems. The infamous idea of the crusade refers to the medieval era, 500AD-1500AD, where there was a rise in European military expeditions. This rise in military power created a series of European “crusades” and campaigns in attempt to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Even in…

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…

territory from present day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe (Crusades Map). In the Catholic Kingdoms, the Pope had control of all church affairs, and the priest had control over a single church (Ellis 217-218). During the late 12th century, the Holy Father was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs (“The Crusades”). The Byzantine Empire had branched off from Rome in 330 AD, and the Byzantine Empire…

The Middle Ages deserves to be called the Dark ages because it was a period in time that caused sorrow and death. It was a period in time that caused many people to wander if there is a better life out there, or even in the future for the next genoration. There were many invasions that killed thousands of lives and destroyed the peace. Disease is another main reason because not only did it cause so much harm, but it also left a mark on history killing many people. It also deserves to be called…