Third Crusade

peasants were killed. The crusades were a series of many wars where europeans, peasants, knights, and all others went to fight against muslims over the holy land in the middle east. Very few of these campaigns actually succeeded in gaining any land and only the first one succeeded in gaining the holy city (Jerusalem). Many people went on these crusades unprepared and were slaughtered. old women were sometimes kidnapped by knights and used as servants by knights. The people's crusade, formed of…

Emperor of the West, was born at Salzburg, in Bavaria about 742, and jointly with his brother Karloman, succeeded his father, Pepin-le-Bref, in 768. In 768. Karloman died in 771, and Charles became sole sovereign. By his wars against the Saxons, the Lombards, and the Saracens of Spain, he increased his empire until he was until he was master of the best part of Europe. “Charlemagne was throughout his reign the champion of Christianity. He never rested until the Saxons were not only subjected…

Throughout history, religion and war are often seen side by side, and some wars are fought as a result of religion. One of the best examples of these holy wars is the Crusades, where Catholics fought Muslims for control of Jerusalem and the Holy Lands. By the time Jerusalem was captured by Catholics at the end of the first Crusade, 60,000 died in Jerusalem alone. The deaths of innocent people was justified by the Church, who stated that it was ‘God’s will’ that they controlled Jerusalem. This…

Order of the Knights Templar The middle ages led to fighting over religion and land. One major conquest was the Crusades. The Crusades was a religious war between the turks and the catholic Knights Templar. Who were the Knights Templar? What did they fight for? What happened in the end to them? The Order of the Knights Templar was a religious knighthood. They started out as a military order called the Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon. It later became the Order of the…

The First Crusade, also the most successful, began with the speech of Pope Urban II at Clermont on 27 November 1095, and was initially a response to the request for armed aid against the Turks made by the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. However, its purpose quickly shifted and it in turn became the largest mass pilgrimage of the eleventh century, though it differed from all the others in once crucial respect, in that it was, at the same time, a war, one set against what was by some referred to as…

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…

Crusades had a tremendous effect on Medieval world, and Templars were the carriers of Gods might, at least for the western nations. However, muslims saw them as invaders and experienced the true face of Christian soldiers. Reasons for the Crusades in western political and economical conditions. European land was not able to feed people any more, so to Christian population fell in need of gaining the rich lands of the East. Feudal lords equipped their armies and went to the Holy land in a seek…

politics. Furthermore, the Crusades, which occurred during the Middle Ages, proves the darkness of the age. One reason the “Dark Ages” is an appropriate term to…

territory from present day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe (Crusades Map). In the Catholic Kingdoms, the Pope had control of all church affairs, and the priest had control over a single church (Ellis 217-218). During the late 12th century, the Holy Father was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs (“The Crusades”). The Byzantine Empire had branched off from Rome in 330 AD, and the Byzantine Empire…

Dante, the famous poet, wrote his Divine Comedy hundreds of years ago, and while it seemed accurate, some parts of it that may not apply anymore due to how civilization changed throughout the years. Culture evolved in such a way that Dante would not recognize any actions because of the foreignness to the 14th Century. Due to this change, the structure of the inferno needs to change to fit with the current world. While some parts of the inferno will inevitably change, other parts will remain the…