Friday, April 29, 2016

THE CRUSADES

The Crusades (TODAYS NOTES + PREVIOUS NOTES)
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·        The Crusade
o     Not humanities finest hour
o   The age of faith
o     Holy roman empire is the strongest kingdom in Europe
o   Church has considerable spiritual and political power
·        500+ cathedrals are built between 1170-1270
Jerusalem
·        Late 11th century controlled by Muslims
·        Islams 3rd holiest city
o   Doe of the rock
·        Holy city to Jews
o   Western wall
·        Holy city to Christians
o   Church of the holy sepulcher
·        The Holy War
o   Pope Urban 2 called Christians to recapture the holy land form Muslim turks
o   200 years of religiously sanctioned military campaigns
o   1095-1291
o   Crusade= taking of the cross
o   Pope promised those who died would receive immediate remission for their sins
o   Roger Back warned them
§  Muslims who survive will have the Christians
·        How did it go?
o   1st (1095-1099)=Christian +, muslims take back 1144
o   2nd (1147-1149)= chrisitans take Lisbon
o   3rd (1187-1192)= Christians can work in Jerusalem
o   4th  (1202-1204)= childrens crusade
o   5th = m beat c in eygpt 
o   6th = c take j
o   7th  = m fight off c
o   8th = no resolution
o   9th  = franks in middle east massacred or enslaved
·        Byzantine Empire is weakened
·        Pope's power declines
·        Power of feudal nobles weakens
·        Religious intolerance grows
·        Italian cities expand trade
·        Muslims increasingly distrust Christians
·        Trade grows between Europe and the Middle East
·        European technology improves as Crusaders learn from Muslims
·        Byzantine Empire is weakened
·        Pope's power declines
·        Power of feudal nobles weakens
·        Religious intolerance grows
·        Italian cities expand trade
·        Muslims increasingly distrust Christians
·        Trade grows between Europe and the Middle East

·        European technology improves as Crusaders learn from Muslims

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