First Crusade

The First Crusade and How it Effected Today The First Crusade of nine effected the future without even knowing it. The Crusades were religious battles. Had the Crusades not happened many things that happen today, would not. One example is the impact the Crusades had in European expansion. If the First Crusade had not happened then the other eight would not have occurred either. If none of these had occurred the world would be a much different place. The First Crusade began in 1096 and…

One of the contributing contextual factors that led to the first crusade was the advance of various Islamic people into European territory, leaving them with feelings of vulnerability. By the end of the 11th-century the forces of Islam had captured 2/3 of the Christian world. However, nothing was done against the powers of Islam for a very long time. It was not until Emperor Alexius asked Pope Urban II to help recover the Byzantine territory. Urban had considerable reasons to help Alexius, but…

The First Crusade was a conflict between the Christians of Western Europe and the Muslims of Jerusalem. The Crusade was initiated in 1095 by Pope Urban II in response to the Byzantine emperor's call for help defending against the invading Seljuk Turks. On November 27, 1095, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade both to help the Byzantines defend the Turks and to conquer Jerusalem. From the First Crusade, Europe made great economical gains. Europe benefited from the First…

The First Crusade began in 1096 after Pope Urban II’s speech at the Council of Clermont in 1095. One version of Urban’s Speech at Clermont was recorded by Fulcher de Chartes, a priest who also participated in the Crusades. While this version of Pope Urban II’s speech is one of the more reliable sources of the said speech, there is still a great chance for bias especially as Fulcher de Chartes was a crusader himself. This one speech, whether or not it was an accurate recording of what Pope Urban…

Over a hundred thousand people died during the time of the First Crusade. The First Crusade was a devastatingly long fight between the Christians and the Seljuk Turks for many reasons, but the main reason being because the Seljuk Turks were residing in Jerusalem. The Christians had many reasons for starting the First Crusade which impacted the Christian and Islamic relationship forever. The capture of Jerusalem by the Muslim forces along with the letter sent to Pope Urban II by Emperor Alexius I…

The First Crusade was the first and most successful of a series of holy wars that defined the Middle Ages. Ostensibly a religious mission to regain the Holy Land, the crusade changed the ways the nobility interacted and opened western Europe to new ideas. While the goal of the First Crusade was to “rescue” Jerusalem, its most lasting effect was the strengthening of the Catholic Church. At the behest of the Pope, Urban II, a large group of French nobles went to try to recapture Jerusalem. The…

In this paper I would like to explain the first Crusade and the conquest of Jerusalem using both Muslim and Christian sources, and to focus on pointing out the taking of the city and the similarities and differences in these sources. As Ibn Al-Athir was a bystander for the Third Crusade. He is the most accurate narrative from the Muslim point of view for the three crusades and he was able to write the history of the Muslim world. The franks overthrow Jerusalem by moving on to there after…

The Crusades were a Religious military conflict between Christian and Islamic forces for control of the holy lands. Though there was multiple crusades I will be only looking at the first crusades which lasted from 1095-1100. I will be looking to see if the crusades, even though very deadly wars, Benefited the world as a whole from the more connected world that would become after the crusades. The crusades when launched in 1095 by Pope Urban to stop the Muslim expansion into the Byzantine…

The first Crusades were mainly fought between the Islamic Empire and the Roman Catholic church, although it affected thousands of people in both Europe and the Middle East; especially people living in the city of Jerusalem. The holy war was a series of battles lasting from 1095 to 1291 between The Roman Catholic Church, Judaism and The Islamic Empire. The war was initiated by the Roman Catholic Church as a way to gain control of the "holy city: Jerusalem. Up until the 7th century, control of the…

There were many motives for the first crusade, which included the taking Jerusalem, the forgiveness of sins, and the greater chance of going to heaven. The motives generally revolved around religious beliefs. People during that time thought that some of their sins would be lifted by going on the crusades. Others wanted to take back the holy land. Based off of the documents, the first crusade was based on varying opinions on religious ideas, with the take back of Jerusalem, and the ignorance of…