In the mid-12th century, the Turkic ruler Saladin rose to lead the Seljuks and succeeded in uniting the fragmented Muslim armies of Southwest Asia and North Africa. To Saladin, the Christian armies were the infidels that had to be evicted. When Saladin’s forces took Jerusalem, the call went out across Europe to launch another crusade. Three kings came forward-Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany, King Phillip II of France, and King Richard I, later known as Richard the Lionheart of England. Held in 1187-1192.
The Italian city- states would not under feudal control at the time the Renaissance began, so they were allowed them greater cultural and economic freedom. Italian city-states were located along the Mediterranean Sea, which enabled them to become great centers of trade and manufacturing, which gave them the wealth, as well as the influence they needed to become patrons of the arts. One important city-state was Florence, which became so influential, that its currency, the florin, became widespread as one of the major currencies of the world. Italy was also the first place hit by the black plague, so they recovered before Northern Europe. Additionally wealthy patrons of the arts fueled the Renaissance.
Henry also wanted more power because he wanted Europe to know that England is a powerful country and he wanted a son because he thought that men were more powerful than women. He got more power buy being famous for marrying six wives and spiting from the church. Edward VI Edward born in 1537 was a very smart educated boy and was interested in politics and things like that (I personally don’t know why). So he decides to change the church to his liking. The first thing he did was change the prayers books into English, the he abolished the Catholic Mass and was replaced with the Holy Communion, he turned Church interiors plain and simple, he told priests to wear plain clothing, he said priests couldn’t get married, he said you couldn’t buy your way to heaven and finally traditions were banned such as Christmas.
Most of the Crusaders who fought were either Christians or Knights from other empires. After, the Crusades there were many effects, whether Political or Economic, or Socially. Three effects of the Crusades that stood out to me the most were; that the Crusades lessened the power of the Pope Urban II, to me that showed me a Political Effect, another effect of the Crusades was that it weakened feudal nobility, to me that seemed like an Economic Effect. The final effect of the Crusades that I chose was that after the holy war came more trade and that effect led to cultural diffusion and that also led to riches, to me that was an Economic effect. With my three chosen effects they all changed the world or the course of history in a way.
The Crusades, began in 1096 and ended in 1291, is a series in the Roman Catholic Pope granted under the famous religious military action, by the western European feudal lords and knights of the eastern Mediterranean countries launched the war. When Jerusalem that belonging to the Roman Catholic fell into the hands of Islam, the Roman Catholic church in order to recapture lost ground started multiple crusades' actions. Every time at the beginning of the crusaders, the soldiers had been preached, had oaths and been awarded crosses at each ceremony, then they had been appointed the members of the church. Although Muslims are the main target of the Crusaders, the Crusaders gave vent to Jews with their feverishness in recruiting regions,
This meant faster transport and with the invention of the factories economic growth as well. As the economy grew then we capitalised, and as we invested in different things insurance was invented and so financial institutions were formed. Being a small island we had excellent communications so we can get an army together quickly and efficiently so this proved helpful in succeeding in military campaigns, as we were a powerful land force as well as a powerful naval force, such as the battle of
This might have been seen as being selfish to other countries, which is why other nations eventually started taxing goods from France. Minimizing imports was not the only measure France took to keep their money. They also built a large navy to protect against smugglers. The actions taken because of Colbert’s Mercantil system made France very wealthy, and eventually was adopted in all parts of the world to create wealth. The surpluses of money that Mercantilism creates still finance wars all around the globe in the 21st Century, and it is amazing that Colbert invented it back in the 17th Century.
An age of faith is best defined as a time period when religion was the most important part of society, influencing its culture, politics, and economy. To exemplify the characteristics of an age of faith would qualify an era as an age of faith. Therefore, the era between 500 and 1400 in Western Europe, also known as the Middle Ages, could be described as an age of faith. During this time era, the Catholic Church, and specifically the pope, had much political power and helped shape Western Europe into the thriving feudalistic region that it was. Feudalism, or a class system that regulates relationships among classes of people, was furthered by the Church and helped mold daily life.
THE CRUSADES By: Patrick Downpoop Professor Schlomann 17 October 2011 INTRODUCTION When an individual thinks of Christianity it is more than likely that one of the thoughts that cross their mind is the Crusades which occurred over in Europe. While most people will think of the Crusades as being simple fights between knights and Muslims there was a much deeper rooted issues at hand. The first was the issue of religious rule and the second is that of regional rule. Both the Christians and the Muslims wanted to have ultimate power over both which led to the Crusades. In this paper I will attempt to discover why the Crusades began, what where the motives, and have the Crusades furthered the cause of Christ.
European interest in the Islamic world was a multifaceted phenomenon, arising as it did during the age of discovery and exploration, the consolidation of vast empires and nation-states, and the beginning of European colonialism. The early modern era also saw the rise of global Christianity in the backdrop of the Reformations, as Europeans (particularly Catholic missionaries) struggled to define the relationship between Christianity and culture. All of these political, social, and cultural processes shaped the outlooks which European Catholics and Protestants brought to their interactions with Muslim men and women, as well as the attitudes that they brought to their studies of Islam, Arabic, and the Ottoman Empire. An important feature of the European encounter with Islam was how very closely intertwined the imagined and actual encounters were. Stage plays, learned treatises, and scholarly histories of the Ottoman Empire and its ruling dynasty shaped the attitudes of travelers, missionaries, diplomats, and merchants.