History (Crusades)
The Siege of Jerusalem took place from June 7 to July 15, 1099 during the First Crusade. The climax of the First Crusade, the successful siege saw the Crusaders seize the city from the Fatimid Caliphate and laid the foundations for the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Describe the eventual taking of Jerusalem by the crusaders.
The Crusades were religiously and economically motivated military campaigns aimed at conquering the Holy Land from the Muslims. The Byzantine Empire, the eastern successor to the Roman Empire based in Constantinople, played a major part in the Crusades, and though the East-West Schism had divided the Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church from the Roman Catholic Church in the West, the two maintained good relations. However, after the sack of Constantinople in 1204, Byzantine relations with Western Europeans soured substantially.
Did the Crusade help or harm the relationship between Western Europe and Byzantium?
The papacy is basically the authority of the pope. The pope was in disagreement from the emperor and decided to take it on his on own hands by bringing together the Christian people to fight rather than asking the other emperor.
What did the papacy stand to gain from the crusade?
It is widely believed that the Crusades led to widespread distrust between Moslems and Christians, and for the most part that is true. the city of Toledo is Spain was one of the great ecumenical sites for the meeting of Jews, Muslims, and Christians that lasted for quite some time. In addition, medieval Christian philosophers like Thomas Aquinas were in debt to the Muslim world for Latin translations of Aristotle. - Francis of Assisi went to the holy land in an attempt to make peace in the midst of the Crusades by trying to convert the Muslim leaders. Though he failed in that endeavor, he was treated well by his captors and showed favor to them in return.The Muslim and Christian world has been apart for quite some time and there have been hostilities between the two even to this day.
What do you think the long-term effects of the Crusades have been on the relationship between the Western World and the Middle East?
The People's Crusade was the prelude to the First Crusade and lasted roughly six months from April to October 1096. It is also known as the Peasants' Crusade, Paupers' Crusade or the Popular Crusade as it was not part of the official Papally organised expeditions that came later. Led primarily by Peter the Hermit with forces of Walter Sans Avoir, the army was destroyed by the Seljuk forces of Kilij Arslan at Civetot, northwestern Anatolia.
What happened on the People's Crusade?
The First crusade took place during 1096 to 1099 and it played an important part in Medieval England. The First Crusade was an attempt to re-capture Jerusalem. After the capture of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 1076, any Christian who wanted to pay a pilgrimage to the city faced a very hard time. Muslim soldiers made life very difficult for the Christians and trying to get to Jerusalem was filled with danger for a Christian. This greatly flustered the Christian people.
What was the First Crusade?
- There were many different reasons for crusading as there were crusaders, but most common reason for crusading was piety. To crusade was to go on pilgrimage, a holy journey of personal salvation. ????(economic motivation a sound choice
What were the possible motivations of crusaders? Was economic motivation a sound choice?
- On November 27, 1095, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help Byzantines and to free the city of Jerusalem.
Who called the First Crusade? When? Where?
(born 1057, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died August 15, 1118), Byzantine emperor (1081-1118) at the time of the First Crusade who founded the Comnenian dynasty and partially restored the strength of the empire after its defeats by the Normans and Turks in the 11th century.
Who was Alexius Comnenus?
- Jerusalem has always been important to Christians because this is the place where Jesus ministered and died. Jerusalem is also the place where he rose again.
Why was Jerusalem so important to Christians?
To gain back the holy lands, Muslims won't go in control, and religious background
Why were the Crusades so important for the self-confidence of Europe?
