First Crusade

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…

Source Analysis: Pope Urban II’s Fiery Sermon Number 1: What language and quotes would motivate people or inspire people to leave everything for a crusade to the Holy Land? Source 1- Fulcher of Chartres A quote from Pope Urban II in source one, makes the people seem like they are not in control and just irrelevant, by saying they are shepherds and this is sort of an analogy of saying that they are gods people, that they have been born with control, but they aren’t acting or using their…

The first meaning is the most different from all the others. The first meaning is people who killed a political leader after using an intoxicant of marijuana (assassin). According to Merriam Webster, this meaning derived from the Arabic states during the first crusade (assassin). These people were first called the hashishiyyins. It wasn’t until the hashishiyyins got to Europe before they started using the term assassins. At first, you would think that assassin's only…

The wealth of the Italian peninsula was generated by the commencement of the First Crusade in 1095, which also provided for the expansion of Italian cities (Bartlett, p. 26). The Crusade was called by Pope Urban II at Clermont in 1095 as a result of the rapid increase of population during the 10th century (Bartlett, p. 26). The population increase among the warrior nobility, along…

Many believe the crusaders of the First Crusade set out to claim land, gold, or wealth, and for some this is true. However, for others this is not the case. Bohemond of Taranto set out on crusade for pious and not opportunistic reason. He led his men throughout the battles they encountered and they made him their leader for his leadership abilities; he actually led the whole crusading mission. He set the example by willingly devoting his allegiance to Alexius I Comenus, who he had a strained and…

disagreeing with the Church. (heretic) Crusades were implemented to seek out all heretical nonconformist and bring them to justice. Tribunals are then mandated in order to bring swift justice to the infidels. A guilty verdict would render fines, persecution, imprisonment, torture or even death. After hundreds of years of crusades, tribunals and killings, the world was still infected with heretics. Pope Gregory IX conjured up a…

I proposed three factors, the First of which is concerned with the political structure of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. In relation to secondary source material, I will build upon the premises of works such as: Kings and Lords in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, “The Succession to Baldwin…

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…

entered Jerusalem during the first crusade. One of these was that they both brought many people to fight in the crusade. And the main one was that someone eventually conquered Jerusalem. These were some of the events that happened when the Crusaders entered Jerusalem during the First Crusade. Both sides brought a good amount of people into the crusade so that they would have a better chance of winning. The Muslims were granted access to heaven if they would fight in the crusade. But also, the…