Holy Land

The Crusades were a series of wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the holy land of Jerusalem. There were many crusades, but the first three are the most remembered. The outcomes of these wars were varied. The Christians won the first, the Muslims won the second, and the third was ended in a peace treaty. In the First Crusade, the Byzantines were being harmed by the Turks. The Byzantines called for the help of the Catholic Church. For Pope Urban II to get supporters to go to war, he…

2014 WICA Crusades The crusades were a holy war that started because of disagreements in faith. The Crusades began in 1095 when armies of Christians originating from Western Europe went into war by Pope Urban II’s request against the Muslims in the Holy Land. The first Crusade reached its goal capturing the people of Jerusalem in 1099 and the Christians set up many Latin Christian states to regain control over their land. Justice as practitioners of faith, developments in…

crusades was for the Christians to conquer back the Holy lands. As it was no longer theirs. Secondly, the holy land was sacred for both Christians and Moslems, making it impossible for both religions to ‘own’ the land. And finally, Privileges were…

definition of crusade is pilgrimage journey. The Crusades that were hurled on the holy land in 1095 at the convention of Clermont from Urban II speech to siege and defeat of Jerusalem in 1099 by the Crusaders (Kohler, 2013). This crusade commenced a new phase of affiliation among the West and the Near East. The first Crusade represented the war against the Muslim to aid Byzantines to take back control over the Holy Land. Many innocent people were tortured and many were slaughtered. The…

The crusades were more negative than positive because the Crusaders had a vision that they would control the sacred place the holy land and they would do anything to get it. The Crusaders murdered innocent people. They destroyed other cities and other religion sacred places. It is definite that the Crusades were more negative than positive because the crusaders killed innocent people. Document 1 states that “In Europe, Crusaders sometimes turned their fury against the Jews, massacring entire…

first Crusade was good because they accomplished their goals, but the other Crusades were a waste of resources like time and money. The Muslims believed that the Crusades were good because at the end of them all the got Jerusalem, the prize, the Holy Land. There is a great divide between the Muslims…

of the Holy Land. As Holy Land Christian pilgrimage sites such as Jerusalem and parts of Palestine are known. These expeditions were carried out at the request of the Pope, who granted indulgences to the participants. The start of the cross dates from 1095 and its completion occurs in the late thirteenth century. The word "crusade" comes from the cross that fighters wear on his chest, a symbol of the Christian religion. Economic: -This company promised glory, fame, fortune, and new land to…

the word crusade had meant the many times that the Christians had come to their land and slaughtered so many people. Many of the Christians many view the crusades and great and noble deed to get back the holy lands of Christ. Many Muslims still think about the crusades and the holy war that the Christian had started in the eleventh century and it continues today. The early Christians did not want war, but when the Holy Roman Empire, Constantine won many battles with the cross on his shield,…

crusades. Some people think that they were based off of a strong and unbiased religious faith to reclaim the holy lands. Others thought that the Pope and his advisors were trying to grow their country economically and politically. In my opinion, it’s the latter. The thought of the crusades being based off of economical growth is supported by these facts: the church was trying to spread its lands (Doc 1), many men were only in the crusades for the wealth and prosperity (Doc 3), the crusaders were…

Crusades were a series of bloody wars during the middle ages where the Christians of Europe tried to retake control of Jerusalem. In Christianity, the crusades were expeditions of Christian Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries for the recovery of the holy land (Chrisholm 44). They were a time of religion, war and religious war leaders. Crusaders were brutal people mostly made up of young, old and poor people. Historians have estimated that there were seven crusades total that resulted in…