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grant remission of sin to those who undertook the crusade. Harris again remarks on the similarities, “The reaction in the papal curia when news arrived that Constantinople had fallen was much the same as it had been when Jerusalem had been lost to Saladin in 1187” (pg 195 2nd Edition). Pope Urban IV justifies this new crusade by saying that without Constantinople, the way to Jerusalem was blocked and any efforts to retake the Holy Land would fail. This call to crusade is similar to the one that launches

The Crusades were a set of wars between the Catholic Church and Muslims. These wars lasted from 1096 A.D. to 1291. The Crusades are known as “successful failures” because two of the nine crusades were successful, the First and Third. On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II called for a crusade to help the Byzantine’s take back the city of Jerusalem. The First Crusade was led by Raymond of Saint Gilles, Godfrey of Bouillon, Hugh of Vermandois, and Bohemond of Taranto. From 1096 to 1099, the Catholics

FYS Sean Aurigemma The Knights Templar and Assassin's Creed "May the Father of Understanding Guide Us,” (Last Words in Assassin's Creed Series Games, Wikiquote)" are the famous words spoken by Templars in Ubisoft's historical game series Assassin's Creed. The Templars depicted in the game series are said to be the original Knights Templar, who are in fact enemies to the Assassin Order throughout the series. The game series depicts the Templars as ruthless killers, who long to rule the

Post 1 - When Emperor Alexius I Comnenus was in power in 1095, Pope Urban II called together the Council of Clermont in France so that there would more help with defense against the Byzantines. He also called the military to go and take the Holy Land from the Turks. Post 2 - In 1096, Peter the Hermit, a French monk, led a group of peasants and soldiers onward to Constantinople. This came to be known as the People's Crusade. Post 3 - In 1212, the Children's Crusade began with two young boys -

“The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power” (Unknown). This quote means that whatever has happened in the past is history that cannot be changed. But the future history can always be created. In the historical novel “Ivanhoe” by Sir Walter Scott, the past plays a significant part in this story. During the past, some events had positive and negative outcomes, for instance the Crusades, that represent the purpose of the story. Past events in “Ivanhoe” had a positive and negative effect

In the book The Knights Templar of the Middle East, The Hidden History of the Islamic Roots of Freemasonry, the authors Michael and Salhab assert that Hughes de Payens' family background was rooted in Shiite and Sufi mysticism (p. 68). Hughes de Payens was the co-founder and Grand Master of the Knights Templar. Like the early history of the Templars, little is known about Payens since sources about his life are certainly lacking. So we are left to wonder where Michael and Salhab has gotten this tantalizing

This part of the story began, not in the Americas, nor in Europe, but in the Middle East. Carrying the message of the new prophet Mohammed out of the Arabian Peninsula, Muslims began making major inroads into western Asia and northern Africa in the seventh century, eventually encroaching on Europe’s southern and eastern frontiers. In 1095, Pope Urban II responded to a request for aid from the Byzantine emperor, whose dominions were under attack by Muslim invaders, launching the era of the Crusades

Interestingly, historians differ on the number of crusades. There is also some minor differences in the dating of the crusades. However, these is general agreement that there were at least five definitive crusades. For this discussion, we capture eight crusades (not including the Children’s Crusade of 1212) and dating provided by Walker: First Crusade 1096-1102 AD, Second Crusade 1147-1149 AD, Third Crusade 1189-1192 AD, Fourth Crusade 1202-1204 AD, Fifth Crusade 1217-1221 AD, Sixth Crusade 1228-1229

The movie Kingdom of Heaven is about the second crusades. Jerusalem is trying to protect the Holy Land from the invading Muslims. The two great rulers during this time was King Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany. It is based on historical events. But in there are some inaccuracies to make the movie better. I am here to tell you about the inaccuracies and to give you the real facts. Hollywood does it to get a bigger crowd and more money. The first inaccuracy was that the longbow was being

During the third crusade, 1192, when the third crusade was at a temporary halt, a big event happened in which king Richard I landed in Jaffa . After a big success, king Richard I of England or also known as the Lionheart lead a Christian army to conquer Jerusalem but were not able to. At this time, it seemed like the third crusade was close to its ending. King Richard and his army later arrived in Jaffa, they had to spend lots of time preparing to get there, because it served as the main entrance