In 1095, The first crusade was launched by Pope Urban II at the Council of Clermont. Pope Urban hoped to recruit people for the crusades, and that is exactly what happened. But were the crusades a good idea? No. Many documents have said all the bad and good stuff, but more bad stuff then good stuff.
The crusades did nothing but leave religious hate. Document 1 states that “They also left a bitter legacy of religious hatred behind them. In the Middle East, both Christians and Muslims committed appalling atrocities in the name of religion. In Europe, crusaders sometimes turned their fury against Jews, massacring entire communities.”This is important because it had a lasting effect on the holy land. Document 5 states that “relations between
The crusades were not that positive.Document _1___ states that The crusades failed in their chief goal of the conquest of the holy land, and they left a little bitter legacy of religious hatred. _Also in the middle east both religions the christians and the muslims were committed for appalling atrocities. Then sometimes in the europe crusades they would turn their fury against the jews for massacring entire communities.This is important because it proves that the crusades had a negative impact. For example, they created hatred by doing cruelty and in return they got hatred back.Document _4___ says that the crusaders and
The Crusades of the High Middle Ages (a.d. 1050-1300) was a period of conquest or rather, reconquest, of Christian lands taken from Muslims in the early Middle Ages. It is an era romanticized by fervent Christians as the time when Christianity secured its honorable status as the true religion of the world. The affect of the Crusades is still with us today. It sailed from Spain and Portugal to the Americas in the fifthteenth century aboard sailing ships carrying conquistadors who sought new territory and rich resources. They used the shield and sword of Christianity to justify a swift conquest of mass territory and the subjugation of the indigenous peoples; a mentality learned, indeed,
The Crusades was a horrific time. Many people had lost their lives, friends, even family. The Crusades were a battle over the holy land, Jerusalem. The Crusaders, people who had fought in the Crusades, were Christians. They wanted the holy land because they believe that’s where Jesus had died and rose. They had fought against the Muslims who were defending themselves against the Crusaders. The Crusades had its positive outcomes as well as its negative results. Some may wonder, were the results of the Crusades more Positive or Negative? I strongly believe the outcome was mostly negative mainly because the Crusaders didn’t win the holy land, lots of lands were destroyed, and so many people lost their lives in the battle of the Crusades.
A major turning point in Medieval history were the Crusades. The Crusades were a series of wars fought between the Christian Europeans and the Muslim Turks, which occurred between the years of 1096 to 1272. In this Holy War the Christians goal was to obtain the Holy Land from the Turks, in which they did not succeed. Although the Christians did not meet their goal, many positives did come out of their attempt. Due to the reason that they did not meet their goal, yet numerous positives came out of their effort, many refer to this as a successful failure.
One reason why the Crusades were more negative than positive was because they worsen their own relationship with the Jews and Muslims, or religious hatred, even tho they were bad anyways. Document 5 states that ”First, the long struggle between Islam and Christendom and the example of persecution set by Christian kings and prelates (bishops) left an inheritance of deep bitterness; relations between Muslims and their Christian and Jewish subjects worsened.” (description of some of the effects of the Crusades).This is (important/interesting/relevant) because even if the Christian and Muslims relationship was bad already the Crusades made it worse by the bitterness left and even the Jews now are in it because when the Crusades lost, they took their fury against the Jews and would slaughter and destroy their cities even though the lost against the Muslims. Document 10 states that “...which one of the Franks
The Crusades were one of the most prominent events in Western European history; they were not discrete and unimportant pilgrimages, but a continuous stream of marching Western armies (Crusaders) into the Muslim world, terminating in the creation and eventually the fall of the Islamic Kingdoms. The Crusades were a Holy War of Roman Christianity against Islam, but was it really a “holy war” or was it Western Europe fighting for more land and power? Through Pope Urban II and the Roman Catholic Church’s actions, their proposed motivations seem unclear, and even unchristian. Prior to the Crusades, Urban encouraged that Western Europe fight for their religion but throughout the crusades the real motivations shone though; the Crusaders were power
The Crusades took place in the Middle East between 1095 and 1291. They were used to gain a leg up on trading, have more land to show hegemony, and to please the gods. Based upon the documents, the Crusades between 1095 and 1291 were caused primarily by religious devotion rather than by the desire for economic and political gain.
Because of the response the people had to Pope Urban II call to arms a wave of religious enthusiasm swept across Europe. In 1096 Peter the hermit created an army of peasants and soldiers. They traveled to Constantinople, this movement was called the peoples crusade. The outcome of the people’s crusade was tragic because almost all of them died.
The crusades were a series of brutal medieval wars that began in 1095 and ended in1496. Fought in the high middle ages between the Christians and the Muslims. There were eight crusades over all, the first crusade being mainly spilt into two parts, the official crusades and the peasant crusade or better known as the people crusade. With only lasting a few years, both the peasants and official crusades were quite similar and different in their own ways.
Did you know the crusades were primary caused by political / economic gain? The Crusades were a series of eight Christian military journey fought against Muslims for the Holy Lands between the years of 1096 and 1270 C.E. I personally think that The Crusades were primarily caused by political / economic gain but other people might argue that they were primarily caused by religious devotion because people say that it was because of documents. The crusades were primarily caused by political and economic gain, rather than religious devotion because they have desire for more power and more opportunities for trade.
The Crusades was a horrific bloody war between the two biggest religions today the Christians and the Muslims . It went from the eleventh century to about the thirteenth century. The crusades still has effects on us today because of religious hatred between Muslims and Christians and the Christians turned on each other. The main question is it negative or positive after all, in my opinion it pretty obvious that it is a negative because they left a culture of religious hate and intolerance, and then set in stone to divide between the Christian churches. After the Crusades, Christians and Muslims were still extremely hostile to each other, and Christians started attacking the Jews, it wasn't fair at all because the Jews never even took joined the Crusades.
The Crusaders were masterminds who called 4 major wars, called the Crusades, to get back the Holy Land from the Muslims. They had successes, and some times where they failed. So, were the results of the Crusades more positive or negative? After the Crusades, there were still lots of conflict between religion, and the crusades left a bitter legacy, so the result was more negative. After the Crusades, there was a lot of conflict between religion.
In the DBQ historical context, it states that “Between the end of the eleventh century and into the thirteenth century, European Christians, at the urging of the church, conducted a series of nine wars that have come to be known as the Crusades. Many people have wondered were the results of the Crusades more positive or negative? The results of the Crusades were more negative because they would massacre communities and empires, and they had very low patience.
Pope Urban ll started the Crusades so that he could rise to power politically and convince people to convert to the Roman Catholic church. In contrast, the lower class people of Europe believed the Crusades would improve their lives religiously, financially, and physically. The Crusades were holy wars fought between Europe and Muslims in the Middle East between 1095 and 1291. Religion drove the Crusaders to join the Crusades. But in comparison, the Pope introduced the Crusades to gain political power.
In The middle of the Eleventh Century The tranquillity of the eastern Mediterranean seemed assured for many years to come, but little did the people know what was ahead . This, thus embark us on a journey back into the First Crusade. In this paper I will be discussing the events that lead up to the first in a long line of crusades. I will also be mentioning the lives of some of the crusaders through letters that they wrote. The crusades were a time of confusion for most people, yet today we look back at them as a turning point.