First Crusade

Religion played a role in the origins of the Crusades or Holy War. Pope Urban ii called a meeting to deal with the religious issues, to free the Holy Land from the Turks. He form an army and head to Jerusalem, to have a Crusade. Anyone killed on this quest would go to directly to heaven. Some of the first responders were Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless, whose followers were some of the poor from Germany and France. They would soon destroy the Muslims and the Holy Land. This would…

describe the first few Crusades and how they happened.The Crusades were a series of many battles caused by different religions fighting over their differences.In these battles, the religions fought to try to make their religion the superior religion and bring the other religions down.The sides of these battles consisted of Muslims, Jews, and Christians.Many things happened in each Crusade including the capturing of Jerusalem, the fall of the county Edessa, the treaty of the Third Crusade, and…

“The Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.” (David Hume) Typically, historians question the events of history, how they happened, when they happened, or even if they happened. In the case of the Holy Crusades, however, the events, and how they occurred are not the source of contention amongst historians. Instead, the motivating factors that initiated the Holy Crusades are under scrutiny. Religion and its involvement…

The crusaders went to the Holy Land many times. There were eight major Crusades, all of them were a failure except the very first one. The crusaders wanted to take back the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Crusades were a curious mix of God and warfare, two of the chief concerns of the Middle Ages (pg 289). The Crusades were based on the idea of a holy war against the infidels or unbelievers (pg 291). The Pope convinced a lot of people to go to the Holy Land to fight for it back. The crusader…

The Crusades are important part of Christian history not only for what they represented, a holy war to take back Jerusalem against the Muslim infidels, but also because of the far reaching consequences that hundreds of years of war had on the development of the Church and society itself. Not only could the effects of the Crusade be felt during the time that they took place but the effects of the Crusades can even be felt to this…

The Crusades started all the way back in 1095 in the Holy Lands. Leading up to the Crusades, the Muslims rapidly expanded across the middle east and into Jerusalem and into a place called the Holy Lands. The Holy Lands are a very important religious part of the world, where there is great religious value for Christians, Muslims, and Jews. So when the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims and were in control of the Holy Lands in 1095, limited the Christians access to their religious sites many were…

Crusades: During and after (first-third crusade, crusaders after it) The first Crusade began in 1095, the pope called for all. Whether it be a peasant, knight, serf or criminal. The crusades needed all for the name of christ and glory! This and the promise the church and god would forgive all sin done by the knights. This made people from all over Europe to flock to the church to sign up as a crusader. This bolstered the number of the christians crusaders to invade and conquer the “Holy” lands.…

and launches one of the most famous string of wars in world history, the Crusades. The main objective of the Crusades was to retake the holy land in the Middle-East. The Crusades were a series of holy wars which began in 1095 when Pope Urban II made a plea to retake Jerusalem and the holy lands. In total there were eight Crusades lasting around 196 years, however, the last five Crusades were very ineffective and the first Crusade was the only holy war which was a success in taking Jerusalem.…

land from Islamic control. Christians referred to them as the “Holy crusades”; otherwise known as the crusades to historians. In November of 1095, the first Crusade began in response to Pope Urban II urging Christians to take back their Holy Land of Palestine out of the control of the Muslim Turks. This was the start of what would become known as the Crusades. After the first crusade, many more occurred as well. The Third Crusade resulted from the Muslim ruler Saladin’s efforts to recapture…

Some of the lasting effects of the Crusades on modern history are expanded contact with the outside world, increased hatred between Muslims and Christians, and increased voyages of discovery and adventure. The Crusades expanded contact with the outside world. Western Europeans received many goods and ideas that they have never met. They brought a lot of them back with them into Europe, leading to the renaissance, the age of exploration, and the enlightenment. This increased trade and exploration…