quaestio : what sparked the first crusade?
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Quaestio : What sparked the first Crusade?. Nunc Agenda: Based on last night’s reading, try to come up with as many causes for the Crusades as you can. Background Information. During the Middle Ages, the Muslim world was more advanced than Western Europe - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Nunc Agenda: Based on last night’s
reading, try to come up with as many causes for the
Crusades as you can.
Quaestio: What sparked the
first Crusade?
During the Middle Ages, the Muslim world was more advanced than Western Europe
With the Viking threat now gone, European knights needed someone to fight, and the teaching of chivalry was not working well enough to curb knightly violence
Already deeply religious, recent issues like Investiture Controversy increased passion for religious issues among Western Christians
1054- Great Schism split East and West Church
Background Information
The Holy Land = Jerusalem and other areas in and around Palestine important to Abrahamic religions
Jews: promised land where King David and Solomon ruled, ancient homeland
Christians: (above and) where Jesus lived and preached his message
Muslims: (above and) where Muhammad journeyed into heaven
The Holy Land
600s- Muslims took over the “Holy Land”
1030s- Bad Muslim ruler destroyed Church of the Holy Sepulcher
Rebuilt by next Muslim ruler, but damage done
1050s- Seljuk Turks took over same area, AT FIRST preventing Christian pilgrims AND they were a threat to the Byzantine Empire
The Holy Land
Byzantine Emperor Alexius I asked Pope Urban II (his rival) to send SOME knights to help him fight the Seljuk Turks
1095- Council of Clermont: Pope Urban II calls on nobles and bishops to fight a Crusade against the Muslims, accusing Muslims of persecuting Christians, offering forgiveness of sins for anyone who fights, and saying “God wills it!”
A Cry for Help
Read the speech by Pope Urban II at Clermont in 1095
Annotate, and let me know if you come across a word you don’t know
Write one paragraph answering question #1 on the back
Speech- Pope Urban II