crusades a known as a series of military campaigns that took place during the medieval England that fought against the Muslims of the Middle East. During the year 1076 the Muslims had captured the most holy of holy places for Christians‚ city of Jerusalem. In the 900’s Byzantium had successfully seized religion in Syria‚ in the begging of the 1030 the Seljuk Turks had managed to take over land and power in Syria. These actions prevented the emperor of Byzantium‚ Alexis I had sent an assignment to
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which caused the number of battles between European countries to decrease significantly. Also‚ since the Muslims were in charge of Jerusalem‚ the Holy Land‚ many Christians couldn’t make their pilgrimages to Jerusalem‚ which caused the church to slowly loose their power. In order to solve the problem‚ Pope Urban II‚ the Christian Pope‚ gathered knights to re-conquer Jerusalem out of the Muslims. He strongly believed that starting the Crusades will make people’s lives happier since it will stop the unruly
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The Second Crusade: Discord between the Crusader states Tyler Rathke HIS 111-601 After the end of the first Crusade‚ three Crusader States were created in the East. The three Crusader states were the Kingdom of Jerusalem‚ the Principality of Antioch‚ and the county of Edessa and after the first three Crusader states were developed‚ a fourth was added called the County of Tripoli. The social‚ political‚ and economic factors throughout the Crusader States led to the cause of the second
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The Crusades were a series of Holy Wars launched by the Christian states of Europe against the Saracens and the rescuing of holy places of Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans. (Alchin 1) There were eight Crusades in number; the first four were sometimes called the Principal Crusades‚ and the remaining four were the called the Minor Crusades. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades‚ however‚ were considered to be the most important. (Alchin 1) The Principal Crusades started because of key people
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and position in society or for adventure. Concordat of Worms The First Crusade and Second Crusade Pope Urban II launched the first Crusades (He called on Christians to drive the Turks out of Anatolia and recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule) The Crusaders captured Jerusalem and massacred its Jewish and Muslim inhabitants. They established a Latin
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capture of Jerusalem. The second Crusade was to recapture the city of Edessa from the Muslims‚ and were humiliated and failed. The third Crusade was to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims‚ which also failed due to illness. The fourth Crusade was to again‚ try to take back Jerusalem‚ but instead‚ they took over the Christian capital‚ Constantinople‚ and never got to the holy land (Asbridge) There were several causes for the Crusades‚ a war between Christians and Muslims for Jerusalem. One cause was
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The Crusades were military expeditions planned and carried out by western European Christians. The crusades started around 1095. The purpose of these crusades was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Holy Land was Jerusalem and the Christians believed that gaining control of it was their fate. The pope would gather the people together and incite them. The origin of the crusades was a result of the expanding Turks in the middle east. These Turkish forces invaded Byzantium
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the crusaders were not successful in taking control of Jerusalem. However‚ the Pope did not control the Sixth Crusade and there were no great battles during this Crusade as the Muslims and Christians sat down and negotiated‚ rather than fighting each other. Eventually‚ the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II was successful in negotiating and reaching a compromise with the Muslims‚ which resulted in the Christians once again controlling Jerusalem and other sites in the Holy Land. Consequently‚ the Sixth
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to have the city of Jerusalem as Christian property as it was where their God was crucified. However‚ the aspect of political gain and economic benefit were an additional advantage when participating in the Crusade. One of the factors in causing the Crusades was political gain and economic benefit. As well as religious devotion‚ political gain and economic benefit played a part in the Crusades. The first Crusade call from Pope Urban the second was done to reclaim back Jerusalem from their religion
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the following. Paul and the Jerusalem Council In the book of Acts‚ Luke records two separate trips Paul made to Jerusalem to discuss doctrinal matters with the head Messianic leaders Peter and James. The first incident is recorded in Acts 15. Here‚ as the story goes‚ there had been a disagreement as to whether the Gentiles believers needed to be circumcised. So Paul and Barnabas were sent to Jerusalem to find an answer to the question. When they came to Jerusalem the elders
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