Territorial Expansion

The Crusades were a both successful and unsuccessful group of Christians that would go to war in the name of God and protection for his land. The Crusades were around between the 11th and 15th centuries, in my opinion they were very unsuccessful with spreading christianity but they still did some things right. The Crusades were very unorganized and didn't know how to form a good alliance, they were irresponsible as well but as a result of this, the Crusades, in other points of view, would be a persistent group that might've helped spread Christianity.

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 impact of the crusades were more negative because they had bad reasons and because they fought nine times in the 13 centuries and many Christians were fighting against Jews. After the Christians and Jews fought the crusades still attacked each other.It also made lasting war between two religions.

“Thus, in April 1204, the crusaders and Venetians stormed Constantinople, sacked the city, destroying its magnificent library, and grabbed thousands of relics that were later sold in Europe…” This is important because they don't care of what religion the others are in. They want everyone to be part of their religion. If they do surrender and try to join their religion, the crusaders will sometimes just kill them. This states that the crusades were a negative influence on the civilians and different religions by slaughtering them and destroying their most valuable, precious items and where they lived, left in

In the transition of the mediaeval times, one of the most important thing that occurred were the Crusades. Crusades that have a debatable point of view according to the influences that such created in the western world. Many historians think that the Crusades had a positive influence in Europe, but others do not agree with this idea. The Crusades started because of the Byzantine emperor who asked for help against the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims. From there is the first negative consequence, and was that time after the same Crusades sacked the Byzantine empire because was the greatest commercial competitor. Furthermore, there are evidences which ones imply that

A big reason that crusaders were fighting was because the land was sacred and they were trying to get it back from nonbelievers of their religion. The Pope was telling everyone about the holiness of the city when he said: ”This royal city, therefore, situated at the centre of the world, is now held captive by His enemies, and is in subjection to those who do not know God, to the worship of the heathens.”(Document 1). The land was holy to the Christians and it was overtaken by the Persians so the Pope was relying everyone together to go and take back their holy land. The middle east is more fruitful than Europe and it talks about the wonderful fruitfulness in the middle east in the bible when it says “That land which as the Scripture says "floweth with milk and honey," was given by God into the possession of the children of Israel Jerusalem is the navel of the world; the land is fruitful above others, like another paradise of delights.”(Document 1). In the Bible, it stated that the Middle East is fruitful and that its fruitfulness is like a paradise of delights. In conclusion, the land that the crusaders were fighting for was holy and fruitful.

Although pope urban said the christians were fighting to save their brothers,the crusades was mainly about christians taking back their land and power.

The First Crusade (1096 - 1099) played a very important part in Medieval Europe .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. When the pope urban 2 made his speech he made lots and lots of people listen and got to war he machined that a lot of people were slaughterer and that this is what god wanted. Muslim soldiers made life very difficult for the Christians and trying to get to Jerusalem was filled with danger for a Christian.

The Crusades was a battle between two religions, Christians and Muslims, during the eleventh century and went inside of the thirteenth century. A complex question that is trying to be determined is was the impact the crusades more positive or more negative. Through all of the problems the crusades caused such as destroying churches along with splitting them apart from one another and causing a hatred relationship between both religions the crusades were truly a unfavorable period of time. A cause for the Crusades being a negative time was because during the Crusades the churches that the religions went to and followed were being demolished as well as splitting them apart from one another.

Introduction: Provide background information on the Crusades, restate the DBQ question, state thesis with reasons. (include academic vocabulary and underline) The Crusades were a battle between the Muslims and Christians. There were 9 battles for the Holy Land, Jerusalem.

The Crusades were a series of defensive wars fought by European Christians against Muslims for control of the holy lands. Christians violently and ruthlessly persecuted and destroyed Jews and Muslims on their way to the holy land leaving Christians with a tyrannous reputation among these people. Before the Crusades Europe was in the Dark Ages, there was little education and very few people could read and educate themselves. Also, the Christian church had all the power. Pope Urban II called Christians to fight in the Crusades and to defend the holy land which they believed belonged to them. A new middle class was also created, middle class citizens made their profit from buying and selling property and collecting interest on loans. The Crusades led to a huge expansion of the European world. Peasants and serfs

Throughout the lifespan of the Catholic Church, many challenges have arisen which have caused the reputation of the church to be dismantled forcing the church to repair their credibility and reputation. Challenges of the Crusades that date back to 1096 to modern day paedophilia ring allegations. The Crusades were one of the most influential catholic wars. The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, eight major Crusade expeditions occurred between 1096 and 1291. With an estimated death toll of 1-3 million, the Crusades are also one of the darkest parts of history. This essay will demonstrate the first, second and third Crusades, how they affected the catholic religion and how the issue was resolved/dealt with.

The Beginning, The Start of the Fourth Crusades Consisted of the merchants of Venice supporting with their amounts of wealth to kill the merchants of Constantinople to eliminate their commercial opponents. The crusade wasn't very popular because of the Pope put a ban on killing other Christians by saying it was wrong. The Ban didn't really work because the merchants and others raided Constantinople and killed thousands of people The way that the Italian merchants convened people to join in on this crusade by using their money and using people to kill the Constantinople merchants

The crusades lead a substantial role in changes in Political Europe. It caused empires to fall, and imbalances in power which lead to bigger problems and more crusades. During the eleventh century, the Catholic church went through a series of changes and wanted more power over the government. Before the first crusade, there was already a power struggle between religions- Christianity and Islam. Jerusalem had been controlled by Muslims for 450 years. The crusades led a fight that would determine where the land would end up. The pope wanted the authority of being able to forgive sins and wage wars. The number of Muslims began to decrease when the

The crusaders were very successful during the first crusade then it actually accomplished what it set out to do - conquer Jerusalem. But they had many problems. According to Thomas Madden thousands of peasants rallied to the cause motivated by a combination of religious fervor and the desire to escape their squalid condition at home. Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless the hapless rabble marched across Europe to Constantinople led the movement, however the Turks slaughtered them soon after crossing the Bosphorus into Asia Minor . With Thomas Madden statement the crusaders did not have proper training and also they were just being motivated by religion.