The Crusades And William Urban's Victims Of
The two sources selected for the ‘Secondary Source Assignment’ include Christopher Tyerman’s The Crusades (chapter six), and William Urban’s Victims of the Baltic Crusade. To start, Tyerman’s primary proposition contends that the Crusades were more than just a religious movement, as the process of executing the Crusades – extensive economic planning, recruitment, logistics, and other necessary plans – was needed to run each Crusade. The author proves this arguments through highlighting the differences in how people are enticed to join the Crusades (such as immunity from debts and lawsuits); how each Crusade was financed; and the non-religious motives of those Crusades for both the Crusaders and Papacy. The second source, written by William L. Urban, primarily argues that despite emphasise Western culture places on victims, victimization of the Baltic people did not occur in the case of the Baltic Crusades. The author primarily supports his thesis by criticizing the approach of other historians on three topics: the outcomes and intentions of the Crusade; scope of
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In addition to contradicting other historians, Urban elaborates on these three topics, and uses them to prove how the Baltic (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) people were not victimized.
Now that the thesis and arguments of both sources are revealed, it is important to analyse the genre, approach, strengths and weaknesses, and the implications of those strengths on weaknesses for each source. To start, Tyerman’s novel, The Crusades, falls under popular history, and the approach is not defined by one category: social, political, financial and religious approaches
In addition to contradicting other historians, Urban elaborates on these three topics, and uses them to prove how the Baltic (Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian) people were not victimized.
Now that the thesis and arguments of both sources are revealed, it is important to analyse the genre, approach, strengths and weaknesses, and the implications of those strengths on weaknesses for each source. To start, Tyerman’s novel, The Crusades, falls under popular history, and the approach is not defined by one category: social, political, financial and religious approaches