The First Crusade began in 1095 after the speech of Pope Urban at the Council of Clermont. There were many reasons as to why people joined the First Crusade, including religious, economic and social factors. I believe that the most important reason is the religious factor. This is because since religion was so important and present at this time, people were constantly reminded of the fact that it was their right as Christians to kill the infidel and claim their ‘rightful’ holy place in Jerusalem. Pope Urban, in 1095, gave a speech which called people to crusade.
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. HISTORY The Crusades started during the time of the Middle Ages. The reason for the Crusades was to start war with the Muslims over the Holy Lands. Christians wanted to regain
He created an anti- Muslim feeling by writing they were an “accursed race, a race wholly alienated from God.” Pope Urban accused them of “violently invading the lands of the Christians and [depopulating] them by pillage and fire.” The Pope further described them as taking Christians captive and torturing them. Finally, he attempted to incite Christians by describing how Muslims destroyed churches or turned them into mosques.
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,
The First Crusade and the Propagation of Religion The First Crusade was a military attempt by Roman Catholic Europe to regain control over the Holy Lands of Jerusalem, in which the Muslims had taken control of in 661. During this crusade, knights and peasants from many areas of Western Europe went on this pilgrimage, first stopping at Constantinople and then continuing on to Jerusalem. In the group of crusaders, the peasants greatly out numbered the military knights. Many crusaders did not make it the long journey, and the lasting crusaders were mostly the knights, as they were better trained and prepared for such combat. Once the Knights reached Jerusalem, they took control by ransacking every building and torturing and killing almost all of the 60,000 unarmed civilians living in Jerusalem.
Reading religious works, Europeans form own options about church which caused rulers start to challenge the church’s power. The making of the printing press helped spread this secular idea. Some contributors to the reformation were Desiderus Erasmus, Thomas More and Martin Luther. During the reformation Martin Luther stressed that all people with faith are equal and can interpret Bible without priest. He also posted his 95 thesis statement which launched a movement for religious reform.
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.
Compare/contrast the circumstances of persecution the Hebrews endured in Exodus and Psalm 137 For centuries Israel was caught between Egypt’s and Mesopotamia’s fights for control of its land. During this time, Israel’s poets, priests, and prophets assembled the Hebrew Scriptures, which is also called the Old Testament by Christians and consists of a collection of literature, history, religious and cultural material of the Jewish people. The Bible gives special and similar attention to Israel's fate during the Exodus from Egypt and the Babylonian Exile, but, while the circumstances of these historical periods are different, both, however, have had a profound effect on the on the religion and traditions of the Jewish nation. The Book of Exodus describes the first exile of the Hebrew people when their nomadic tribes were enslaved by the Egyptians between 1500-1300 B.C.E. (p. 127).
The military expeditions planned and fought by western European Christians that began around 1095 are known today as the Crusades. The main purpose of these expeditions was to overtake and gain control of the Holy Land, Jerusalem, Pope Urban II initiated the first crusade. On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban preached to his followers outside the city of Clermont-Ferrand about the action, which needed to take place. Preaching words about how God wouledition. Small groups began to form, each planning their own path to Constantinople; that was where they would meet.
In the Koran the divine in whom it is talking about is Allah. “The Koran often refers to God by naming one of His attributes, such as Knowledge, Power, or Mercy. Allah unites all the attributes of divinity used for God in the Koran.” (Sultan 110) In the Hebrew Bible the divine in this story is known as the LORD. It is safely said that whether it be the LORD or Allah, this person is a divine being that is powerful and is to be worshiped. Another difference is that in the Koran Noah approaches the corrupt people declaring that “God will bring it down upon you if He pleases: nor shall you be immune,” (Dawood, 158) before the divine tells him of his plan of flooding the Earth.