The article explains why so many in the Christian West answered Pope Urban II's call to arms following the Council of Clermont in 1095. The First Crusade has come to exemplify the religious fervor that enveloped Christendom, the poli...
Evaluate the events of the First Crusade Key Points The First Crusade (1095–1099), called for by Pope Urban II, was the first of a number of crusades that attempted to recapture the Holy Lands. It was launched on November 27, 1095, by Pope Urban II with the primary goal of respondin...
The First Crusade There were multiple Crusade campaigns throughout the almost 200 year history ofThe Crusades. The most successful was that of theFirst Crusade(1096-1099). Led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, Bohemond of Taranto and Hugh of Vermandois; four large Christian arm...
Nine hundred years ago the Pope initiated one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history by stating that God wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war against Islam and recapture Jerusalem. Thus was the First Crusade born. Its story is compelling, capable of inspiring ...
The first Christian Crusade against the Muslim Moors, led by King Alfonso VI of Castile, managed to capture the Castelo dos Mouros in 1093. The small Christian army was driven out of the castle and the Sintra region the following year. ...
That October, the Turks annihilated Conrad’s forces at Dorylaeum, the site of a great Christian victory during the First Crusade. After Louis and Conrad managed to assemble their armies at Jerusalem, they decided to attack the Syrian stronghold of Damascus with an army of some 50,000 (the...
1.What are the two major cultural influences over the European mind?Multiple-choices 1. What integrated the Celtic, Germanic and Slavic cultures with the Roman culture into Western culture?A. The acceptance of Christianity.B. Greece under Alexander.C. Latin language.D. The fall of Greece 2. ...
托马斯·阿斯布里奇是伦敦大学玛丽皇后学院的中世纪史副教授。除本书外,主要著作有《最伟大的骑士:威廉·马歇尔传》(The Greatest Knight, 2015)、《第一次十字军东征新史》(The First Crusade :A New History, 2004)。 ◎ 译者简介 马千,四川大学比较文学 与世界文学硕士,齐齐哈尔大学讲 师,著有《医院骑士团全...
The collection of holy wars in the middle ages that strived for the Christian recovery of Jerusalem are called the Crusades. Jerusalem was the holy land of both the Muslims and Christians. The first crusade was the only crusade that achieved the goal that was originally set. The first crusade...
The Crusade : The Causes Of The Crusades The first crusade was the first Christian journey to Jerusalem, the holy land so that they could aid the Eastern Christians lay siege to the city and take it back from the Saracens, a name for the Muslims during the Crusades. In November 1095, ...