First Crusade

Have you ever heard of the crusades? The crusades were an important part of our world history, and they influenced the way things happened back in the Mid. ages and also how things happen now. The first crusade occurred on 1096-1099 A.C. The spark that set off the Crusades was struck in the East, when the Byzantines first confronted a new Moslem force, the Seljuk Turks. The Seljuk Turks were originally an Asian horde which, like the Huns of earlier times, had penetrated far into the West. By the…

Over the semester in this course, the sole focus was the Crusades. The Crusades is not a proud history for Christians. The brutality used and the amount of death that resulted in the acts of the Crusades has left its imprint on history forever, but there is much more to the Crusades than this. From this course, the most important concept learned from this course is the fact that the Crusades is something that is not easily understood or explained. There are so many components and concepts that…

original knights were led by Sir Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois and Bohemond of Taranto. The Templars ended up doing what they called Crusades in which they went and attacked threats to Israel. There were a total of six Crusades. By the first they were known as Crusaders. There were four known Crusade States, each defended by a castle. The Templars were a unique and dangerous breed of soldiers. Every Templar looked and drilled the same way. Most Templars wore a…

and Jean de Joinville use first hand accounts, translated from Old French by Caroline Smith, in the Chronicles of the Crusades to show what happened on two different crusades. As always with two different authors, the writing styles are very different yet effective in their own way. One author focuses on facts and descriptions about his crusade; the other focuses on the sanctity of the king with whom he went on his crusade. Villehardouin’s account of the fourth crusade puts a strong emphasis…

but during the High Middle Ages the Catholic Church takes on a mission to take back the Holy Land from Muslim Control. The Crusades are a special event that only occur during the High Middle Ages, and in no other era of history does one find the Catholic Church put together a military campaign to take control another land. While some historians look back upon the Crusades as a purely religious expedition, others consider them to be the conquest of new lands in order to grow in power and wealth.…

Crusades… The “holy wars”, well they weren't exactly all that holy.There were a total of 8 official crusades, fought between the Christians, Byzantines and Muslims. Majority of the the crusades were fought between the Christians and Islamics (muslims). They fought over the holy city of jerusalem, which all three religions claimed to be their holy city. All three religions claimed jerusalem to be their holy city, because they believed in the same God. Although they were called the “holy wars”,…

The crusades were a series of military campaigns carried out between 11th and 15th centuries by the Catholic church against Muslims, pagans, and the opponents of the church (Lock, 2006). Over the past few decades, historians have indulged in the investigation of the occurrence of, and the motivations for the crusades. Some of the motivations for the crusades identified include the need to: capture Jerusalem; free and defend Christian territories; and protect Christians living in non-Christian…

The Christian Crusades of the middle ages are often discussed in regards to the decisions of the people in charge, such as Pope Urban or Saladin. However, the outcome of the crusades could not have been accomplished without the involvement of the citizens. In the late 11th century, a group of people came forward seeking to reform the church. They called their movement the Gregorian Reform. The reformers wanted to address various aspects of conduct among the clergy, such as maintaining duties and…

I believe the Crusades were mainly the series of religious wars. Which was taken by the Latin Church between the 11th and 15th centuries. For example, the Christian knights had waged a war against the Muslims in Jerusalem in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land. Also the reason why they waged a war was so they could gain more control. The Pope Urban ll declared the First Crusade in 1095 AD by giving the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, which had made an huge impact. Due to the speech…

The legacy of the Crusades, whether positive or negative, has been contested among Christians and non-Christians alike. Although there were clearly political, intellectual, and technological benefits to Europe as a result of the Crusades, can it be said that the Crusades advanced the cause of Christ? In histories which concern the medieval West the development that we call the Crusades is constantly regarded finally as a standout amongst the most imperative impacts on European life in the Middle…