Fourth Crusade

wars to be known as, they Crusades. Crusades were basically a raid, Crusaders would go on a long journey just to fight, sneak attacks, and the results of the crusades was either more negative or positive which is our important question. The Crusades were left in the dark on history that failed to be Crusades, meet their goal, but mainly crusades had a negative history. These are they reasons why, they made bishops leave which made the people worried which made the Crusades a bad impact and, the…

that the last Crusade was only going to fuel the desire to have many more because the Holy Land had to be protected from the Turks. The Second Crusade can be described as different European Kings who’s only intentions were to accumulate more land for the Crusader states and Wealth for themselves. Rather than preserving the Holy Land with Christianity as the First crusade was primed to do, the Second Crusade was an unorganized mess that ended up being a failure. The First Crusade was called…

first crusade were “twofold”. Firstly, the freedom of fellow Christians, and secondly, the freeing of the Holy Land and Jerusalem, the "Mecca" of the Christian church. These aims encouraged a sense of religious passion in the early crusaders. Crusaders were certainly motivated by the benefits of church indulgence and protection, but perhaps, even at this early stage, “cynical” self-interest was a motivating factor. Important historians have discussed who to blame the division of Fourth crusades…

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”,…

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 on the facts to the point of seemingly…

Calling of the First Crusade The significance of the calling of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II is the fall of Jerusalem, which happened directly, as well as the fall of Constantinople and the Crusades that followed. The First Crusade lasted three years and resulted in the fall of Jerusalem. The Second and Third Crusade lasted two and five years respectively. The Fourth Crusade last two years and resulted in the fall of the city of Constantinople. The Fifth Crusade lasted eight years,…

The Real story about the Crusades The Crusades were a series of wars set out to reclaim the holy land and not the outcome of greed and want for power of the Christian Church. Before the time of the Crusades the Christians that lived had no arguments with the muslims. Before the year 1200, 9 out of 10 people living in Europe were peasant farmers who had barely anything to live on (Biel). This meant that many of the people living in Crusading time were poor and had nothing. They didn’t have…

The Crusades is an interesting topic that many people have never heard of, although they changed history. They were a series of seven battles that lasted two centuries. It greatly affected life in Europe, and it all started with a man named Pope Urban II, who showed significant care for his religion. Christians during the Middle Ages always wished to have control over their holy city of Jerusalem, where Jesus had lived his whole life in. They took their religion, Christianity, seriously,…

Throughout centuries, The Byzantine Empire was a center for arts, architecture and religion. Under the leadership of The Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Byzantines stood still as the cornerstone of the Orthodox world. While many churches were built during the empire’s 1120-year life, but most of them vanished over time either getting destroyed or being converted. However, one of them, an old tiny church overshadowed by the mighty Hagia Sophia, stayed where it was despite the powers against…

The Holy Wars The Crusades, every high school graduate in America has heard in class those two words said at least once. It is a pivotal point in the history of the Catholic Church. Without these Holy Wars thousands would not have died, over 156 years there was a lot accomplished but yet nothing accomplished, but yet “God wills it!”, that was the cry of the crusaders. The First Crusade was started by the Pope and a message he spoke to the Council of Claremont. The Crusaders were promised…