1. Pope Urban II (source A) and Saladin (source C) were similar in attitudes because they both believed that God was on their side and would make them victorious amongst their enemies. In Source A it states “Accordingly‚ undertake this journey eagerly for the remission of your sins‚ with the assurance of the reward of imperishable glory in the kingdom of heaven.” The Pope is declaring that as long as Christians willingly participate in the First Crusade then there will be a place for them in heaven
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tells him that they are defending Jerusalem for the people in the city and not the city itself. Balian says to the people of Jerusalem‚ “It has fallen to us‚ to defend Jerusalem‚ and we have made our preparations as well as they can be made. None of us took this city from Muslims. No Muslim of the great army now coming against us was born when this city was lost. We fight over an offence we did not give‚ against those who were not alive to be offended. What is Jerusalem? Your holy places lie over the
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and majority of the crusaders went home. The crusaders who remained defended Jerusalem. For a year‚ King Richard kept trying to obtain control of Jerusalem‚ but yet Jerusalem never fell. King Richard just decided to create another idea instead. During this time‚ be started forming a connection with his enemy Saladin. He never broke through‚ even after multiple tries at Jerusalem. He did end up making an agreement with Saladin‚ which was Christians could enter the Holy Land and see their
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the climate. On July 15th 1099 12‚000 approached Jerusalem. They won a narrow strip of land. Sadly in 1144 that same strip of land was reconquered by the Turks. Then the second Crusade was being organized to recapture the city. But they came home defeated. Both sets of Crusades were defeated by the Turks. So the 2nd set of Crusades didn’t win this one. But that did not keep them from trying. The third Crusades goal was to recapture Jerusalem. It was led by three of Europe’s most powerful monarchs
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initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated continued for a few centuries involving almost the entire continents of Europe and Asia. Primarily‚ the appeal was made to provoke the
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Sallahuddin Ayubi \ (c. 1138 – March 4‚ 1193)‚ better known in the Western world as Saladin‚ was a Kurdish Muslim‚ who became the first Sultan of Egypt and Syria‚ and founded the Ayyubid dynasty. He led Muslim and Arab opposition to the Franks and other European Crusaders in the Levant. At the height of his power‚ his sultanate included Egypt‚ Syria‚Mesopotamia‚ Kurdistan‚ Hejaz‚ and Yemen. Sultan Salahuddin Ayubi‚ the hero of hundreds of battles‚ was the person who for twenty years braved
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The Crusades were expeditions that originated in completion of a solemn vow in order to deliver the Holy areas from Mohammedan domination. The origin of the word can be traced to the cross. This meaningful cross was worn as a badge on the outer garment of those who took part in these enterprises and also made out of cloth. Since the Middle Ages‚ the meaning of the word crusade has been comprehended to contain all wars undertaken in the act or practice of pursuing a vow. It was also directed against
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his long lost father Godfrey of Ibelin. This becomes his secondary goal upon arriving in Jerusalem because soon after the start of their journey‚ Balian’s father dies and passes on his legacy to Balian making him the new Baron of Ibelin. With the title comes the duty of defending Jerusalem in the name of the king and at the same time being the best knight he can be. He battles not only the Islamic leader Saladin‚ but also those in the same court (Guy of Lusignan and Reynald of Chatillon)‚ as well as
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Minda~Quenn Yeary Saint Thomas Aquinas Philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas was born circa 1225 in Italy. Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason‚ he ranked among the most influential thinkers of medieval Scholasticism. People were at odds as to how to unite the knowledge they obtained through revelation with the information they observed naturally using their mind and their senses. Based on Averroes’s "theory of the double truth‚"
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Fifth Crusade first went to the Holy Land and then to Egypt‚ but in the end failed. Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire however‚ angry at the outcome of the fifth Crusade‚ led the Sixth Crusade. This Crusade succeeded in reclaiming the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1228. The kingdom however was destroyed by civil war that made it vulnerable to Mulstim attack. 9. We were just informed that King Louis IX of France led two more expeditions which grouped together form the Seventh Crusade. This Crusade failed
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