Before the Crusades began, in the 11th century, Western Europe had emerged with great power, while Mediterranean civilizations were being invaded by Seljuk Turks. After years of war, the general Alexius Comnenus took the throne of Byzantine in 1081 and consolidated control over the remaining empire as known as Alexius I ("Crusades."). By 1905, Alexius sent word to Pope Urban II asking for troops from the West to help face the Turkish threat. Alexius’ request came at a time when the relations between Christians from the east and west were improving. By November 1905, the pope had called on Western Christians to take up arms so they could aid the Byzantines and recapture the Holy Land from Muslim control (“Crusades”). The response was enormous, people from levels of the military, as well as ordinary citizens, joined the pilgrimage to take back the Holy Land. Now that the Byzantines and the …show more content…
Jerusalem was now weakly protected and the recruits were lacking in number. This caused internal turmoil for the Crusaders and allowed for Saladin, the ruler of Cairo in 1169, to form a campaign against the Crusader’s Kingdom in Jerusalem. Saladin and his troops set out for the crusaders and destroyed them at the battle of Hattin and taking the Holy Land as his own. These defeats over the years and terrible outcomes is what brought on the Third Crusade. This round of fighting was led by three rulers, Emperor Fredrick Barbarossa, King Phillip II of France, and King Richard I of England also known as Richard the Lionheart. The only true battle held in this crusade was the Battle of Arsuf where Richard’s men defeated the people of Saladin and reestablished Christian control. A year later, September 1192, Richard and Saladin signed a treaty where Muslims would stay in control over Jerusalem but unarmed Christians could enter the city.
The crusades had a negative impact. The crusades was a series of religious wars between the christians and muslims. It started in 1096- 1099 and was caused from muslims because the muslims wanted to take control of jerusalem or they wanted jerusalem back.This caused many buildings to be destroyed and many of people's lives.
Did the crusades have a negative or positive effect. In 1095 pope urban the 2nd called the first crusade which was the start of something that would have an Positive effect on the Eastern empire and christianity. In 1905 the byzantine emperor Alexius Comnenus asked the Eastern empire for help after being threatened by seljuk turks and to aid the eastern empire pope urban called the first crusade so that they could fight back against the muslims with the Eastern empire and take back the holy lands. This crusade would lead to three more which would have a positive effect on christianity and the Eastern and Byzantine empires. Some positive effects were they found new food this also the crusaders conquered more land for the Eastern empire and found new clothing/material. The results crusades had many positive effects on the Eastern and Byzantine empire. One of which was that many more merchants were supporting them or selling to them and they also discovered new foods from the east. These two things helped the empire by allowing them to find new things through trade which ws increased because of the crusades because the crusaders would need more food and equipment. Document 2 states that “merchants in Venice and other northern Italian cities built large fleets to carry crusaders to the holy lands.” “They later used those fleets to open new markets in crusader states.” This shows that the merchants helped the crusaders and then they opened shops where the crusaders were so that
There were eight significant Crusades, which were sparked for many different reasons by many different people that left a lasting effect to the world. These years of bloodshed were led by men of power in order to gain control over Jerusalem at the expenses of others. Throughout the 11th to 13th century, nine significant crusades occurred. There were many other small crusades throughout this period, which continued into the 16th century, until the Renaissance and Reformation when political and religious climate of Europe was drastically different than that of the middle ages (CBN). The most successful of the rebellion was that of the First Crusade. After taking Nicea, the Anatolian capital of the Seljuks, the Crusaders captured Antoich in Syria and Jerusalem in 1099 (history bits). The success of these missions allowed Crusaders to establish permanent settlements
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.
According to an article published in 2009, it is believed that there were a numerous effects of crusades:
The Crusades were a group of Christians that Pope Urban II started back in 1095. They also had 9 Crusades, or 9 times when they would attack to get the Holy Land, against the Muslims and Jews, but mostly against the Muslims. During those battles there were both positive and negative. Were the results of the Crusades more positive or negative? The Crusades were more negative than positive because they worsen their relationship with the Jews and Muslims, or religious hatred, they destroyed and betrayed their closest ally, and their towns or cities were difficult to handle.
Many people may wonder were the Crusades more beneficial or were more people against the things that crusaders did like war or the things the believed in. Many people think that the Crusades were more negative because of religious hatred and cause death. Also the Crusades were more negative because they were difficult to maintain.
From 1095 to 1204, there was a war between the Christians and the Muslims for the Holy Land, Jerusalem. They fought bloody battles all over Europe, and these battles were called the Crusades. In the end, the results of the Crusades were more negative than positive. Two negative results were the bitter relationship between Christians and Muslims and how both Christians and Jews used religion to kill everyone.
Going against modern day religious beliefs, in 1095AD the Christians went to war to claim the holy city of Jerusalem, massacring the Muslims in a bloody attempt to worship their God. Pope Urban II’s speech at Clermont inspired by claims made by the Byzantium Emperor encouraged the Christians to partake in the First Crusade in an attempt to liberate Jerusalem. The religious and economic factors were the most relevant to cause this crusade, with some influence from desired political gain and little from social factors unrelated to religion. The immediate consequences were positive for the Christians and negative for the Muslims, but the First Crusade launched an ongoing conflict between the Christians and Muslims which had positive and negative consequences for both sides. There are a number of relevant modern sources which examine the causes and consequences of the First Crusade, but, while there are many medieval sources, they do not explicitly discuss the causes and consequences of the war. In order to fully comprehend the First Crusade, it is necessary to analyse the religious, economic, and political factors, as well as the short-term, long-term, and modern consequences.
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.
The First Crusades was a military group that was started by Christians in Europe who wanted to gain back the Holy Land that was being occupied by the Muslims. Pope Urban II preached a sermon at Clermont Ferrand on November 1095. Most histories consider this speech to be the spark the fueled a wave of military campaigns to gain back the Holy Land. This speech was meant to unite the Europeans and to gain back what was taken from them. The holy land was a small area on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The First Crusades was a very successful military expedition that was driven by religious faith to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy places that fell under Muslim control. driven by religious faith. They wanted to gain back the Holy Land that was once theirs. Arabs and the Muslim Turks otherwise known as the Seljuk Turks were the Muslims that invaded and conquered land rightfully occupied by the Christian’s. Many European men, women, and children joined the Crusades and fought in the Middle East. Pope Urban II granted forgiveness of all sins to those who died in battle thus assuring them ascendancy into heaven. Which gave those who volunteered to fight assurance. Nobles and peasants responded in great numbers to the call and marched across Europe to the capital of the Byzantine empire. Having the support of the Byzantine emperor helped make them a stronger army. The Crusaders took over many of the cities on the Mediterranean coast and built a large number of fortified castles across the Holy Land to protect their newly established territories. Soon after seizing power the Seljuks face a very different challenge to Islamic civilization. It came from Christian Crusaders. Knights from western Europe who were determined to capture portions of the Islamic world that made up the holy land of biblical times. Muslim political division and element of surprise made the first of the Crusaders assaults, between 1096 and 1099, by far the most successful. Much of
Throughout the 11th century, the Byzantine Empire began to receive many attacks from invading Seljuk Turks. It was this that caused Byzantine Emperor Alexius to ask for Pope Urban II for support in their fight against the Turks. Pope Urban II called upon the western Christians to aid the Byzantines and to recover the Holy Land in the year 1095.The people's overwhelming response to his call as European Christians lept at the opportunity to fight the Muslims and to Recover their Holy Land.
The Crusades were a failure in many ways. However, the Crusades also had many positive outcomes. These many outcomes included new ideas, better trade, and the revealing of the rest of the world. These all came from the Muslims along with a multitude of goods like cotton and the compass. Despite the all the fighting with Muslims, the Crusaders collected things from them and caused a step of evolution to occur. Life in Europe was now easier and longer thanks to the medicines and other things, until the trade frenzy brought a plague with no known cure. The trading ships brought mice/rats that had fleas carrying the Black Death or Black Plague. ⅓ of the population died leading up to the fall of the Manor system. All of this wouldn’t have occurred
The first crusade started in autumn of 1095. Pope Urban II initiated the first crusade by calling upon his Christians to reclaim the city of Jerusalem. The Crusade was also meant to seek revenge on the followers of Islam. The followers were accused of committing crimes against “Christendom”. Pope Urbans crusade was made possible by the work of St. Augustine on Christian Violence in the past. Many Christians joined the crusade because the Pope promised rewards for the afterlife. After the fourth century, Christianity underwent a transformation when it fused with the Roman state for which warfare was essential. St. Augustine and Pope Urban enabled violence to be an option for Christians and it can be described in this quote, “For the first time in Christian history, violence was defined as a religious act, a source of grace.” After the Pope’s Christian tour, many Christians were ready to destroy everything that stood in their way.
Pope Urbans plea resulted in countless feedback both from military as well as citizens of the Byzantine. A large quantity of peasants who responded followed two self-appointed leaders, Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless. This conflict propelled to a ruthless bloody annihilation of Muslims by Christians to seize the sacred land from Muslim control called The Crusades. The first Crusader was an army of a few thousand cavalry and approximately ten thousand infantries. These forces captured the great Syrian city of Antioch in 1098. They progress towards the Palestine until reaching