What were the crusades
In the year 1095, Emperor Alexius beseeched Pope Urban II in Europe for aid against the invading forces of Seljuk Turks, who were pushing at the borders of the Byzantine Empire. Little did Alexius know, or anyone for that matter, that with the mailing of that letter, one of the greatest religious and military phenomena of the history of the world had just been sparked. In November of that year, in Clermont, France, Pope Urban II stood before a throng of European nobles and peasants, and asked for their aid in recapturing the Holy Land, the home land of Jesus Christ, the Land of the Holy Sepulchre. Despite numerous accounts and retellings both in books and documentaries, the details and true essence of the Crusades remains unknown by the masses. Many questions and controversies arise when the matter is deeply looked into: Why were these Holy Wars undertaken? Were they truly "Holy Wars?" Who made up the armies? What effects did the Crusades have upon the Europe and the world? Fortunately, when the matter is deeply researched many answers are discovered as well. The following is an attempt to answer the mysteries of one of the most glorious conquests and over-ambitious blunders of military histor
Over the next forty years the Muslim armies retake much of the land lost in the First Crusade, and in 1146 St. Bernard and Pope Eugenius III preach for a second crusade to recapture the Christian States lost to the Muslims. The Second Crusade, 1147-1148, is another combination of French and German forces, but leaders did not especially get along. The German army was defeated in October, 1147, the French in January, 1148, and the crusade was later abandoned after forces were defeated at Damascus. Knox, Dr. Ellis L. http://history.idbsu.edu/westciv/crusades/00.htm . Boise State University. (1995). This site was the key to stopping my procrastination, and it had great information those who made up the Crusades and the aftermath and effects of the Crusades. Nelson, John Russell. How Did the Roman Catholic Church Influence the Middle Ages?. Whitehead Test Publications. San Antonio, Texas. (1995). This paper was used in the definition of the Middle Ages, and in the art cover.
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